Crystal Waters rocks 'LoveFest'

Dance-music artist Crystal Waters and local entertainers Mz. Ruff N Stuff and Cyon Flare headlined Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus’s 8th Annual LoveFest, which initially took place at Jackson Park (63rd Street and Cornell Drive) Aug. 26. The event was eventually moved to Club Escape because of the inclement weather; more than 300 people went inside as well, according to event promoter David Dodd.

LoveFest is an annual summer “edu-tainment” festival designed for the African-American LGBT community—specifically gay and bisexual men—to bring awareness to health and wellness management with live entertainment, dancing, health screenings and physical-fitness activities. In addition, Lovefest hosted the Old School vs. New School Battle of the DJs as well as the EGOmania Mini-Ball.

This year’s theme was “Healthy.Sexy.We.,” from the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Healthy Chicago LGBT Community Action Plan.

Visit www.chiblackgaycaucus.org. Text by Andrew Davis; photos by Ed Negron.