Walking Man Live

Long Island Gay And Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) has announced plans for the 17th annual gay pride parade through Huntington Village and Heckscher Park. In addition to the annual parade through Main St, event organizers will be having a festival in Heckscher Park featuring food courts, live music, and kids (and adults) activities such as face painting, cotton candy, balloon animals, and a moon bouncer at 1:30pm until 6pm on June 10th.
The live entertainment will be preformed by France Joli, disco-era super star with the hit single, “Come To Me”. She will be joined by Jordan Sparks, one of American Idol’s top 24 contestants this season. Also keep a look out for LIGALY Pride Dancers who will probably be dancing along to the tunes of the, soon to be announced, Out Idol competition winner.

Idol Out is an American Idol like competition for gay and lesbian teens in Long Island who have a talent for singing. Currently there are 3 finalists left, but only 1 winner will be announced on June 1st. That singer will then preform at the LIGALY prom on June 8th, and again for the festival on June 10th.

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A common complaint about Long Island is its lack of a nightlife involving live music. There aren’t too many music-only venues in Long Island. Sure you can check out a bar in Huntington Village and see the one guy playing acoustic guitar, or look around as no one dances to the repetitive old music from a “DJ”, but thats not a true live music experience. Lately the trend has been for bars to hire a few musicians and then advertise live music to get people in the bars. Fortunately for the bartenders, it works, unfortunately for the music scene, its suicide.

Seeing the same band every week, with the same crowd, in the same bar stool will drive a person insane. It weakens the audience and discourages the bands. Long Island, although lacking a bit, does have a few places where the average person can go and enjoy music. You can discover a new band, make new friends, and have the time of your life in some of the best venues on the Island. Here’s a few that I have enjoyed attending: (more…)

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