Q NIGHT Live
Q Night Live is a time during the annual conference where we highlight LGBTQ+ Christian musicians & artists.
Headliner
William Matthews III
Multi-Disciplinary Artist & Advocate
William Matthews III (WMIII) is a multi-disciplinary Artist x Advocate offering hope to anyone on the margins.
From 2010 to 2016, he was the first solo artist signed to Bethel Music, helping shape a global sound that defined a generation of modern worship. His songwriting and voice were featured on multiple #1 Billboard albums, leading to over 120 million streams and worldwide tours. But his greatest legacy from that era may be the doors he opened—for Black & Brown artists, for bold vulnerability, and for a deeper spiritual honesty.
In 2017, WMIII joined The Liturgists Podcast, becoming a powerful voice at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and identity. His work as an advocate for racial equity, queer liberation, and climate justice has been featured in documentaries, national platforms, and spaces often closed to people like him.
Now fully independent, WMIII has transitioned into a boundary-pushing pop artist, bringing his clever lyricism, lush melodies, and genre-bending creativity to the forefront. One of his latest singles, “Oops!”— is a bold, catchy exploration of queer joy and self-reclamation—released this summer.
Supporting ACts
Brian Paul Horshaw
he/him
Brian is a father, recording artist, visual and performing arts instructor, actor, musician, composer, playwright, author, and motivational speaker. Throughout his career, he has received various professional trainings.
He has had many opportunities; including singing at prestigious events; acting in, directing and producing local plays; speaking at conferences; teaching in local public and private schools; and leading worship at churches throughout the nation. He received the Three Arts Club of Homeland Music Award in 2013. Brian also released his first single, "Anchored Hope," in 2017.
His most recent endeavor is the development of his own business: Xpressions Arts. Brian is humbled to serve in such capacity and looks forward to the many opportunities that God has in store for his future.
Nik Pettye
he/they
Nik “nYk p” Pettye is an Atlanta-based indie recording artist, public theologian, and mass communication professional. Inspired by his experience as a seminary student, he founded his company Adwin Media, LLC in 2020. In 2022, he graduated from the Interdenominational Theological Center with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Liturgical Arts and Culture. Under the artist name “nYk p”, his latest single entitled “Love is Love (Stripped Version)” serves as a love anthem for all people.
In January of 2025, he formed an activism choir now known as The Qindred Qoalition. This organization engages the talents of not just singers but also public servants, videographers, musicians, visual artists, technologists, social media gurus, and more to fulfill its slogan “Creating Harmony to Conquer Hate”. Nik is committed to building and supporting more affirming communities of diverse talents through the arts and mass communication his life calling.
SueAnn Shiah
she/her
SueAnn Shiah (@sueannshiah, www.sueannshiah.com) is a Taiwanese American musician, filmmaker, community organizer, ethnomusicologist, Queer Christian pastor and public theologian specializing in identity formation, racial justice, gender, and sexuality. Her first feature length documentary HuanDao follows her journey of discovery, identity, and belonging in a two week bike trip around Taiwan. She released her debut solo album of reclaimed hymns, “A Liturgy for the Perseverance of the Saints” in June 2018. In 2020, she joined the leadership team and editorial board of Taiwan’s New Bloom Magazine and became a guest columnist for News Lens International. In addition to her own creative and theological works, she collaborates with others in a variety of capacities as a music and film producer, audio engineer, songwriter, podcast producer, and creator of liturgy. She has a B.B.A. in Music Business with a Production emphasis and a Chinese minor from Belmont University, a Masters of Arts in Musicology from National Taiwan University, and is currently pursuing a MDIV/MACEF from Princeton Theological Seminary and ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
dj brie
she/her
Brie (she/her) is a Mennonite tech nerd and deejay living in the hills of Ohio Amish Country. In her day job, she is a software developer, working from home. When she isn't in front of a screen and keyboard, Brie enjoys running, roasting coffee, playing poker and dismantling the patriarchy. She hosts a monthly queer potluck as well.