FEMMESTIVAL is an all-female music festival where all are welcome!Although only women can take the stage at FEMMESTIVAL and its showcases, anyone and everyone is encouraged to attend our events, and celebrate the women making waves in the UK's music scene.
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BUY TICKETS
Tickets to our next FEMMESTIVAL showcase are now on sale via DICE! We can't wait to see you at The Forge at The Lower Third on the 15th November, for another lineup of unforgettable female talent.Please bear in mind that the venue policy is strictly 18+, so you may need ID to enter the venue upon your arrival. The venue is on ground level, so you will not need to navigate stairs to access this show.Find all updates about the showcase and other events on our Instagram @femmestival.uk!
THE LINEUP
In true FEMMESTIVAL fashion, our final showcase of 2024 will be another one to remember! Though the weather's getting colder, the jazz, funk and neo-soul music performed by our fantastic all-female lineup is sure to keep your body and your heart feeling warm.Check out the full lineup for our next showcase below:
15 NOVEMBER AT THE FORGE
FEMMESTIVAL SHOWCASE - 26 DENMARK ST, WC2H 8NJ
CONTACT US
To contact the FEMMESTIVAL team, feel free to get in touch by emailing info@femmestival.co.uk. You can also find us on Instagram at @femmestival.uk.To apply to play at one of our future events, please fill in our performer application form here.Those who would like to collaborate with or sponsor us are also welcome to email us; we also have a sponsorship deck we can provide you with upon request. FEMMESTIVAL operates on a very small budget, and wouldn't have been possible to launch at all without the generosity of our funders, so every contribution helps us achieve our goal: continuing to create opportunities and positive, communal spaces for women in the UK's music industry, for as long as we can.
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THE LINEUP
Featuring six groundbreaking female artists, and four amazing DJs who were on the decks all day, the inaugural FEMMESTIVAL was one to remember. Find our full lineup for 2023 below!
THE ARTISTS
THE DJS
ABOUT FEMMESTIVAL
AN ALL-FEMALE MUSIC FESTIVAL WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME
FEMMESTIVAL is an all-female music festival which seeks to close the gap women often face in the live music sector, by showcasing the up-and-coming women making waves in the UK's music scene. The inaugural festival took place in October 2023, and was followed by the launch of a series of evening live music showcases, which now take place four times a year.The project was first backed in June 2023 by the National Foundation for Youth Music's NextGen Fund (Round 5). Since then, it has also been funded by PRS's Early Career Promoter Fund (Round 1), which will support four more showcases and another all-day festival across 2024 and 2025. The Early Career Promoter Fund is managed by PRS Foundation and funded by Arts Council England using Supporting Grassroots Music funding from DCMS.
PRESS
AAA 30under30 – INTERVIEW WITH talia andrea, founder of femmestival
❝AAA: What aspect of your role do you find most fulfilling?TA: I’ve had artists say that FEMMESTIVAL's crowds have been the most warm and welcoming crowds they’ve ever performed to, and it means a lot to me to be able to foster that space.❞
FEMMESTIVAL: BBC Radio London
BBC RADIO LONDON — 05/06/24
❝Because I was at university when I founded FEMMESTIVAL, I was considering what kind of future I would have in the music industry, and that informed my approach into working with other young women. I thought we deserved to feel like we had a future in the music industry, and that we could work in the music industry without feeling like our gender or age was an obstacle.❞
The all-female music festival set to rock Blackhorse Lane
WALTHAM FOREST ECHO — ISSUE 103 (OCTOBER 2023)
❝FEMMESTIVAL is an acknowledgement of the gender imbalance which continues to be upheld within the music industry, and an effort to provide the opportunities for visibility, representation and career progression for female and non-binary artists, which they continue to miss out on.Secondly, it’s crucial not to take the intention of the festival out of context, or decenter it from what it is fundamentally about: this being women in the music industry. FEMMESTIVAL is not at all about excluding men — it’s about uplifting and celebrating women. It’s as straightforward as that.❞
FEMMESTIVAL: A FESTIVAL FOR ALL
WOMEN'S WRONGS ZINE — 25/09/23
❝As the festival debuts next week, it stands as a symbol for something new and a reminder that there’s a lot more that needs to be done. FEMMESTIVAL is a reaction to the tokenistic lip-service of the current state of inclusivity and equality in the music industry. It is a community in action, a manifestation of the change larger record labels and festivals need to internalise, and most importantly it is a space women can inhabit to express themselves, as they please.❞
In Conversation With Coupdekat: On Her Latest EP, Loud LDN, & Gender Equality In The Music Industry
❝STRAND: How do you feel about performing at FEMMESTIVAL, an all-female festival, very soon?CDK: Super excited! [...] I think it’s refreshing and very empowering to have an all female lineup. [...] I think it’s a great idea, and it's been long-awaited. And I think it’s a great step forward in the future of the music industry.❞
NEXTGEN COMMUNITY EVENT: YOUTH MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEE TAKEOVER HIGHLIGHTS
