OUTlander 2012 Fall Music Festival

The OUTlander Project announced the final lineup for the second annual OUTlander Fall Music Festival set to kick off Friday, September 21 and run through Sunday, September 23 during Austin Pride Weekend. Featured headliners include OUTlander veteran performers God-des & She along with OUTlander first-timer Patrice Pike. This year's lineup includes more than 40 artists, including many from the Austin area as well as musicians from around the state and across the country.

The festival will return to East 7th Street and feature three stages at Lipstick 24 and two stages at Rusty's. The shows at both venues will be open to anyone 21 and up on Friday and Saturday and anyone 18 and up on Sunday. All the shows are free and open to the public.

FRIDAY

The festival will kick off Friday night at Rusty's at the 2nd Annual Violet Crown Cotillion, a fundraising event for the Wright House Wellness Center starting at 5 PM which will feature an evening of food, live music, and entertainment. There will also be a silent auction including signed Broadway posters, performing arts tickets and artwork by local artists. 

For those looking to grab a more substantial meal, Lipstick24 will host their monthly Steak Night a little early this month in honor of the festival. Doors open at 8 PM with food being served out on the patio along with music for your dining entertainment.  At 10 PM, Clarkisha will open with a little dirty acoustic pop out on the patio followed by the Austin-based hip/hop rap duo, Gender Benders at 11 PM.  DJ Gayburn from the Gender Benders will continue through the night with a deejay set until close.

SATURDAY

On Saturday, music will kick off at Rusty's starting on the patio at 3 PM with Christy Claxton and in the lounge at 3:30 PM with John McDonough. Artists playing on the stages at Rusty's on Saturday include several local acts including Grrlz will be Boiz, Lisa Marshall, Susan Arbuckle, Kari K., The 7s, and More Cowbell.

Over at Lipstick24, Austin-based Utley3 kicks off on the patio at 5:30 PM followed by Honey Son in Club 606 and The Awkward Robot on the Empire stage at 6 PM. Other featured acts from the lineup at Lipstick24 include Eleven:Eleven, who played in Houston this year during Houston Pride, and Glow in the Sun.

The stages at Rusty's will take a break starting at 8 PM to allow festival goes the chance to walk to Congress Avenue to catch the Austin Pride Parade as it makes its way down Congress Avenue from the Texas State Capitol to the newly renamed Bettie Naylor Street, or as most will know it, 4th Street. For those choosing to opt out of watching the parade, music will continue on all the stages at Lipstick24 uninterrupted. Music will start again at Rusty's at 9 PM with Susan Arbuckle on the patio and at 9:30 PM with Kari K. in the lounge.

OUTlander veterans God-des & She will close out the night as they headline the Empire stage, starting at 11 PM. 

SUNDAY

The festival continues on Sunday Fun Day as both Rusty's and Lipstick24 opens up to everyone 18 and up, with both venues planning on offering up some hot food. The 7th Squeeze from New York will kick off the day out on the Patio at Rusty's starting at 2 PM and Ms La from Lewisville will open up in the lounge at 3:30 PM. Over at Lipstick24, DJ Terpsi and DJ Cupcake from San Antonio will be spinning out on the patio all day from 3-7 PM followed up by a performance by Austin-based Cuban hip-hop duo Krudas Cubensi at 7 PM which will close out the festival lineup at Lipstick.

Featured acts on the stages at Rusty's include Boys on the Inside, Jennie Dale Lord from Lubbock, and Julie Nolen and Telling Stories. Patrice Pike will be the headlining act, with her performance out on the patio at Rusty's starting at 8 PM. Her performance will mark Patrice's first time performing at Rusty's and it officially closes the OUTlander 2012 Fall Music Festival.

In its second year, the OUTlander Fall Music Festival is one of the largest showcases of LGBTQ musicians in Texas. In Austin, the only larger event is The OUTlander Project's OUTlander Spring Music Festival held during South by Southwest and featured nearly 50 acts, including an all-female showcase that featured 20 female muscians. The OUTlander Project works to help promote live music and promote out artists to the LGBTQ community.

The OUTlander Project also hosts a monthly showcase showcasing two out artists at Rusty's. The next OUTlander Second Saturday Showcase will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012 during the ACL Festival Weekend starting at 9 PM and will feature local singer-songwriters Mike Burns and Gina Chavez. There are currently plans to add other similar showcases around Austin in 2013.

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