Lilith Fair

Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 - 1999.

History

In 1996, Sarah McLachlan became frustrated with concert promoters and radio stations that refused to feature two female musicians in a row.cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9807/28/lilith.fair/ | title=Lilith Fair: Lovely, lively and long overdue | author=Donna Freydkin | publisher=CNN | date=1998-07-28 | accessdate=2008-07-04] Bucking conventional industry wisdom, she booked a successful tour for herself and Paula Cole. At least one of their appearances together - in McLachlan's home town, on September 14, 1996 - went by the name "Lilith Fair" and included performances by McLachlan, Cole, Lisa Loeb and Michelle McAdorey, formerly of Crash Vegas.

The next year, McLachlan founded the Lilith Fair tour, taking "Lilith" from the medieval Jewish legend that Lilith was Adam's first wife.

In 1997, Lilith Fair garnered a $16 million gross, making it the top-grossing of any touring festival. Among all concert tours for that year, it was the 16th highest grossing.

Because of it all-girl performers, the festival received several nicknames, including "Breast-fest", "Girlapalooza", and "Lesbopalooza" (the latter two being portmanteaus formed with an allusion to Lollapalooza). [ [http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/071698/fea_lilith.shtml Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Lilith's Leader 07/16/98 ] ] [ [http://www.glbtq.com/arts/music_popular,5.html glbtq >> arts >> Music: Popular ] ]

Performers

1997

*Leah Andreone
*Fiona Apple
*Meredith Brooks
*The Cardigans
*Paula Cole
*Shawn Colvin
*Sheryl Crow
*Indigo Girls
*Patty Griffin
*Emmylou Harris
*Juliana Hatfield
*Susanna Hoffs
*Jewel
*Lisa Loeb
*Sarah McLachlan
*September 67
*Suzanne Vega
*Wild Colonials
*Dar Williams
*Tracy Chapman

1998

*Antigone Rising
*Erykah Badu
*Tracy Bonham
*Meredith Brooks
*Holly Cole
*Cowboy Junkies
*Sheryl Crow
*Missy Elliott
*Indigo Girls
*Patty Griffin
*Emmylou Harris
*Chantal Kreviazuk
*K's Choice
*Lisa Loeb
*Sarah McLachlan
*Holly McNarland
*Idina Menzel
*Natalie Merchant
*Trish Murphy
*Heather Nova
*Sinéad O'Connor
*Joan Osborne
*Liz Phair
*Queen Latifah
*Bonnie Raitt
*Sister Seven
*Me'shell Ndegeocello
*Sixpence None the Richer
*Suzanne Vega
*Wild Strawberries
*Dar Williams

1999

The artists appearing at Lilith Fair varied by date (with McLachlan the only artist to play all dates). [cite web | url=http://lilithfair.com/artists/index.html | title=Artists
publisher=Lilith Fair | date=1999 | accessdate=2008-07-04] Appearances were organized into three stages.

Main Stage artists

*Sandra Bernhard
*Shawn Colvin
*Deborah Cox
*Sheryl Crow
*Dixie Chicks
*Indigo Girls
*Queen Latifah
*Lisa Loeb
*Luscious Jackson
*Martina McBride
*Sarah McLachlan
*Monica
*Mýa
*Me'shell Ndegeocello
*Liz Phair
*The Pretenders
*Joanelle Romero
*Suzanne Vega

econd Stage artists

*Battershell
*Cibo Matto
*Kacy Crowley
*Dance Hall Crashers
*Dido
*Melanie Doane
*Patty Griffin
*Emm Gryner
*Innocence Mission
*Joan Jones
*Jennifer Knapp
*K's Choice
*Sinead Lohan
*Tara MacLean
*Aimee Mann
*Melky Sedeck
*Medieval Baebes
*Morley
*Trish Murphy
*Bif Naked
*Beth Orton
*Kendall Payne
*Bijou Phillips
* Samsara
*Sixpence None the Richer
*Splashdown
*Susan Tedeschi
*Wild Strawberries
*Victoria Williams
*Kelly Willis

