CLUB SKIRTS BREAKS ALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS AS
CROWDS GATHERED
FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE TO WITNESS WHAT SOME ARE
CALLING
THE BEST DINAH LINE UP IN HISTORY.
There are no words to describe the 2014 Club
Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend. Pulling all the stops, the event was not
only massive but was also, and most importantly, pure magic. The Dinah
2014 was filled with special moments, unforgettable firsts, and significant
milestones.
Thousands of
women from all over the world gathered in Palm Springs over this past weekend
to attend the 24th anniversary of the biggest lesbian event of its
kind on the planet, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend - the original Dinah Shore
Weekend.
The Dinah 2014
was all about celebration, living out loud and transforming lives.
The legendary
annual 5-day event not only provided a life changing experience to
all attendees offering them the freedom to be who they truly are and gain a
tremendous amount of self worth, but also to its epic slate of Top Ten
Billboard headliners that made up one hell of a line up - one of the
greatest in The Dinah's history.
Tegan and Sara’s sold out concert marked the
first time the lesbian cult favorites performed at an all lesbian event. The
Canadian twin sisters gave an emotionally heartfelt speech on stage about how
they’ve always dreamed of attending The Dinah.
Rap titan EVE, who drew massive
crowds, enjoyed her Dinah experience so much that she joined the crowd on
the dance floor after her electrifying show. Mary Lambert, the voice
behind Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ VMA award-winning pro-equality “Same
Love”, brought the crowd to tears at the Sunday Pool
Party with a live performance that can only be described as stunningly
divine. Meanwhile Grammy Award-Winning R&B diva, Evelyn "Champagne"
King raised the roof with her multi-million selling classic
old-school smashes “Shame” and ”Love Come Down”.
Also, hip-hop’s biggest revelation, Iggy
Azalea, whose brand new single “So Fancy” is currently sitting at # 1 on
several music charts around the world, gave a killer performance during the
White Party delivering her spellbinding rap songs with effortless repartee and
leaving Dinah audiences in complete awe. Having played an integral part in
catapulting the careers of international superstars in the likes of Lady Gaga,
Kesha, Kathy Perry and The Pussycat Dolls - all Dinah alumnae - the Aussie
blonde bombshell is certifiably already on her way to follow the footsteps of her
predecessors.
Another smash hit at this year’s monumental
Dinah Shore Weekend was the L Word Pool Party hosted in association with
Showtime.
Originally
scheduled for Saturday, the event had to be
extended (at the last minute) to Sunday as
well due to overwhelming response.
The L Word reunion was a Dinah exclusive with
the series icons, Laurel Holloman selling her abstract art poolside, and Leisha
Hailey and Katherine Moennig hosting a meet-and-greet that wrapped around the
side of the entire pool area of the Hilton hotel.
As 2014 marked the 10th Anniversary
of the official television debut of The L Word, Club Skirts
and SHOWTIME proudly
commemorated the nostalgia of a memorable era in lesbian culture that
celebrated out loud our “girls in tight dresses who drag with mustaches”.
All in all, The Dinah 2014 was beyond EPIC
- significantly the largest Dinah EVER.
The legendary Palm Springs’ signature event
broke all records on so many different levels and proved to be an unprecedented
massive success.
A cultural phenomenon that has over
these past 24 years reached stratospheric proportions, The Dinah has certifiably
come to represent an ever-growing movement that has crossed over to
mainstream bringing more and more visibility to the lesbian community -
one that had never existed before.
As The Dinah 2014 came to a close, we all
departed Palm Springs with profound nostalgia for a one-of-a-kind weekend that
gifted our hearts with unforgettable memories and changed our lives
forever.
We can now all look forward to next year as the
Dinah turns 25, April 1-5, 2015.
Club Skirts founder and producer, Mariah Hanson,
is already planning for the milestone Silver Jubilee’s Anniversary, which
promises to be like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
And good news, Missy has promised that the next night on September 26th will
be even better, including another exciting performance from Loretta Von Dini, a full set from Larissa Eddie, and DJ Chillz on the decks, sure to be one of the hottest nights for women in Soho. 
