Jack Antonoff Announces The Ally Coalition’s 11th Annual Talent Show
Today, October 20, the Ally Coalition has announced that its 11th annual Talent Show will take place on Monday, December 15 at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The forthcoming evening, which presents musical performances by host and event curator Jack Antonoff’s arsenal of collaborators, friends and more artists united under the mission to support unhoused LGBTQ+ youths.
“The Talent Show exists in its own special world that we have built over the last eleven years: bringing together my favorite artists to play a small room in New York for our people,” Antonoff notes via press release. “All proceeds go to The Ally Coalition and their work supporting the homeless LGBTQ+ community – means the world to me and everyone who works hard to make this night happen every year.”
Antonoff’s annual event has included appearances by Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Rachel Zegler, Phoebe Bridgers, Hasan Minhaj, Kasey Musgraves, Clairo, Jason Isbell, St. Vincent and many others, who united in their fight to raise awareness and financial aid for the chosen community.
The need for services and aid comes as over 4 million houseless youths reside in the US, with an astounding 40% identified as LGBTQ+. Growing mistreatment and lack of aid accounts for the necessity of the event, as the American Civil Liberties Union tracks over 600 bills which disparage LGBTQ+ access and equality.
Notably, last year’s event presented performances by Carpenter, Rachel Zegler, Remi Wolf, Trey Anastasio, Brendan Yates of Turnstile, Claud, Laundry Day, Andrew Dost of Metal Bubble Trio, and the host’s rekindling with his 2000s band, Steel Train. The forthcoming artist lineup has not been revealed.
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