tours

The Ally Coalition has rallied over 30,000 fans to take action for LGBTQ equality. Through our innovative touring model, TAC brings together high profile music tours with non-profit organizations dedicated to bettering the lives of LGBTQ youth. With TAC’s unique connection to the entertainment industry, our artists use their platform to raise awareness of the systemic inequalities facing the LGBTQ population and activates prominent members of the creative community and their fan bases to engage with these issues in meaningful and impactful ways.

2023

2022

MUNA

Fall 2022 Tour

We’re on the road with MUNA and Headcount to amplify the work of local organizations serving the LGBTQ community and registering fans to vote.

Arlo Parks

Fall 2022 Tour

We toured with Arlo Parks and supported the organizations serving the LGBTQ community in each city.

Courtney Barnett

Here and There Fest

We were on the road with Courtney Barnett, Headcount, and Sounds of Saving to support the organizations serving the LGBTQ community in each city, register voters, and provide mental health resources at each show.

Frank Turner

50 States in 50 Days Tour

We went all across the US with Frank Turner to amplify the work of local organizations in each city.

SOFI TUKKER

Wet Tennis 2022 Tour

We’re on the road with SOFI TUKKER and Headcount to amplify the work of local organizations serving the LGBTQ community and registering fans to vote.

mxmtoon

rising (the world tour)

We hit the road with mxmtoon and Headcount to support the organizations serving the LGBTQ community in each city and register voters.

Bleachers

TTSOOSN 2022 Tour

We’re on the road with Bleachers and Headcount to amplify the work of local organizations serving the LGBTQ community and registering fans to vote.

Big Thief

Spring 2022 Tour

We’re touring with Big Thief to support the organizations serving the LGBTQ community in each city.

Beach Bunny

Spring 2022 Tour

We’re on the road with Beach Bunny and Headcount to amplify the work of local organizations serving the LGBTQ community and registering fans to vote.

Drive-By Truckers

Spring 2022 Tour

This Spring, we hit the road with Bleachers, joining them on their spring tour.

We did a service project in Tulsa, OK, packing care packages to support Youth Services of Tulsa.

Caroline Rose

Spring 2022 Tour

Caroline Rose invited us and local organizations out to shows in support of LGBTQ equality.

Faye Webster

Spring 2022 Tour

We hit the road with Faye Webster to further LGBTQ equality by inviting local organizations out to shows.

2021

Courtney Barnett

USA and Canada Tour

We are so excited to be on Courtney’s winter tour, working with Headcount to register voters and our local partners to promote LGBTQ equality.

lovelytheband

Conversations About You Tour

We hit the road with lovelytheband this fall, inviting our local Organizations to table as well as doing a fan service project in LA benefitting Safe Place For Youth.

Walk the Moon

Dream Plane Tour

On Walk the Moon’s Dream Plane Tour, we invited out over 20 local organizations to come to shows and engage with fans to support LGBTQ youth.

Bleachers

Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night Tour

This fall, we hit the road with Bleachers, joining them on the fall Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night tour. 

Jack donated $1/ticket from his tour to support our network of community centers serving LGBTQ youth.

Beach Bunny

Fall Tour

We worked with Beach Bunny this fall to amplify the work of local organizations serving the LGBTQ community.

Frank Turner

US Fall 2021 Tour

We were grateful to be a part of Frank’s US tour this fall, inviting our local partners out to each show.

Grouplove

Fall 2021 Tour

Grouplove invited us and local organizations out to shows in support of LGBTQ equality.

Sleater-Kinney and Wilco

It’s Time 2021 Tour

We hit the road with Sleater-Kinney and Wilco this summer to further LGBTQ equality by inviting local organizations out to shows. 

PVRIS

Fall 2021 Tour

PVRIS brought us out on their first tour back and donated $1/ticket to support LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness. 

2020

Frank Turner

Solo Tour 2020

We are grateful to be a part of Frank’s solo tour throughout the United Kingdom, inviting our local partners out to each show.

Beach Bunny

Honeymoon Tour

We are so excited to be on Beach Bunny’s Honeymoon Tour, working with Headcount to register voters and our local partners to promote LGBTQ equality.

Courtney Barnett

Solo Tour

We are so happy to have worked with Courtney, Headcount, and our local partners on her US solo tour.

2019

Möngöl Hörde

North American Invasion

When Mongol Horde brought their invasion to the US, they invited TAC and Calling All Crows along for the ride.

Bleachers

I Love Making This Album But I’m Also Losing My Mind In Here & I Need To Come Out And Play Tour

We were so grateful that TAC Founder Jack Antonoff donated a $1/ticket from his tour to support our network of community centers serving LGBTQ youth.

Lucy Dacus

Fall 2019 North American Tour

In 2019, Lucy played some of the biggest venues of her career, and she made sure that The Ally Coalition was on site to connect with all of her fans and let them know about the resources available for LGBTQ folks in their backyards.

Greyson Chance

Portraits World Tour

The Ally Coalition and LifeBeat worked together to bring LGBTQ community centers and health clinics at every stop along the way of the Portraits Tour.

