2016 Main Stage Lineup
Check back through out the year as we work to line up some amazing acts for out 2016 CNY Pride Festival on 6/18/2016 at the Inner Harbor.
2015 Artist that perfomed
Katie Robinson was born in Syracuse, NY and graduated from Liverpool High School. Best known for her hilarious encounter with a camel spider, and rapping with a mop, comedian Katie Robinson has been exploding in comedy clubs and theaters all over California and New York, and is regularly seen at THE WORLD FAMOUS COMEDY STORE in Hollywood where greats like Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, and Louie Anderson became household names.
Commonly referred to as "Captain Katie" by fans, Katie served four years of active duty in the Army as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear warfare officer (I know, right?) assigned to the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, NY. Katie had two combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan where she served as an aviation battle captain, responsible for all her unit’s helicopter missions. Throughout her army career, she wrote and performed countless improv/sketch comedy acts in “Safety Briefs”, bringing humor to important yet tediously boring topics of military safety.
Katie is most recognizable starring in the viral Love Has No Labels PSA, otherwise known as "the skeleton video", currently airing internationally on TV and all over the Internet, that had over 64 million hits in just 3 days. An advocate in the LGBT community, she was integral in implementing policy changes during and after the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to ensure better protection of LGBT service members.
You’ll see her now acting and performing stunts in various film, television, theater, and video game projects, including motion capture in Call of Duty: Ghosts and stunt-double work in the recently released film Survive. She was featured on The Queen Latifah Show, a special guest on Pivot's TakePart Live, as well as seen on ABC Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., playing a Female S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent. She was also the girl who kissed Usher on a Pepsi commercial nationally aired for the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
Katie was the Title-Winner of the comedy festival MINIFEST: LOS ANGELES in 2014, with over 120 participants. Her versatility, clean humor, and quick wit make her a crowd favorite. She's shared the stage with many great comedians including Damon Wayans and Whitney Cummings, as well as last year with Tom Papa at CBS Studios for a Memorial Day benefit. For Veterans Day, Katie performed with the GIs of Comedy for the 5th Annual Salute, Honoring Veterans in Entertainment.
Although she performs standup regularly in well-known comedy clubs all over, she'll tell you "hands down" her favorite place to perform is for her home crowd at The Funny Bone in Syracuse.
RAY ISAAC – Australia’s First Singing DJ - An edgy brand of pop dance music, which sounds like droppin' a shot of Justin Timberlake into a David Guetta Jagerbomb - An emotional, fiery rollercoaster ride!
Ray Isaac is an independent Singer-Songwriter-DJ who has shaped himself into a brand that is sought after by producers and labels who admire his intoxicating lyrics and his insanely original performance style.
Ray just wrote the new Bob Sinclar Single “Feel The Vibe” which is Number 1 on the Italy Itunes and Dance Charts. Ray Isaac’s debut single “U Want or U Don’t” was released in June 2014. The official music video is out now on Vevo. His second single “Who I Am” is an empowering ballad he wrote about being free and fighting for equality and acceptance in our society. Ray stands by his belief that no matter what, we have to be proud of who we are and know that happiness only manifests itself when we truly love and accept who we are from deep within.
Ray’s music will be featured in the new mega dance film ‘Dancin Its On’ written and directed by the original ‘West Side Story’ actor, David Winters. Ray also plays a small role in the film as well as performing the theme song and five of the featured tracks. The film will be released in cinemas in summer of 2016.
Ray acts up to the crowd in his new re-invention of DJ by seducing his audience with Pop/House remixes saturated with tribal undertones in brooding arrangements which hark back to the day of hands-in-the-air fanfare.
Ray Isaac’s success is built on his ability to combine, as illustrated by Time Out Magazine, a brilliant ‘electro dance-pop’ vibe to ignite his audience into a frenzy. Soon the buzz surrounding Ray Isaac will become a ROAR.