A huge crowd fills Orchestra Hall at Festival 2024 in Minneapolis.

Festival 2028 in Minneapolis

GALA Choruses Festival 2028
Wednesday, July 12–Sunday, July 16
in Minneapolis, MN

What is Festival?
GALA Choruses signature event is our quadrennial Festival, which gathers LGBTQ+ choruses from all over North America and the world. Festival is five days of singing, connecting, and creating. It’s wall-to-wall concerts, workshops, social events, joy and pride. It’s the largest LGBTQ choral event in the world. It’s you with thousands of your peers taking over a city and filling it with song.

By the Numbers
In 2024, GALA Choruses Festival gathered about 7,000 singers from 122 choruses in Minneapolis. This is just a portion of the more than 15,000 singers and nearly 200 LGBTQ+ choruses in North America and beyond who make up GALA Choruses. Festival 2028 choirs will perform at world-class venues in downtown Minneapolis including Orchestra Hall, The Minneapolis Convention Center, and Central Lutheran Church.

Countdown to Festival

00DAYS
00HOURS
00MINUTES
00SECONDS
Randall Kikukawa conducts GAPA Men's Chorus at Festival 2024 in Minneapolis, he is bathed in purple light.