Tours

Conductor Jacob Stensberg

Three free concerts in the Midwest, presented with local choruses, to amplify the voices of local activists and stand in solidarity with communities targeted by discriminatory legislation.

Performances

• July 7, 2024Iowa City, IowaVoxman Music Building Concert Hall, University of Iowa, with The Quire of Eastern Iowa
• July 8, 2024Omaha, NebraskaCountryside Community Church, with River City Mixed Chorus. Free-will donations benefited OutNebraska.
• July 9, 2024Des Moines, IowaLauridsen Amphitheater at Water Works Park, with the Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus

Community partners

• OutNebraska
• Iowa Safe Schools

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Tour photos: Jonathan Dwight

Artistic Director Dr. Timothy Seelig

To open its 40th season, the chorus toured the Deep South with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, sharing a message of community, activism and compassion and raising funds for regional LGBTQ+ organizations.

States

• Mississippi
• Alabama
• Tennessee
• South Carolina
• North Carolina

On film

The tour is the subject of the documentary Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2019 and was acquired by MTV Documentary Films. Learn about the film

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In the press

• TimeOut SF: SFGMC Kicks Off Its 40th Season
• HRC Blog: Singing in the Face of Fear
• O Magazine: This Gay Men’s Chorus Is Taking a Stand Against Hate
• Huffington Post: SFGMC Flies South to Fight Bigotry
• Upworthy: What Happens When a Gay Men’s Choir Tours the Deep South?

About the documentary

• MTV Documentary Films Acquires “Gay Chorus Deep South”
• “Gay Chorus Deep South” Trailer
• NY Times Reviews “Gay Chorus Deep South”

A 50-member touring ensemble performed a Valentine’s Day weekend concert at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, presented by the Park City Institute.

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In November 2015, with Mayor Edwin M. Lee, the chorus announced plans for an October 2018 concert tour to China to celebrate its 40th anniversary, planned as the first tour there by an LGBTQ+ chorus.

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• SFGMC Announces 2018 China Tour!

Artistic Director Dr. Kathleen McGuire

After the passage of Proposition 8, the chorus took its music to communities beyond the Bay Area for three consecutive years, connecting live performance with the campaign for marriage equality.

First-year stops

• Redding (sold out, January 30, 2010)
• Chico (sold out, January 31, 2010)
• Bakersfield
• Fresno
• Vallejo

The tour returned to the Empress Theatre in Vallejo on July 17, 2011.

Photos: SFGMC

Listen to the tour album on Spotify

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• 2010–2012 California Freedom Tour

The chorus’s first international trip took it to Sydney Town Hall during the city’s Gay Mardi Gras celebrations, where it presented NakedMan and its ABBA program, extrABBAganza, billed together as “The Best of the Best!”

Artistic Director Dr. Stan Hill

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• 1998 Sydney Tour: Our First International Journey

Music Director Dr. Stan Hill

SFGMC joined the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, led by music director Robert Barney, for Origins & Visions, a shared concert at Symphony Hall. It is part of a long history of building relationships through music.

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• 1994 Boston Visit: Singing Together at Symphony Hall

Conductor Dick Kramer

Weeks after Mayor Dianne Feinstein presented the chorus with the key to the city, SFGMC set out on its first national tour, joined by the Bay Area Women’s Brass Quartet. The concerts helped inspire LGBTQ+ choruses across the country.

Cities

• Dallas
• Minneapolis
• Lincoln
• Detroit
• New York
• Boston
• Washington, D.C.
• Seattle
• San Francisco (homecoming)

Watch the 40th anniversary reunion video · Read our history

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