Village Stage artists

Almost all Village Stage artists performed only one or two dates.
*Christina Aguilera
*Coco Love Alcorn
*Badi Assad
*Bertine (Zetlitz)
*Toni Blackman
*Diana Braithwaite
*Cowlily
*Kacy Crowley
*E.G. Daily
*Keren DeBerg
*Anne E. DeChant
*Eden AKA
*Ana Egge
*Essence
*Amy Fairchild
*Fleming and John
*Nelly Furtado
*Fuzzy Comets
*Glassoline
*Grace in Gravity
*Greta Gaines
*Kitty Gordon
*Nina Gordon
*Kay Hanley
*Noella Hutton
*Jarah Jane
*Brenda Kahn
*Jennifer Kimball
*Nikol Kollars
*Nicol Lischka
*Ginger Mackenzie
*The Marty Winkler Group
*Melissa Mathes
*Lori McKenna
*The Murmurs
*Leona Naess
*Juliana Nash
*Kari Newhouse
*Leslie Nuchow
*Maren Ord
*Ginny Owens
*Deborah Pardes
*Adrienne Pierce
*Melissa Reaves
*Renann
*Doria Roberts
*Loni Rose
*Rachael Sage
*Tegan and Sara
*Summer Sage
*Lisa Sanders
*Stephanie Schneiderman
*Bree Sharp
*She-Haw
*Shelley Doty X-Tet
*Alexandra Sleightholm
*Soul Miner's Daughter
*Sozzi
*Surrender Dorothy
*Kinnie Starr
*Melanie Susuras
*Swati
*Kashi Tara
*Tekla
*Too Cynical to Cry
*Deborah Vial
*Victoria White
*Wendy Woo
*zoebliss

Dates and venues

1999

Thursday July 8	Vancouver, BC	Thunderbird Stadium
Friday July 9	George, WA	The Gorge
Saturday July 10	George, WA	The Gorge
Sunday July 11	Portland, OR	Civic Stadium
Tuesday July 13	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Wednesday July 14	Mountain View, CA	Shoreline Amphitheatre
Friday July 16	San Diego, CA	Coors Amphitheatre
Saturday July 17	Pasadena, CA	Rose Bowl
Sunday July 18	Phoenix, AZ	Desert Sky Pavilion
Tuesday July 20	Austin, TX	South Park Meadows
Wednesday July 21	Dallas, TX	Starplex Amphitheatre
Friday July 23	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
Saturday July 24	Atlanta, GA	Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sunday July 25	Nashville, TN	First American Music Center
Tuesday July 27	Charlotte, North Carolina	Blockbuster Pavilion
Wednesday July 28	Columbia, MD	Merriweather Post Pavilion
Friday July 30	Philadelphia, PA	Entertainment Center
Saturday July 31	Hershey, PA	Hersheypark Stadium
Sunday August 1	Canandaigua, NY	Performing Arts Centre at Finger Lakes Community College
Tuesday August 3	Mansfield, MA	Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Wednesday August 4	Hartford, CT	Meadows Music Theatre
Friday August 6	New York, NY	Jones Beach Theater
Saturday August 7	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Sunday August 8	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
Tuesday August 10	Columbus, OH	Polaris Amphitheater
Wednesday August 11	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
Friday August 13	Pittsburgh, PA	Star Lake Amphitheatre
Saturday August 14	Detroit, MI	Pine Knob
Sunday August 15	Detroit, MI	Pine Knob
Tuesday August 17	Cleveland, OH	Blossom Music Center
Wednesday August 18	Indianapolis, IN	Deer Creek Music Center
Thursday August 19	Chicago, IL	World Music Theater
Saturday August 21	Toronto, ON	Molson Amphitheatre
Sunday August 22	Toronto, ON	Molson Amphitheatre
Tuesday August 24	Milwaukee, WI	Marcus Amphitheater
Wednesday August 25	Minneapolis, MN	Canterbury Park
Thursday August 26	Bonner Springs, KS	Sandstone Amphitheatre
Saturday August 28	Denver, CO	Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
Sunday August 29	Denver, CO	Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
Tuesday August 31	Edmonton, AB	Commonwealth Stadium

References

External links

* [http://lilithfair.com/ Lilith Fair official website]
* [http://www.insidecx.com/interviews/archive/paulacole.html External Connections Paula Cole Interview]