Pride Month Brady Block Party

June 29, 2023 | 5:30 pm | ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park

FREE

Program

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to West Side Story
Jacob Gade: Jalousie Tango
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter: “Crazy in Love”
Cole Porter: "Anything Goes" from Anything Goes
Cole Porter: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" from Leave It To Me
Cole Porter: "You're the Top" from Anything Goes
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Gimme a Fifth o' Funk
Antonio Vivaldi: Movement III, Presto, from "L'estate", No. 2 from The Four Seasons for Violin and Orchestra
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmila
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Movement II, Romance: Andante from Serenade in G Major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Dolly Parton: “I Will Always Love You” from The Bodyguard
Nickolas Ashford: “I'm Every Woman”
Jennifer Higdon: Celebration Fanfare
Johann, Strauss Jr.: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Lady Gaga: Born This Way
Bruno Mars: "Uptown Funk" from The Best of Bruno Mars

Artists

Daniel Wiley conductor
Thorgy Thor, violin, cello, narrator
Queen City Cabaret

Sarah Folsom, vocalist
Matthew Umphreys, piano

Ciara Harper, vocalist

Venue

ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park

What's Interesting

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ Pride with the CSO! Come ready to serve looks and strut your stuff!

Brady Block Parties are FREE and open to the public! They’ll include music and art activations, games and activities for all ages, and food trucks from local vendors.

The party is capped off with an outdoor concert by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

Thorgy Thor, NYC-based drag performance artist and professional musician, famed worldwide from the hit show RuPaul’s Drag Race, joins the CSO, along with Cincinnati-based ensemble Queen City Cabaret and vocalist Ciara Harper. The cabaret-style program features an eclectic mix of Broadway hits, classical favorites from Mozart & Vivaldi and today’s pop (Lady G, anyone?). Join us at the ICON Festival Stage for an unforgettable night of music and fun!