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Music City PrEP Clinic’s Fatherland Fest Returns to East Nashville September 21

Fatherland Fest returns on September 21 in East Nashville, featuring Brooke Lynn Hytes, Dixon Dallas, Grant Knoche, and more to support Music City PrEP Clinic's mission to prevent HIV. Free admission, registration required.
Editor 1 year ago 4 min read

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FATHERLAND FEST ANNOUNCES BROOKE LYNN HYTES, DIXON DALLAS, GRANT KNOCHE AND MORE TO BE FEATURED MUSICAL ACTS THIS YEAR

The free annual festival is a fundraiser for the Music City PrEP Clinic and will take place in East Nashville on September 21

NASHVILLE, TN (8/29/2024) — The 3rd annual Music City PrEP Clinic Fatherland Fest will take place on Saturday, September 21 at the corner of Fatherland Street and S.11th in East Nashville. Each year thousands of people gather from 4 pm – 10 pm for Fatherland Fest to raise funds and awareness for the Music City PrEP Clinic. 

This year’s festival features an impressive lineup including drag superstar Brooke Lynn Hytes, country singer Dixon Dallas and dance pop star Grant Knoche. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 finalist, Jaidynn Diore Fierce and other Nashville drag scene favorites, Vidalia Anne Gentry, Cya Inhale, Shelby La’ Banks, Justine Van de Blair, Cordelia Facade, Shoshana, Zxa and Eden Ash will also take the stage while DJ Manrelic keeps the music going all day and well into the night.

Along with the musical lineup, the event features irresistible food from street vendors, handcrafted cocktails, artisan vendors and more. This festival is free and open to the public 18 and over, but registration is required in advance at FatherlandFest.org. 

With more than 20,000  patients, the Music City PrEP Clinic is celebrating its unprecedented success in preventing HIV transmissions in Tennessee since 2019. PrEP is a prescription medication that prevents HIV and Music City PrEP Clinic is one of the largest providers of PrEP in the country, which has made a major impact on slowing the spread of HIV in Tennessee. Music City PrEP Clinic also provides testing and treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) including HIV and Hepatitis A, B, & C. The Clinic’s fast-growing ART program offers a reimagined, streamlined approach to providing medical care to those living with HIV. Funds raised at Fatherland Fest will help   Music City PrEP Clinic’s to accomplish its mission which is to eliminate new transmissions of HIV in Tennessee and Kentucky. Their vision: A world where there is SEX WITHOUT FEAR, LOVE WITHOUT STIGMA.


About the Music City PrEP Clinic

With more than 20,000 patients, Music City PrEP is celebrating its unprecedented success in preventing HIV transmissions in Tennessee since 2019. PrEP is a prescription medication that prevents HIV and Music City PrEP Clinic is one of the largest providers of PrEP in the country, which has made a major impact on slowing the spread of HIV in Tennessee.

The clinic has reimagined sexual health care to make it a sex-positive, highly professional, and shame-free experience. When you enter one of the clinics, you are in a safe, confidential, and stigma-free space. Music City PrEP Clinic encourages its patients to speak freely and ask questions without fear of being judged. They want you to feel confident that you have the answers you need to have a happy, healthy sex life. When you become a patient at Music City PrEP Clinic, you are supporting our mission to eliminate new transmissions of HIV in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Music City PrEP Clinic’s goal is to provide its services at the lowest cost possible to our patients. Most of their patients have no out-of-pocket costs. If cost is ever an issue, the friendly financial aid specialists are available to help.


About Brooke Lynn Hytes 

Brooke Lynn Hytes is a Canadian drag queen, performer, ballet dancer, the 2014 holder of the “Miss Continental” title as well as one of the Season 11 contestants of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where she placed 2nd. She is also the host and one of the permanent judges on Canada’s Drag Race becoming the first contestant to take on the role of host and judge in the franchise.

Brooke came back as a lip sync assassin on All Stars 6, where she tied alongside fellow Season 11 contestant Ra’Jah O’Hara.


About Dixon Dallas

The trailblazing gay country music alter-ego conceived by Alabama rapper Jake Hill, has been on a meteoric rise since the release of his summer hit “Good Lookin’.” Using traditional country music tropes, like descriptive romantic verses and singing in a deep southern drawl, Dallas’ music is everything a country music fan has come to know and love except it comes with an explicit gay twist.

Dixon Dallas has been the face of ET’s Pride series for many years and has interviewed numerous Drag Race contestants over his career. Notable names include Katya, Shangela and Brooke Lynn Hytes. He also hosted the OUTtv original Call Me Mother.


About Grant Knoche

Grant Knoche is a Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Dancer and Performer. His latest two singles have each charted #1 on Hype Machine and have reached multiple top playlists. He can be seen regularly on Radio Disney’s RDYOU and publications like TigerBeat, Sweety High, Just Jared, YSB Now and many others.

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