Queer Youth Choir Welcomes Audiences to Night Vale with Halloween Concert

The Columbus Queerscendos, the youth ensemble of central Ohio’s premier TTBB vocal organization,
the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, invite audiences to take a trip to Night Vale with them on Halloween.
The youth choir based its Dead Air concert on Welcome to Night Vale, the hit LGBTQ+ supernatural
podcast presented as a fictional community radio broadcast from a desert town where conspiracy
theories, urban legends and absurd paranormal events are part of everyday life.

“Dead Air is kind of what you’d get if Welcome to Night Vale took place in a haunted house in the middle
of the woods,” said CGMC’s Assistant Artistic Director and Youth Ensemble Director Gabriel Gonzales.
“It’s spooky, it’s weird, and it’s definitely a little ridiculous in the best way. We’ve got creepy stories,
funny moments and a bunch of great Halloween songs so there’s a little something for everyone. We
really wanted to create a show that’s fun, unexpected and gives people a chance to just enjoy some
good music and have a good time so come dressed in costume!”

The Columbus Queerscendos will perform Dead Air at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at Stonewall Columbus,
free for those 18 and under.

The ensemble welcomes youth between the ages of 13 and 17 with all levels of musical experience and
currently has seven members.

DEAD AIR
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026 | 5 p.m.
Stonewall Columbus
1160 N. High St., Columbus, OH 43201
Adult ticket: $15
Youth ticket (18 and under): Free