Chappell Roan recently wrapped up The Super Graphic Spectacular festival, alongside a number of other artists. The fundraising event managed to raise $2 million for her charity, The Midwest Princess Project.
The Midwest Princess Project is a non-profit organisation started by the pop star in 2025 to aid trans youth and LGBTQ+ communities in the United States. The festival, which took place in California’s famous Shrine Auditorium on October 21 and 22, donated all net proceeds to “the next chapter of the organisation’s work”, according to the official Super Graphic Spectacular page.
The event featured a block party, food trucks, drag performers, DJ shows, a costume contest, appearances from local LGBTQ+ organisations and performances from a number of famous artists such as Lola Young, MUNA, Caroline Polachek, Tinashe and drag king Sweaty Eddie. It was hosted by popular comedian and podcaster, Caleb Hearon.
Festival attendees were also treated to an added surprise when Christina Aguilera joined Chappell Roan for a duet and performed her song ‘Beautiful’, with an equally beautiful piano backing up her vocals.
The festival also marked the first anniversary of the Midwest Princess Project’s inception. An impact report from the organisation revealed that it had raised $592,601 in 2025, meaning that October’s festival more than tripled its fundraising from 2025.
Few artists are more outspoken than Roan when it comes to trans allyship.
On the red carpet for the 2025 Grammy Awards, she said, “It’s brutal right now, but trans people have always existed, and they will forever exist, and they will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away, and that has to be protected more than anything.”
She continued, saying, “I would not be here without trans girls. So, just know that pop music is thinking about you and cares about you. And I’m trying my best to stand up for you in every way that I can.”
She later pledged to donate part of her 2025 summer tour ticket sales to trans organisations, and nine months later she set up The Midwest Princess Project.
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