Gala Choruses Festival

Gala Choruses signature event is our quadrennial Festival, which gathers LGBTQ+ choruses from all over North America and the world. Festival is five days of singing, connecting, and creating. It’s wall-to-wall concerts, workshops, social events, joy and pride. It’s the largest LGBTQ choral event in the world. It’s you with thousands of your peers taking over a city and filling it with song.

Schedule:

10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m: Festival Chorus Rehearsals and Tech Rehearsals at All venues

12:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Minnesota Mosaic at Peavey Plaza
Bands and performers from across the Twin Cities, along with food trucks and interactive art displays.

1:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m: Deke Sharon Ensemble Masterclass at Hyatt Regency Room

5:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Rise Up, Together Again at Peavey Plaza
Festival 2024 officially opens with over 7,000 local and visiting singers raising our voices together for the first time in 8 years. Download the music and sing along.

6:00 p.m - 10:00 p.m: Minnesota Mosaic at Peavey Plaza
6:00 p.m: d’Lakes
7:00 p.m: Leslie
8:00 p.m: Roxie Hall Band and women’s dance – all welcome
9:00 p.m - Emmy Woods and the Red Pine Ramblers

6:30 p.m - 10:00 p.m: Ensemble Concerts 1 at MCC Ballroom A
6:30 p.m - 7:45 p.m: Mni Sota Confluence at Orchestra Hall
8:15 p.m - 9:30 p.m: Mni Sota Confluence (Repeated) at Orchestra Hall
8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Women's Dance with the Roxxy Hall Band at Peavey Plaza
8:30 p.m - Close: Festival Opening Party at The Saloon