First Cedar Valley Pridefest to Feature Zach Wahls, Performers from Cedar Falls, 'Drag' Race

The Cedar Valley's first Pridefest will hit downtown Waterloo tomorrow with a full line up of musicians, performers and activities.

The festival will be from 12 p.m. to midnight in downtown Waterloo, in the 300 block of West Fourth Street. Tickets are $7.

Cedar Falls acts will join bands and performers from Waterloo and across the state for the event, which is meant to highlight the diversity of Eastern Iowa's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.

Zach Wahls, the Iowa City man whose impassioned speech to the Iowa House of Representatives in defense of his two lesbian mothers went viral on YouTube, will speak at 3:30 p.m.

From the , the Half-Masted Comedy Improv group will perform at 6 p.m., and Cedar Falls-based burlesque, dance and performance group Sissy's Sircus will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Other highlights of the festival will be a "drag race" - quite literally; people dressed in drag will run down Fourth Street at 7 p.m. - and a street dance party from 11 p.m. to midnight.

Here is the full performance schedule:

12 p.m. – Music Kickoff
Music, Info and Vendors

12:30 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators

12:45 p.m. – Har-di-Har 
Trans-genre Acoustic Duo

1:30 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators

1:45 p.m. – Dave Tamkin
Chicago-based Singer and Songwriter

2:30 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators

2:45 p.m. – Caroline
Female Vocalist and Keyboardist

3:30 p.m. – Zach Wahls
Equality and family supporter will address the crowd.

4 p.m. – Comfort Kings
Blended Bluegrass, Blues & Folk

4:45 p.m. – Music Break 

5 p.m. – Roller Derby Demo
Women's Cedar Valley's Push Up Brawlers Team

5:30 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators

5:45 p.m. – Music Break 

6 p.m. – Half-Masted Troupe
Improv Comedy Troupe

6:45 p.m. – Music Break 

7 p.m. – 4th Street Drag Race (Street)
Open 100-Foot Dash in Drag. 

7:30 p.m. – Brazilian 2wins
High-energy Pop Infusion Bad with Exotic Sound

8:15 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators 

8:30 p.m. – Sissy's Sircus
Live Burlesque, Dance and Performance Troupe

9:15 p.m. – Dance Break 

9:45 p.m. – Sissy's Sircus
Live Burlesque, Dance and Performance Troupe

10:30 p.m. – Drag Show
Female Impersonators

11 p.m. – Street Dance Party

12 a.m. – Thanks & Good Night