The annual Northport Tea Dance, a celebration for all at the end of Up North Pride week, is set for next month on Sep. 29 from 2-6 p.m. Hosted by the Chetcuti Evans Foundation, the tea dance will be held at Faro, one of the village’s newest downtown restaurants, with new special guest performances from Monique Madison and The K***** Kittens and music by DJ Jay Harnish.
Michael Chetcuti, Northport resident and co-founder of the Chetcuti Evans Foundation, has been holding the beloved event in the village for the last four years, and noted how he’s seen it evolve every year since. The Chetcuti Evans Foundation provides financial assistance and networking power to individuals and organizations in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as to organizations that support educational opportunities for worthy low-income students.
“We’re so far north up in Northport and a lot of people don’t get exposure to the pride event in Traverse City because they don’t leave the county. We just want to make sure that we have a lot of diversity and inclusion for everybody in the community,” Chetcuti said. “We’re hoping for good weather and we’re the day after (Leelanau) UnCaged, so we have a lot of people in town.”
