Ladyfest

Ladyfest Cambridge 07 took place from 26th March to 1st April.

"About me:
Ladyfest Cambridge 2008 is/are delighted to present LADYFEST WORKSHOPS: tutorials, talks, seminars, film screenings and an art exhibition to be held in multiple venues across the city between April 26th and May 4th 2008.

Who I'd like to meet:
musicians / DJs / artists / technicians / film geeks / music industry professionals / volunteers / secretaries/street-teamers/photocopying skivvies / cool girls!" (http://www.myspace.com/ladyfestworkshops)

"Ladyfest Mülheim lives up to the spirit of the first ladyfest.
It will be a noncommercial, queer-feminist counterpart to the otherwise sometimes unpolitical events. Especially women, lesbians and transgender people, who are underrepresented in many fields, get the chance to share their know-ledge via workshops and presentations, to perform and to present their creative work, without fearing sexist, hetero-normative or binary gender judgement. Our Ladyfest is also open to people defined as male to question patriarchal and capitalistic structures, if they support the idea of ladyfest.

"Ladyfest Bournemouth's Blurbs
About me:
Ladyfest Bournemouth was part of Oxfam's 'Oxjam 2006' campaign - Oxfam's biggest and most ambitious music festival to date. It took place between the 26th and the 29th October '06, and was extremely successful!

To date, Ladyfest has raised £2000 for Oxfam!

We are using this money to purchase the following items through the Oxfam Unwrapped Catalogue:
(Click on the links to see more information)

We are kitting out an entire village with seeds, trees, farm animals and tools.

We are also buying:

"Warum eigentlich Ladyfest? Warum hier heute und überhaupt?
# weil die Zustände immer noch so sind: patriarchal, sexistisch...
# weil es nur Mann und Frau geben darf und dazwischen nichts...
# weil immer noch Männer die künstlerischen, musikalischen und viele andere Ebenen dominieren...

Dem wollen wir, wie VeranstalterInnen in vielen anderen Städten, etwas entgegensetzen- Spaß vor allem und das Gefühl, dass etwas gehen kann. Wir wollen Mut machen, zeigen, dass es sich lohnt auszuprobieren und umzusetzen was bisher nur lang gehegte Träume waren...

"Ladyfest Leeds 2007 was a week long extravaganza of arts and music events that took place in venues across Leeds Tuesday 10th to Sunday 15th April 2007.

All in the name of celebrating creativity, diversity and promoting gender equality, it featured bands, solo artists, DJS, dance, theatre, clowning, cabaret, juggling, shadow puppets, art, a myriad of workshops and much more.

"Le Ladyfest Bordeaux est un festival non-lucratif et DIY qui se tiendra dans plusieurs lieux à travers Bordeaux les 11, 12 et 13 avril 2008. Organisé principalement par des femmes (mais les garçons motivés sont les bienvenus) pour mettre en avant le travail des artistes féminines indépendantes, le Ladyfest Bordeaux proposera des performances d’artistes, des concerts, des projections, des ateliers, des conférences…

Le premier Ladyfest a eu lieu à Olympia, Washington en 2000, et le concept s’est depuis répandu dans plus de 50 villes à travers le monde.

"LadyFest Cork is a community based, not-for-profit event. It is intended to celebrate and encourage the talents of women of all ages, colour, creed, background and sexuality, while highlighting the inequalities that sadly still exist in today’s world. The festival will feature bands, artists, filmmakers, workshops and more. The core organisers of LadyFest are women, but everyone is encouraged to attend and volunteer. Our aim is to create a positive, all-inclusive forum for discussion, performance and celebration!