Concerts featuring LGBTQ artists or with significant queer appeal are all over the map this season — geographically and in seemingly every possible way, from genre and format to identity, age, and stature. Elton John (Capital One Arena), the Indigo Girls (The Birchmere), Jake Shears (9:30 Club) and Rufus Wainwright (Strathmore) are among the trailblazers on tap, with next-generation stars Troye Sivan (The Anthem) and Years and Years (Lincoln Theatre) representing the newer crop, along with other under-the-radar acts including Blood Orange aka producer Dev Hynes (Lincoln) and Bright Light Bright Light, the alias for Rod Thomas (Union Stage).
Heather Mae and Be Steadwell are two more artists worth getting to know, and the two local lesbians are part of the same four-person bill at Pearl Street Warehouse. Meanwhile, The Hamilton offers another noteworthy showcase of mostly local LGBTQ artists courtesy of Capital Pride.

You can get all that and your diva fix with Diana Ross (Strathmore) or Christina Aguilera (MGM), too. To say we’re spoiled for choice would be putting it mildly.