People We Love 2018: Brandon Voss

As the visionary behind Voss Events, Brandon Voss has a keen instinct for what will rock a Manhattan crowd — and LGBTQ revelers in particular. Some of that ability is a learned skill, he says, but there’s also a little alchemy to his art. He believes that what some attribute to show biz savvy is really a talent that’s “expanded organically, which then helped me learn I had a bit of a niche for it. If you were to ask me 10 years ago if this would be my life now,” he muses, “I would more than likely say no.”

Voss is also quick to add that his production team takes everything to the next level. “One thing I enjoy doing is collaborating,” the impresario says, “so the creative process has many unique talented minds all coming together to put on a great show, and that includes “everyone from the queens, to the choreographer, the lighting designers and me, etcetera.”

With New York and the five boroughs well in hand, Voss Events is going international in 2019: “We are going to Asia and Australia for the first time with RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World,” he enthuses, “so that should be exciting! I can’t give away too much info on World Pride,” he says with a wink and a wry smile, “but we do a massive New York City Pride show with all the queens every year, so ...”