- Ladyfest
Ladyfest is a community-based, not-for-profit global music and arts festival for
female artists that features bands, musical groups, performance artists, authors, spoken word and visual artists, and workshops; it is organized by volunteers.The first ever Ladyfest was conducted in
Olympia, Washington in August2000 with over 2000 people attending. Prime motivators in the event wereSarah Dougher ,Sleater-Kinney ,Cat Power ,Neko Case , and Teresa Carmody.Since the first Ladyfest, the event has branched out into other urban centres such as Amsterdam, Atlanta, Belgium, Berlin, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Columbus, Chicago, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Lansing, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Sevilla, Toronto, Washington DC, and more. Each new festival is organized locally and independently of other Ladyfest events in other states or countries, primarily by volunteers, and most proceeds are donated to non-profit organizations.
Upcoming Ladyfests
2008:
* [http://www.voxfeminae.net/ Ladyfest Zagreb(Croatia) 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfest.ch/ Ladyfest Bern(Switzerland) 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfesttoronto.ca/ Ladyfest Toronto 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestlondon.co.uk Ladyfest London 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestbordeaux.org Ladyfest Bordeaux 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestbaltimore.org/ Ladyfest Baltimore 2008]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestcork Ladyfest Cork 2008]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestdayton Ladyfest Dayton 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestbaires.org Ladyfest BAires OCTUBRE 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestmanchester.com/ Ladyfest Manchester 2008]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestauckland Ladyfest Auckland 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestottawa.com/ Ladyfest Ottawa 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestamsterdam.nl/ Ladyfest Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2008]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestpavia2008 Ladyfest Pavia (Italy) 2008]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestnm Ladyfest Northern Michigan 2008]
* [http://www.ladyfestneworleans.org/Home_Page.html Ladyfest New Orleans 2008]2009:
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestgoldsmiths/ Ladyfest Goldsmiths College (London) 2009]Compilation albums
*
Ladyfest UK 2001
*Ladyfest UK 2003
* [http://www.valverecords.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=69&osCsid=9952b300aa8004611ed386e100927425 Ladyfest Brisbane 'Ladyfingers' 2006]ee also
*
All-women band
*Women's music
*Feminism
*Riot Grrrl External links
* [http://www.ladyfest.org/ Website for the first Ladyfest, with information on subsequent festivals]
* [http://www.myspace.com/ladyfesteurope Ladyfest Europe]
* [http://www.ladyfestottawa.com/ Ladyfest Ottawa]
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