Trina to perform for the masses in Uptown Charlotte on Aug. 25, 2012

Award-winning, chart-topping Hip-Hop recording artist Trina will headline this year’s 2012 Pride Charlotte Festival in Uptown Charlotte, Aug. 25-26, 2012, organizers announced on March 7.

Trina, known to many as Miami’s own “Diamond Princess,” has released five studio albums nationally as of Summer 2010, featuring fellow stars like Missy Elliott, Keyshia Cole, Dre, Lil’ Wayne, Kelly Roland, Snoop Dog and more. She is currently working on a sixth studio album. Having sold over two million records worldwide, Trina has proven herself a successful business woman with over a decade of success. Her newest album, “Amazin,” including features from Diddy, Keri Hilson, Monica, Nicki Minaj, Lye Jennings, Lady Saw and more, was released in early Summer 2010. It reached #1 on Billboard’s Independent Album charts and #2 on Billboard’s Rap Album charts upon it release worldwide.

Trina will take Pride Charlotte’s Uptown stages the night of Aug. 25, 2012, headlining what organizers say will be the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community Pride festival Charlotte and the Carolinas has ever seen. The events come just one week prior to Charlotte’s hosting of the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

“We couldn’t be more excited for Trina’s headlining performance at the Queen City’s our annual Pride Charlotte Festival,” said Jonathan Hill, Pride Charlotte entertainment chair. “As headliner, Trina’s lyrical artistry and her star power will be the highlight of two full days of local, regional and national entertainment and community empowerment, celebrating the strength and diversity of Charlotte’s LGBT community.”

Pride Charlotte hosted its sixth annual festivities on Aug. 27, 2011, attracting some 27,000-plus attendees. The 2012 Pride Charlotte Festival is slated to expand to two full days along S. Tryon St. between 3rd and Stonewall Sts., with headliner Trina taking the coveted Saturday evening main stage slot. Festival hours and other details have yet to be announced.

For Entertainers: Local and regional entertainers are being encouraged to submit their electronic press kits and bids to perform at the festival online at pridecharlotte.com/entertainment/.

For Vendors: In addition, vendors can now apply for discounted, early-bird registration vendor booths by visiting pridecharlotte.com/vendors/. For-profit vendor spaces are $400 and non-profit spaces are $200 through May 1, 2012.

For Sponsors: Companies and small businesses interested in sponsoring this year’s events are encouraged to consult our 2012 Pride Charlotte Sponsorship Packet. Learn more at pridecharlotte.com/sponsors/.

Those interested in learning more about how they can get involved in entertainment, sponsor, vendor, volunteer or 2013 parade planning can contact info@pridecharlotte.com.

Pride Charlotte got a shout out and a thank you in The Charlotte Observer‘s letters to the editor on Wednesday. Just as they say they appreciated our efforts to curb our noise during their family funeral, we are just as appreciative of the time they took to say a public thank you.

Thanks to Pride participants for respecting family funeral
The Evans family and St. Peter Catholic Church community would like to express their gratitude for the responsiveness of the Pride Charlotte community, who so promptly and respectfully accommodated the mid-afternoon funeral of Roger Evans on the same day as their downtown festival. Both the music and street noise were curbed during the service and this thoughtful action was sincerely appreciated.
Barbara Evans, Charlotte

Ms. Evans, thank you for your time in writing this letter. The Pride Charlotte organizing committee and the board of The LGBT Community Center of Charlotte are sorry for your family’s loss and happy that we could help in accommodating your family’s needs given the circumstances of our festival’s location on S. Tryon St. and its proximity to the church.

Two other letters to the editor in response to last week’s Pride Charlotte Festival were also printed. Check them out online at charlotteobserver.com/2011/08/31/2566138/the-observer-forum.html.

The Charlotte Observer published a phenomenal write-up on our wonderfully successful, record-setting Pride Charlotte yesterday. The news report, by writer Meghan Cooke, appears online and in the paper’s print edition today. Read a bit below and then hop over to charlotteobserver.com to read the rest.

The Duke Energy Building in Uptown Charlotte lit up in commemoration of Pride Charlotte on Saturday, Aug. 27.

Pride Festival, out in the open
Fest celebrates LGBT progress, acceptance.

By Meghan Cooke, macooke@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011

Rainbow colors beaming from the Duke Energy Center in Charlotte’s uptown lit up the sky Saturday night, marking the end of a festival celebrating the local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

The event shut down several blocks of South Tryon Street as thousands flocked to the Pride Festival, put on by Pride Charlotte, a group that works to empower the area’s LGBT community.

The festival is the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte’s largest fundraiser. It’s the culmination of Pride Week, which included an interfaith worship service, an art exhibit and film screening.

Thousands of people – a record number – attended Saturday’s festival, organizers said.

Read the rest at charlotteobserver.com…

Boy, oh, boy! What is happening? An impending hurricane and an earthquake? Oh, no worries here.

The latest projections for Hurricane Irene shows little-to-no chance of seriously affecting the Charlotte area. In fact, it’s projection has increasingly been shifted eastward hour by hour for the past two days. So, we expect to see each of your bright and smiling faces at Pride Charlotte on Saturday, Aug. 27, in Uptown Charlotte!

Be sure to check out our full calendar of events for Pride Charlotte Week and all the deets for the Pride Charlotte Festival.

Pride Charlotte Week is on and the count down to the annual Pride Charlotte Festival on Aug. 27 keeps ticking.

As a part of our festivities this year, we’ve partnered with the Mint Museum Uptown and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art to offer you a very special promotion. Through PrideCharlotte.com, you can download a special 2-for-1 admission coupon.

Click here to download our 2-for-1 Mint and Bechtler coupon

The special admission promotion is good Aug. 19-27 and can only be redeemed in person with the presentation of this coupon.