FEMMESTIVAL 2023 is a new festival featuring only women artists and DJs. It will be taking place on 1st October at Signature Brew Blackhorse Road
A new one-day festival held at Signature Brew, Blackhorse Road is attempting to close the gap women face in UK festival lineups – by exclusively featuring female-identifying artists.
The 18+ festival will run from 1pm-11:30pm on Sunday 1st October and consist of six female artists, and four female DJs on the decks throughout the day
Some of the names who’ll be taking the stage are rising singer-songwriter Inés Rae, whose folky, DIY-style songs have appeared on TV soundtracks from Emily in Paris to Love Island; indie-pop star Molly Burman, who performed at Finsbury Park’s Community Festival last year; and futuristic alt-pop artist Coupdekat, who is also a co-founder of the London-based all-female music collective, ‘Loud LDN’.
The festival’s founder, Talia Andrea, was inspired to set up FEMMESTIVAL after finding she was often the only woman in the room while working as a music journalist and concert promoter at university.
The 21-year-old would rarely find women working in behind-the-scenes music roles such as audio-visual technicians and wondered why even audiences at local gigs she attended were often predominately male.
Talia was also motivated to put together the festival upon reading a BBC study that revealed only 13% of the UK’s festival headliners in 2022 were women.
Tickets to this year’s FEMMESTIVAL can now be purchased on DICE. Although only women can take to the festival’s stage, its organisers say anyone over 18 is welcome and strongly encouraged to attend.
You can keep up with updates about the festival on FEMMESTIVAL’s website, or on their Instagram
Tickets to this year’s FEMMESTIVAL can be purchased on DICE
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