Lovelytheband

Finding It Hard To Smile Tour

Working with Oxfam, we were able to work with lovelytheband in the spring of 2019 to advocate for the rights of LGBTQ youth and the eradication of extreme poverty.

PVRIS

Fall 2019 Tour

Long time TAC supporters PVRIS allowed us to be a part of their album release tour in the fall, where some of our most dedicated local partners were able to enjoy some new music and interact with PVRIS fans.

Low Cut Connie

Azz Across America Tour

We were able to work with Low Cut Connie to introduce the band and their fans to our network of LGBTQ Centers across the West Coast in the fall of 2019. 

Sleater-Kinney

Center Won’t Hold Tour

Working with GLAAD, HeadCount, and our network of local partners, we were able to support Sleater-Kinney’s decades long commitment to vital activism and compelling music.

Julia Nunes

Living Room and The Holidays CAN Be Fun Tours

We toured with Julia Nunes twice in 2019, once in traditional venues and once in living rooms across the country. This was our first living room tour and the intimate setting made the work feel that more personal and vital.

Frank Turner

Be More Kind & No Man’s Land Tour

We were lucky enough to be a part of four tours with Frank Turner in 2019, which allowed us to reach fans in the US, Canada, and the UK in an effort to promote LGBTQ equality on a global scale.

Mitski

Be The Cowboy Tour 

In the spring of 2019, we hit the road with Mitski and HeadCount to register voters and introduce fans across the Midwest and East Coast to amazing organizations serving the LGBTQ community.

2018

Troye Sivan

Bloom Tour North America 

For Bloom, TAC teamed up with Troye Sivan for 28 dates across the US and Canada. We invited Trevor Project along to engage with fans to help end conversion therapy.

At each stop, Troye asked fans to bring new socks and tampons for local partners. Bombas Socks and Cora Women generously matched all donations, sending 10,000 socks and 2,000 tampons to non-profits serving homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth.

Frank Turner

Be More Kind North American Tour

Frank Turner put his kindness into action, inviting TAC along for all dates of the Be More Kind Tour. Each stop featured TAC volunteers and the local partner organizations who work directly in improving the quality of life for LGBTQ youth. In New Hampshire, Frank hosted a service project with fans and TAC volunteers assembling care packages for the youth of SeaCoast Outright. CVS generously sponsored the care package supplies and toiletries.

Sofi Tukker

Sofi Tukker Treehouse World Tour 

In collaboration with Plus1, TAC brought Trevor Project as a national partner to all dates of the Treehouse World Tour. Each night a group of TAC volunteers engaged with Sofi Tukker fans to take action for LGBTQ equality and learn more about getting involved with Trevor Project.

Bleachers

Bleachers North American Tour

Freedom for All Americans joined up with TAC for this tour across the Southwest and West Coast. Fans met local partners at each tour stop and signed a petition in support of federal protections for LGBTQ people in the US.  In California, members of the band met up with Bleachers fans for a service project at the LGBT Center of Sacramento

PVRIS

PVRIS North American Tour

In partnership with the Crisis Text Line, TAC took to the road with PRVIS, signing fans up to be volunteer counselors at each stop. CTL provides text support through a mighty team of volunteer crisis counselors to people experiencing any type of crisis, including LGBTQ youth, who are 2x as likely to experience suicidal thoughts as their straight peers.

2017

Bleachers

Gone Now Fall Tour

In support of Gone Now, we hit the road with Bleachers to push the conversation about Trans Rights, specifically essential protections and services that support for Trans youth. At each stop, we engaged with fans to fundraise for Trans Lifeline, an emergency suicide prevention “hotline” and “warm line” where Trans youth can call and receive vital information on a variety of services.

PVRIS

North American Tour  

TAC invited PVRIS fans to #FightBack on behalf of All Out to support progressive LGBTQ rights action worldwide. Before each show, fans had the chance to take action on social campaigns focused on clearing bigoted legislation from legal books and supporting the gay men of Chechnya who face prosecution for their sexual identity.

2016

Troye Sivan

The Blue Neighborhood Tour

Troye invited TAC along to highlight the need for the inclusion of LGBTQ history in school curricula around the United States. Before each show, we engaged fans to become voices for change in their communities by inviting them to take a stand on social media and reaching out to US Government representatives. Troye also invited fans to bring socks for local partner organizations at each show.

2013

Fun.

Most Nights Tour with Tegan and Sara

TAC geared up for its second tour with Fun. Each tour stop featured TAC’s signature Equality Village, an area staffed with volunteers and filled opportunities to learn how to get involved locally with partners supporting LGBTQ youth. Both volunteers and fans had the opportunity to participate in food drives, sound checks, and meet and greets. 

2012

Fun.

Campus Consciousness Tour With Reverb

The band Fun. took newly formed TAC on its first tour—a nine-stop jaunt across American college campuses. Ben and Jerry’s generously pitched in, sponsoring a “Consciousness Village” on each campus with free ice cream, social media activations, performances, and a non-profit and student group panel on LGBTQ equality in college.

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