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Our Voice Milwaukee is the Chorus for Gay Men and Allies. It's an exciting time for Our Voice Milwaukee, the new name for City of Festivals Men's Chorus!

We started in fall of 2010, as a small group of men who had a common goal for Milwaukee to once again have a gay men's chorus. Since our debut, we have performed for the Milwaukee community at several venues. We have performed at Pridefest on the Miller (Main) Stage for the last 3 years. We were the driving force behind gathering together a community chorus of 70 people to perform as part of the 'it gets better tour' when they came to Milwaukee in early 2014. On August 12th, 2013, the Board of Directors passed the following as our Chorus Values Statement"

City of Festivals Men’s Chorus Value Statement

We value creating a safe atmosphere of compassion and respect, where we nurture each other’s development both personally and musically. We encourage our members to express their individuality, and value their contributions, allowing for growth, creativity and development, both collectively and individually. We value the important contributions of each member and the time we spend together as a group. We realize that what we are attempting to do can not be done alone. We are dependent on each other to create the harmony in our music and in our community that we strive to achieve. We value the joy of singing and making beautiful music together. We accept the challenge of working to improve our musical skills in order to provide high quality male choral performance that is entertaining, and honors the traditions of male choral music, and LGBT male chorus music. We value the important opportunity we can provide to members and friends of the LGBT community and the community at-large; to join us in song, to hear the harmony we create in our music, and to form working partnerships. We make these efforts in hope to build bridges of compassion, break down barriers of prejudice and ignorance, and build a foundation of equality and respect for future generations.

10/05/2026

Don’t take it from us. Take it from TIME!

A recent TIME Ideas piece makes the case for something we already know at Our Voice Milwaukee: singing together can do a lot more than make music.

The article explores how joining a choir can:
🎶 Build connection and a sense of belonging
🎶 Bring people together across different backgrounds
🎶 Support social and physical well-being
🎶 Turn a room full of strangers into a community
🎶 Remind us that we don’t have to experience everything alone

And perhaps our favorite takeaway? Singing together is an embodied way of understanding that we belong to something bigger than ourselves.

We’ll be over here, agreeing loudly.

“At this fraught moment when everyone is politically polarized, lonely, disillusioned, and cringe-averse, choirs are attracting a new generation of singers,” writes Elizabeth Endicott.

09/24/2026

OVM breaks records at our annual variety show fundraiser! 🌈 Last Thursday, thanks to the generosity of our audience, performers, volunteers, donors and sponsors, we raised more than $50,000, our most successful fundraiser to date.

Check out a full album of photos from the evening:
🔗bit.ly/OVM-heated_ribaldry

These funds will help us prepare for our upcoming concert at the Bradley Symphony Center, purchase music, provide scholarships that remove financial barriers for members, and look ahead to the 2028 GALA Festival. We are deeply grateful to everyone who made this night possible.

09/18/2026

Enjoy this SNEAK PEEK of photos from our Annual Variety Show and Fundraiser, OVM After Dark: Heated Ribaldry. 🔥 What a night!

We can’t wait to share more memories from the evening, along with the generous fundraising totals made possible by our amazing supporters, donors and friends.

Stay tuned. There’s plenty more to come!

09/14/2026

There’s still time to get your tickets for our 2026 Variety Show — OVM After Dark: Heated Ribaldry — but the countdown is officially on. Don't miss out!

TICKETS: 🔗www.ourvoicemke.org

Join Our Voice Milwaukee this Thursday, September 17, at the iconic Jan Serr Studio for our annual variety show fundraiser and a very fun way to kick off our 16th season. Enjoy food, 50/50 raffles, good vibes and plenty of flirtatious, debaucherous and cheeky performances from members of your favorite gay chorus. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

09/10/2026

HUGE NEWS! 🌈 We’ve been wanting to share this one for a while, and we’re finally allowed to say it: Our Voice Milwaukee is taking the stage at the Bradley Symphony Center – home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

This December, OVM kicks off Season 16 with Hallmarked Homos: Unwrapping What Matters, bringing our holiday concert to one of Milwaukee’s most iconic stages for one night only. Yes, there will be holiday classics. Yes, there will be some very silly takes on them. And yes, there will be plenty of seasonal sparkle.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
🔗ourvoicemke.org (link in bio

Invite a friend, come celebrate the holidays with us in a brand-new space, and make this one your new holiday tradition.

09/03/2026

‼ NEW MEMBER DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 8! Following our next rehearsal on Tuesday, Our Voice Milwaukee will not be accepting new singing members for our December concert.

There's still time to join! ⌛ If you, or someone you know, are interested in singing with us, please reach out to [email protected].

09/02/2026

Season 16 is officially underway! 🌈 We kicked things off after our first official rehearsal with our monthly social at POP | Milwaukee Q***r Bar + Restaurant.

We’re so glad to welcome our newest singers and bring them together with our returning members, merging new voices with familiar ones to create our largest group of singing members to date, making your favorite gay chorus bigger than ever!

09/01/2026

The OVM bus pulls away from the curb tomorrow night, Tuesday, Sept 1st, at 7PM. Will you be on board?

Note: This is a metaphor. No busses will be present.

08/27/2026

OVM is bringing the HEATED RIBALDRY to our variety show this year. 🔥 And yes, "ribaldry" means amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behavior, which feels pretty fitting for a spicy night with your favorite gay chorus! Join us Thursday, September 17 for good vibes and performances by members of Our Voice Milwaukee.

🎟️ Get your tickets now: www.ourvoicemke.org/buytickets

With just three weeks to go, it’s time to get your tickets and get ready for an evening of cheeky and delightfully irreverent fun! Don’t miss it.

08/26/2026

Your favorite gay chorus has some new leadership! 🌈 At last month’s Annual Meeting, our members elected new leaders to our Executive Committee and Board of Directors. We’re excited to welcome the singers stepping into these roles and bring new ideas, energy and perspectives to the work ahead.

And, of course, a huge thank-you to the incredible members who are rotating out of leadership. Get to know our full Board and committee leadership at: 🔗 www.ourvoicemke.org/leadership

Address

PO Box 1968
Milwaukee, WI
53201

Website

http://www.ourvoicemke.org/

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