Karen Williams

Karen Williams is a force, a buzzsaw joke machine. She is proactively provocative, and fearless in confronting cliches, and investigating stereotypes through hyperbole. Her comedy stands out as a distinct, cantankerous voice in the lesbian community and a unique perspective on the world at large. “Human Beings: What A Concept,” Karen Williams’ debut comedy album, is a glimpse into the inner politics of a marginalized group that, by necessity, became curators and creators of their own culture. Karen addresses conformity in kindness, love, and relationships. She shares misgivings about aging, codependency, motherhood, and sexuality, especially regarding intersections with race and libertine living. Karen tells it like it is, as she sees it, cutting through the pleasantries with nuance, texture, ambiance, ambivalence, and gusto. She has lingo for those in the know and expertly crafted elaborations for those who aren’t. Throughout, Karen displays an unmatched genius for sarcasm, irony, and rhetoric. If something doesn’t make sense, she’ll knock some sense into it, but gracefully. Her technique is impressive. Rather than beat her opponent over the head, she’ll take the egregiously erroneous or misinformed stance as her own, stretch the faulty logic until it’s paper thin, and wrap the whole farce up into a bow. Karen Williams is special. For more about Karen's humor and healing work, visit www.hahainstitute.com  

Pam Rose

Few voices have the power to cut to the bone like Pam Rose’s. Layer that over her profound songwriting gift and her consummate musicianship on an assortment of instruments, and you begin to get a glimpse of a real artist.

Pam has been nominated for two Grammy Awards with longtime writing partner Mary Ann Kennedy, with whom she formed the acclaimed duo Kennedy Rose. The twosome recorded on rock star Sting’s private label Pangaea Records, founded for “uncategorizable music,” and opened for one of his world tours. Kennedy Rose also performed twice for President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton and at a Nobel Peace Prize presentation, as special guests of Emmylou Harris.

As a solo artist, Pam has recorded the CDs Morpheus, Fly, The Temple Sessions, and Sacred Song. Sacred Song has already garnered exposure in a documentary currently on the festival circuit titled “Invisible”. Rose is also featured in the documentary. "Invisible” captured the audience award for "Best Documentary" at the Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival. Pam also enjoyed hit record status in Sweden; her song “Never You” (cowritten with Swedish icon Marit Bergman) soared in the Scandinavian charts and was a favorite on the soundtrack CD for Sweden’s most successful TV series, Jill’s Veranda.

As a guest artist, she has sung harmony with the likes of Art Garfunkel and Neil Young and appeared on a host of hit records, most notably in “How Do I Live?” recorded by LeAnn Rhimes, and “Independence Day,” recorded by Martina McBride. Pam has appeared with Australian acoustic guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel on his PBS show, performing one of her Grammy-nominated songs, “I’ll Still Be Loving You,” and “Haba Na Haba,” a composition cowritten with Emmanuel that appears on his CD Little by Little. Inspired by the Swahili proverb “Haba Na Haba”—which translates to “little by little, we fill the cup”—it is a story of hope and taking long, sometimes arduous journeys one step at a time.

Born in Chattanooga, Pam moved with her family to Atlanta and then to Florida’s east coast, where she spent her formative years. After majoring in music at Florida State University, she lived in Atlanta and was mentored by jazz musician Paul Mitchell. Pam currently resides in Nashville, TN.

During the Pandemic, she renewed her studies in her lifelong second love, the Stars, and our relationship with the Cosmos, and as of 2024 will be accredited as a Certified Astrologer.

Find out more about Pam and check out her CDs at www.pamrosemusic.com

Angie K.

Angie K is shaking up Nashville with her fresh blend of hard hitting country with a nod to her Latin roots. Her first bilingual single ‘Real Talk’ catapulted her on the country scene by making her a ‘Highway Find’ on Sirius XM the Highway. Since then, she has accumulated over 20 million+ streams, 500k+ followers, and was the only independent artist to play on the Nissan Stadium stage during the 2022 CMA Fest. She was recently named to the 2023 class of CMT’s ‘Next Women of Country’ and their “Listen Up” class of 2024. After making the cover of Spotify's 'Country Latino' playlist, Angie was featured in Good Morning America along with her hit single 'Laredo'. The success of the past year helped invite Angie into the prestigious Whippoorwill Arts Fellowship for 2024. Angie has shared the stage with artists like Big & Rich, Tanya Tucker, Sammy Kershaw, Trace Adkins, Melissa Etherige, Jake Owen and more. You can follow her journey on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook at @officialangiek.

In June of 2024, Angie K. debuted on Billboard with “Red Dirt on Mars” which was written up as one of the “6 Must-Hear New Country Songs."

Mina Hartong

MINA HARTONG (she, her)

Award winning comedian Mina Hartong (Curve Magazine Funniest Lesbians, Joe’s Pub, Broadway Comedy Club, Burbank Comedy Festival) is an Emcee, Educator and Funny Lady. She has been performing and touring for over twenty years. Favorite shows include Don’t Tell Mama’s, Gotham Comedy Club, Gay Games Amsterdam, Provincetown, and the Montreal Fringe Festival. Mina has performed in Pride Festivals around the world, including Iceland Pride where she marched next to the lesbian mayor! When she is not on stage, Mina enjoys teaching Stand-up Comedy and developing new comics. Mina produces and hosts her own comedy and variety show Lez Out Loud, which just had their tenth sold out show in Palm Springs, CA. She taught Theater in public schools for 20 years. Mina is based in New York City

DJ Olga T

A Puerto Rican lover of all things music, dogs, community and human connection through the language of rhythm and beats, born in NYC and raised in San Francisco, Olga T has an exceptional style of DJing that never fails to grab your attention on the dance floor. This northern California legend is known for masterfully transitioning through nearly every genre of music and always being committed to working with the original Technics 1200 turntables while making creative use of ever evolving digital accessories.  DJing for the past 20 years while producing legendary Bay Area events (Mango SF, Good Times Oakland), spinning at major corporate gigs (Salesforce, Oracle, etc.), previous Olivia trips and events as well as queer festivals (SF Pride, Folsom SF) year-round in addition to teaching DJ classes, creating exclusive remixes, edits and mixtapes is Olga T's fulltime passion.  

To listen and download various music genres mixtapes created by DJ Olga T, go to https://soundcloud.com/djolgat)