Jack Antonoff has announced the initial details for his 12th annual The Ally Coalition Talent Show. The event, which raises money to support unhoused LGBTQ+ youth, will take place at New York’s Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, December 15.
Besides members of Antonoff’s band Bleachers, the event’s lineup has not been announced in advance for several years. The Talent Show’s 2025 lineup brought together Florence Welch, Hayley Williams, Rachel Zegler, Trey Anastasio, Antonoff’s former fun. bandmate Andrew Dost, Claud, Samia, Hank Heaven and Annie DiRusso, as well as comedians Mike Birbiglia, Chris Lambert and Chris Laker. Anastasio, who had performed at the charity show two previous times, ran through Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers’ “That Summer Feeling” with Claud, Samia, Heaven and DiRusso; he has since joined Heaven on stage in a boxing ring and the new collaborators are said to be working together in the studio as well.
Other past guests have included: Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter, Jason Isbell, Guster, Phoebe Bridgers, members of The National, Steel Train, Kasey Musgraves, Clairo, and St. Vincent, among dozens of others. TAC has produced these unique, multi-genre Talent Shows to raise over $2M to support unhoused LGBTQ+ youths since 2014.
“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 in a statement. “All proceeds go to The Ally Coalition and our work supporting the homeless LGBTQ+ community—means the world to me and everyone who works hard to make this night happen every year.”
To mark their 13th anniversary and the 12th edition of the Talent Show, The Ally Coalition has pledged a $1M donation to their network of partner organizations across the country. Alongside this announcement, it is calling on aligned corporations, institutions, and individuals to match the pledge and help raise the total to $2M by year’s end.
In addition to the Talent Show, TAC will host their 5th annual Day of Services, Friday, December 11 at The LGBT Center located at 208 W. 13th Street in Manhattan. The Ally Coalition’s Day of Services brings together local LGBTQ organizations, medical service organizations and clothing brands to support the at-risk and homeless youth in the community.
“TAC’s Day Of Services has become one of our favorite parts of Talent Show weekend,” Jeb Gutelius, Executive Director of The Ally Coalition, said in a statement. “This year, we are once again partnering with The NYC LGBT Community Center to host the event, where hundreds of LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness will be able to access medical services, get a warm meal and shop from a fully stocked clothing closet.”
