Past Events

NEW YEAR'S EVE at SIDETRACK with THE LEGACY PROJECT

New Year’s Eve 2022: Back On Track!

Join Sidetrack and the Legacy Project* for a spectacular New Year’s Eve 2022 Celebration! Get

Please join us Saturday October 16th at 1p when we welcome Non-Binary Civil Rights Legal Scholar - PAULI MURRAY - and MATTHEW SHEPARD - the young Gay college student whose tragic death transformed America's Hate Crimes Laws - onto Chicago's newest Historic Landmark: The Legacy Walk Outdoor LGBTQ

Art, History, Hors D'oeuvres, Cocktails on the Chicago River

Join an International Cast of Historians, Performers, and Fans for a LIVE Broadcast Honoring Two Icons from LGBTQ Music/History: Freddie Mercury and Sylvester.

CARNIVAL II - MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE PARTY

Saturday February 22 | 6-9p | Sidetrack | $30 General | $20 Students & Seniors

Join us for CARNIVAL, a MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE, at SIDETRACK the Video Bar!

New Year’s 2020: A Vision for Our Future

Ring in the New Year with Fun, Friends and Team Sidetrack! A portion of ticket sales benefit The Legacy Project.

Presented by Founder and Executive Director Victor Salvo, he will share about the history of the organization and more about the Legacy Wall currently on exhibit in the Library. The free lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. in The Learning Center.

After years promoting LGBTQ contributions to world history and culture, the Legacy Walk Rainbow Pylon Streetscape was officially designated the largest LGBTQ Historic Landmark on earth!

The Legacy Project and Sidetrack/The Video Bar celebrated the 50 years since Stonewall with a dance party featuring the most popular songs in LGBTQ culture; beginning in the 1960s and, hour by hour, advancing to the present...

Stonewall bartender Tree Sequoia regaled the crowd with his first-hand account of the Stonewall Riots at Sidetrack.