Springsteen Center to present free VOICES OF PRIDE panel-discussion event, closing Pride Month 2026
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June 25, 2026
On Tuesday June 30, the final day of Pride Month 2026, The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music will host a special - and free - panel-discussion event, entitled Voices of Pride: Identity, Representation, and the Power of Music, and co-sponsored by Hard Rock International. It will take place at the Center from 6:00 pm through 8:00 pm.
The panel-discussion will explore the many ways that music helps individuals and communities express identity, build understanding, and inspire change. It will feature Spencer Battiest, acclaimed Seminole musician and actor; Felipe Rose, original Native American member of the iconic Village People and a pioneering figure in LGBTQ and Indigenous visibility in popular music; and Danielle “Redbird” Marrone, Jersey Shore singer-songwriter and advocate whose music explores themes of hope, resilience, and community. (Battiest and Rose also were featured participants in the Center's recent The Native American Music Experience event.)
Together, the panelists will reflect on their artistic journeys, the importance of authentic representation, and the ways music can foster connection across differences. Each panelist has contributed artifacts to exhibitions currently on view at the Center, offering visitors a unique opportunity to engage directly with the people behind the stories featured in the Center's galleries.
Following the panel-discussion, guests will enjoy a performance by Adrian Matthias Stevens and Sean Querino Snyder, a dynamic Two-Spirit couple who have emerged as powerful voices and role models within Indigenous communities and the broader LGBTQ+ movement.
After the events in the Center's Powell Soundstage theater, guests will enjoy a curator-guided tour highlighting objects connected to the panelists, as well as the broader stories of Indigenous, LGBTQ+, and other underrepresented voices in American music.
You can click here to learn more about this event, and click here to register for your free tickets to attend. (Advance registration is required, and capacity is limited.)