Events

Upcoming Performances

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Forest green background with the top left corner presenting the Pops Ensemble Logo in color with a white, rounded corner rectangle. The logo consists of a six-eighth note star in blue, purple, orange, yellow, and green, followed to the right of it, the text in black on the first line “Lakeside Pride” and in blue text on the second line “Pops Ensemble.” The top right corner with a darker green background is the text stating “Saturday, May 31, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.” Followed underneath with the address “Benito Juarez Community Academy, 1450 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608.” And finally, underneath the address is the text “Tickets: $20 GA with sliding scale.” The center graphic is a red heart in the background with neon pink text filling the red heart stating the concert’s title “What I Did For Love.” Underneath the heart is a patch of grass with a black car with purple eyes and ears and a girl in an orange with black polka dot shirt are reaching out to the heart. The bottom text in hot pink is the link “lakesidepride.org/love.

Lakeside Pride Pops ensemble
Spring concert: "What I did for Love"

Date: Saturday, May 31st, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tickets: $20 with sliding scale option, ticket link
Location: Benito Juarez High School
2150 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608

To close the 2024-25 season, the Lakeside Pride Pops Ensemble will contemplate how love operates in our lives by looking within and around us. We'll give the world premiere of an arrangement made for the ensemble, and the regional premiere of Viet Cuong's John and Jim, a powerful reminder that "love wins." Join us to see what other stories we'll tell.

White Background with Lakeside Pride's Eighth Note Star in blue, purple, red, orange, yellow and green with the text under the star stating "Lakeside Pride" in black and below another text stating "Strayhorns" in blue

Lakeside Pride Strayhorns Jazz Combo
Fizz pride night

Date: Monday, June 2, 2025
Time: 9-11:30 pm
Tickets: $15 general/$10 Students | Facebook Invite Link
Location: Dance Center Chicago, 3868 N Lincoln Ave 2ND FLOOR, Chicago, IL 60613

Fizz Swing Dance presents "It's the start of Pride month AND a live band night that is composed of all LGBTQIA+ band members?? Woohoo! Come join us for all the usual fun of swing dancing to a live band, and celebrate all the LGBTQIA+ dancers and musicians that help make our dance scene what it is! Pride attire encouraged! See you on the dance floor!"

  • 8-9pm: Beginner-friendly lesson. No partner pre-registration required.
  • 9-11:30pm: Live music by the Lakeside Pride Strayhorns Jazz Combo
  • BYO drinks
Blue front curtains with a rainbow. in the center in text with a rainbow gradient is Be Brave with music notes in the background. All in white with a black outline, the text at the top states the Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret Logo which includes the Lakeside Pride eighth note star to the left of the text. Saturday, June 7th 2025 at 1:30 PM followed by Sidetrack Video Bar’s logo.

Lakeside Pride Wilde Cabaret

Date: Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Time: 1:30 PM
Tickets: Free
Location: Sidetrack Chicago
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657

Honestly? We want to see you at our June show - Brave! Our annual pride show is bursting with hope, honesty, and just a dash of courage. We will be hitting all the right notes with our selections as we examine just what bravery means to us!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 7, 2025, and join us at Sidetrack! Doors open at 1 pm, so grab some friends, buy them a round, and head into Main Bar for the show at 1:30 pm.

This sure isn’t a one-hit show - it’s a monthly engagement! Save the date for July 12 and come back for Lakeside Sings…Soundtracks! We’ll have all the details on our social media accounts and here, so stay tuned!

    performance schedule

    The calendar below houses all events for Lakeside Pride Ensembles. Events are represented by the following colors:

    • Red: Board Business
    • Orange: Marching Band
    • Yellow: Jazz Orchestra
    • Green: Symphonic Band
    • Blue: Pops Ensemble
    • Violet: Chamber Ensembles

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