❝The panellists discussed why and how we should “Take Note” of more grassroots projects and people across the country. [...] [FEMMESTIVAL’s founder] noted the current lack of mentorship within the music industry, and the need to nurture people from marginalised or less represented groups and help them to navigate it: “Being able to talk to someone, have them share their journey and have them tell me what I can do with mine is so important. I think it’s a step that as an industry we can take more”.❞
TICKETPASS - INTERVIEW WITH THE FOUNDER OF FEMMESTIVAL
❝I think it would be great to see people treating the music industry as more of a community and less of a competition. It’s always nice to see when local music promoters and professionals find ways to collaborate, and this kind of cross-pollination especially thrives on a grassroots level — although there’s definitely also potential for it to work well on a larger scale.❞
TO DO LIST - INTERVIEW WITH THE FOUNDER OF FEMMESTIVAL
❝[FEMMESTIVAL's] entire lineup is female[, and all] of our volunteers and photographers for this year are also female or non-binary. In the context of the BBC’s recent statistic that only 13% of festival headliners in 2022 were women, it’s an initiative which seems more necessary than ever. [...] It’s an event which has London’s local community at its heart, and it’s a celebration of the women who make up that community: whether they’re onstage, behind the scenes, or in the audience.❞
LEADING LADIES: A new festival featuring an all-female billing announced for London
❝I was really excited to see the announcement of FEMMESTIVAL, as there has been a lot of big talk in recent years about addressing the gender imbalance on festival lineups and beyond. And yet, few events are truly succeeding, with all the excuses in the book being made for not taking big enough steps forward. Seeing an all-female lineup for a festival is tangible proof that it can be done. [...] Let's hope it makes a big impression on the industry.❞
All-Female Music Festival To Launch In London
❝[FEMMESTIVAL is] about having women feel like the space is designed for them, and that everyone else around them is part of the same community — and having everyone of all genders appreciate, share in, and celebrate that.❞
OUR PRIVACY POLICY
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THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
OUR WEBSITE
We use Google Analytics to help us assess traffic to our website, and the demographic it's coming from (e.g. approximate location, or age range). All of this data is completely anonymised.Google performs this service by placing a 'cookie' on your device when you visit this website, which allows it to track how you interact with our services. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, Google offers a browser extension which allows you to do so: you can install this here.
OUR NEWSLETTER
If you sign up to the FEMMESTIVAL newsletter via the 'Contact Us' page on our website, your email address will be stored by our newsletter providers, Beehiiv and Wix. Only by filling in the form yourself will you ever be added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe from this list at any time by clicking the 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of any of our newsletters.Beehiiv and Wix also collect data on how you interact with our newsletter emails, such as if you open them or click a link. Beehiiv's privacy policy can be found here, and Wix's can be found here.
OUR EVENTS
We currently use DICE to process ticket sales and check-ins for our events. All ticketholder data is stored securely in the DICE and DICE Access backend. It will only ever be used to send you information about the event(s) you've signed up for, and check you in on the day. Only the FEMMESTIVAL team and our volunteers at any given event will be able to access this data, and our volunteers will only have access to the minimum amount of data needed for the purpose of checking you in.We reserve the right to take photographs and videos at our events. These may be used on our website, social media pages, and/or in our press kit. Please notify the photographer or a member of FEMMESTIVAL staff on the day if you don’t want to appear in these.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
The data collected by Google Analytics helps us figure out what we're doing well, and what we could be doing better, when it comes to helping FEMMESTIVAL reach its target audience.Submitting your email address via our newsletter signup form simply puts you on our mailing list, so we can send our newsletters to you. The interaction data collected by Beehiiv helps us understand which kind of content performs well, so we can keep delivering the best news and opportunities to your inbox.No data which is submitted to FEMMESTIVAL via any form or field is used for any other purpose than the one stated on the form or field in question.
WHO CAN SEE YOUR DATA
Only the FEMMESTIVAL team can see the data which is submitted to us in relation to our services. We will never sell or pass on any of your data to third parties. The services we use in order to run FEMMESTIVAL include: DICE, DICE Access, Google (Analytics, Suite and Forms), iCloud, Beehiiv, Wix and 123Reg. All of your data is stored securely by these respective services where relevant.
DATA ACCESS AND DELETION REQUESTS
If you want to see what identifying data (if any) we have stored about you, feel free to email us at info@femmestival.co.uk. We are also happy to delete this data upon request. In line with statutory requirements, we will handle all subject access requests within one month of receipt.