This Weekend S Fed Up Fest Gives A Voice To Queer And Trans Punks

• Kristina Skums

The organizers of Fed Up Fest are exactly that.

New York punk band Aye Nako are excited to return to Chicago for the fest. Lead guitarist and vocalist Mars Dixon says they felt had to play Fed Up Fest because it’s part of their scene—all the band’s members are either queer or transgender. “I feel like I never really fit in with the general punk scene, just for being superqueer and not being a white person,” says Dixon. “I was always hungry for finding punks who looked more like me, felt more like me.”