(Originally Published on The Huffington Post on 3/5/14)

The Pacific NW has no shortage of music festivals, and Seattle boasts some of the region’s largest and most well-attended. Starting a new festival in this neck of the woods is no small feat, but last year a handful of queers from the Emerald City did just that. The result was ‘Mo-Wave, Seattle’s queer music and arts festival — and it was a huge success.

Now in its second year, ‘Mo-Wave is back with another epic lineup featuring over 20 queer musicians (myself included) alongside dozens of visual and performance artists from all over the country, descending on stages at Chop Suey and PONY Seattle April 11-13.

Named “Best Festival” in its first year by Seattle Weekly, ‘Mo-Wave is unmatched in its eclectic blend of art and diverse queer culture. This mix immediately struck a chord with audiences, and one only has to take a quick glance at this year’s showcases to see that the ‘Mo-Wave crew are back at it. The festival’s mission to “showcase raw queer talent” through “a live and loud acknowledgment that our people do not fit into the simple stereotypes projected onto us by mainstream culture” is perhaps a tall order — but the team who pulled off year one has since grown, and they are about to top themselves. That’s right — I said “top themselves.” Chuckle all you want.

The 2014 lineup includes MX Justin V. Bond, Christeene, Zebra Katz, Carletta Sue Kay, Tacocat, Slava Mogutin, Logan Lynn, Ononos, Night Cadet, Boy Funk, Death Metals, Dust Moth, CZARL1NG (featuring Members of The Need/Grass Widow/Broken Water), Adé, Frederic Fleury, Narcissister, Jordan O’Jordan, L’Orth, Brian Kenny, LoneSome Leash, Tenderfoot, Half Breed, Sashay, Palo Verde, Spear and Magic Helmet, Frank Correa, Michael Horwitz, Your Heart Breaks, Belles Bent For Leather (Judas Priest Tribute), Queen Mookie, Amoania, Glitterbang, Hypnotits, Brian Brittigan, Zackary Drucker, MKNZ, Earl Dax, Crypts and more!

This week I caught up with ‘Mo-Wave creators Jodi Ecklund, Marcus Wilson and Seth Garrison to talk about Read the rest of this entry »

I am thrilled to announce that I will be performing at the 2014 Mo-Wave Festival in Seattle, voted “Best Festival” by Seattle Weekly last year. Mo-Wave runs from Friday, April 11th through Sunday, April 13th at Chop Suey. I suggest you attend all three days of shows, but if you have to pick just one day, I play at 4pm on Sunday.

Other acts on this year’s Mo-Wave bill include my all-time favorite supertalent Justin Vivian Bond and my dearest, troubled Christeene! Also performing are ZEBRA KATZ, Night Cadet, Tacocat, Earl Dax, Carletta Sue Kay, Belles Bent For Leather, Ononos, Boy Funk, HYPNOtits, CZARL1NG, Dust Moth, Spear & the Magic Helmet, Death Metals and sooooooo many other awesome queers!

Get your tickets now at www.MoWaveFestival.com – they are going to sell out fast.

Now…watch these videos and get excited:

Justin Vivian Bond:

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Well, Gino and I have just wrapped up the Pacific NW and East Coast legs of my summer tour with Big Dipper and Co. so I figured I would post some pictures! I will hold off on sharing all of the gritty details of what went down behind the scenes for now (gotta save something for the book), but I will say that we had a really great time performing for you all and we will definitely be back very soon! I am in love with Mississippi Studios and Chop Suey. You all are wonderful!!!

Photos from our NYC show at Webster Hall coming up later this week…

Here are some pics from the Portland show at Mississippi Studios by Wayne Bund Photography:  

To view the full album on Facebook, click HERE.

…and here some from the Seattle show at Chop Suey by Adrian Sotomayor Photography:

To view the full album on Facebook, click HERE.
To download Logan Lynn: “LIVE From Seattle” click HERE.