Actor Taye Diggs named chair of 2016 AIDS Walk Wisconsin

Award-winning actor Taye Diggs will be the honorary chair of the 27th annual AIDS Walk Wisconsin and 5K Run.

The event will take place on the Summerfest grounds in October.

If you raise $1,000 in pledges, you can take a picture with the original cast member from Broadway's "Rent."

Over the past 26 years, the AIDS Walk Wisconsin has seen more than 125,000 participants and raised more than $12.3 million.

'NSYNC star Lance Bass and his husband, Michael Turchin chaired last year's AIDS Walk Wisconsin.