Friday
Tesh
Tesh out of Raleigh NC is known for bringing energy, emotion, and crowd connection to every stage, Tesh delivers performances that feel personal while still engaging a wide audience. Whether performing intimate records or high-energy tracks, his ability to connect through honest lyrics and presence continues to resonate with listeners across the Triangle and beyond. As the founder of Stay Yellow, a mental health awareness brand that focuses on providing the community with healthy coping mechanisms through events, music, workshops and more. Tesh creates music that speaks to growth, mental wellness, ambition, and the everyday highs and lows of life as a young creative navigating purpose.
Crashout
Crashout (@crashoutnc) are a 4-piece band from Raleigh, NC. By blending punk, alt-rock, metal, and grunge with the sheer existential dread of being a human and the overbearing weight of anxiety, Crashout have designated themselves "North Carolina's premier grudge rock band". Since their formation in 2024, Crashout have received glowing reviews from concertgoers such as "You'll have to speak up, I can't hear you" and "Do you know where the nearest Waffle House is?". Made up of Jake (Australian), Nate (blond), James (bald), and Nicolas (drums), Crashout released their first demo "Tweakin'" in 2025, with more to come in the near future.
Kylah Leshon
Kylah Leshon is a soul singer born and raised in Eastern NC. They are heavily influenced by classics in R&B, pop, gospel, funk, and musical theater. They use harmonies, vulnerable lyrics, and rhythm to tell stories that resonate with them and their audience. They've been recording and releasing music since 2021. With a recently dropped album (Stick&Stone) and music video (WYB?), Kylah Leshon is blazing forward and excited about what is to come this year!
KHX05
KHX05 (pronounced chaos), is a Gullah/Geechee multidisciplinary alt/alt-punk artist based in Durham, NC. Emerging from professional dance and Durham’s queer and art scene, KHX05 found their voice through movement, music, radical expression and revolution. Signed to Never Normal Records in 2020, they’ve since released two EPs, their debut album Menace to Society (2024), which displayed their musical versatility and toured internationally championing Black trans resistance, liberation and the fall of imperial empires. Currently they are working on their Sophomore album slated for 2027.
Rooted in Raleigh, NC, 22 Strings brings an eclectic and infectious energy to every stage. Blending original music with creatively reimagined covers, the band has been making waves since its formation in 2020. Known for their signature mashups, powerhouse vocals, and tight grooves, 22 Strings delivers a sound that's as soulful as it is unforgettable.
Saturday
Onya Nurve
22 Strings
Onya Nurve competed in and won the 17th season of competition series RuPaul's Drag Race (2025). She was crowned as the Next Drag Superstar for the United States.
Come see her perform on the main stage at Out! Raleigh Pride 2026!
Meet & Greet with Onya Nurve and Lexi Love!
Annelle Staal Trio
Bright eyed and effervescent, Annelle Staal sprouted wings in small town North Carolina. Staal’s writing is different—big, melodic and boundary defying. Their stage presence is fanciful, sultry, capricious. After a three-year long tussle with the Nashville scene, a solo tour canceled by the pandemic and 5 years of triweekly online music streams to follow, Annelle’s feathers are decorated by an international internet following and a voice that’s been refined to silk.
Saturday Hosts
Brandi Roberts
Melody Rose
LGBT Center of Raleigh
Location
128 E Cabarrus St
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 832-4484
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