Los Angeles Women's Music Festival
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The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival was a 2007 Los Angeles
based summer music festival
that featured exclusively female solo artists and female-led bands.
, Miria (singer)
, Gilli Moon
and Toni Koch, in partnership with Warrior Girl Music, SheJay, and Adventure Art Entertainment, produced the first women's music festival in Los Angeles. Inspired by Lilith Fair
and held at Woodley Park (CA), home of WorldFest (LA), Los Angeles' largest Earth Day festival, the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival was an eco-music-fest featuring over 65 bands on 5 solar-powered stages, offering vegan, vegetarian and organic refreshments, and featuring pet adoptions, and was attended by over 2500 people. The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival also donated a percentage of proceeds to Los Angeles animal rescue groups. The festival was started in 2007 as an annual festival but is on hiatus during 2008 and is scheduled to return in 2009.
, and additional performances by Brad Stubbs, Jumbo Shrimp, Spirit Soul Band, Hollywood the Clown, Alice Jones, author Ina Hillebrandt, and musicians Joy Krauthammer, and Miri Hunter.
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based summer music festival
Music festival
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that featured exclusively female solo artists and female-led bands.
Overview
In 2007, Los Angeles based female musicians Gayle DayGayle Day
Gayle Day is British Los Angeles based singer-songwriter. She is also one of the co-producers and directors of the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival.-Overview:...
, Miria (singer)
Miria (singer)
Miria is a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter. She is also one of the co-producers and directors of the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival.-Overview:Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Miria has released the album, Under the Surface and several singles...
, Gilli Moon
Gilli Moon
Gilli Moon is a Los Angeles based Australian singer-songwriter, artist, writer, producer and entrepreneur.-Overview:Gilli Moon is an Australian, Los Angeles based, singer, songwriter, recording artist, actor, author, music producer, and motivational speaker....
and Toni Koch, in partnership with Warrior Girl Music, SheJay, and Adventure Art Entertainment, produced the first women's music festival in Los Angeles. Inspired by Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair
Lilith Fair was a concert tour and travelling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. It took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. It...
and held at Woodley Park (CA), home of WorldFest (LA), Los Angeles' largest Earth Day festival, the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival was an eco-music-fest featuring over 65 bands on 5 solar-powered stages, offering vegan, vegetarian and organic refreshments, and featuring pet adoptions, and was attended by over 2500 people. The Los Angeles Women's Music Festival also donated a percentage of proceeds to Los Angeles animal rescue groups. The festival was started in 2007 as an annual festival but is on hiatus during 2008 and is scheduled to return in 2009.
Females on Fire
The official theme of the 2007 Los Angeles Women's Music Festival was Females on Fire after Warrior Girl Music's compilation albums by the same name. The Females on Fire CD compilations also feature female solo artists and female-led bands.2007
Although many performers were Los Angeles based female singer-songwriters, artists spanned a variety of genres and came from several countries. Performances were presented on five stages.Main Stage (Gaia Global) artists
- Sophie B. HawkinsSophie B. HawkinsSophie Ballantine Hawkins is an American singer, songwriter, musician and painter. Her biggest hits are "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover", "Right Beside You", and "As I Lay Me Down".- Career :...
- BETTY (band)Betty (band)BETTY is an alternative rock group from New York City. The group originated in Washington, D.C. and traces its lineage to a birthday party for Dodie Bowers . The band's harmonies and unique lyrics attracted a cult following in the vibrant alternative music scene and among gay/lesbian audiences...
- Patrice PikePatrice PikePatrice Pike is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She's been a professional musician and songwriter since she was sixteen. Billboard magazine proclaimed her "one of the finest up and coming contemporary rock singers in America"....
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of Disappear FearDisappear feardisappear fear is an American Indie Pop/Indie Folk band formed in Baltimore, MD in 1987. Even though the band has gone through different incarnations, they still make music for audiences around the world.-Biography:... - KlymaxxKlymaxxKlymaxx is a female Pop/R&B band from Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Klymaxx was conceived and formed by Bernadette Cooper, who also chose the name. The dream of an all girl band became a quest she pursued after leaving college...
- Janet RobinJanet Robin-Career:Robin began her career as the youngest and only female guitar student of Randy Rhoads. She started performing professionally as a teenager in the mid-80's playing guitar in the all-female hard rock band Precious Metal . After Precious Metal broke up, Robin took studio work as a session...
- Los AbandonedLos AbandonedLos Abandoned was an American alternative rock band from the Los Angeles, California area. The band's lyrics were in Spanish and English, or a combination of the two known as Spanglish...
- Gayle DayGayle DayGayle Day is British Los Angeles based singer-songwriter. She is also one of the co-producers and directors of the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival.-Overview:...
- gilli moonGilli MoonGilli Moon is a Los Angeles based Australian singer-songwriter, artist, writer, producer and entrepreneur.-Overview:Gilli Moon is an Australian, Los Angeles based, singer, songwriter, recording artist, actor, author, music producer, and motivational speaker....
- Brasil Brazil
- Belladonna (Stevie Nicks tribute band)
- Hollywood Rock Academy bands: The Fever (Band), Less Than Three (Band), Seconds to a Lifetime
Les Femmes Stage artists
- Mali Woods
- Christine White
- Marina's Daughter
- Tami Gosnell
- Neuromance
- Alex Davis
- Bardo
- Leigh Silver
- Parade
- Salon K
- Hayley Taylor
- Ashley Lennon Thomas
- Danielle Lo Presti and the Masses
- Melissa Mullins
- Sassafrass
Moulin Rouge Stage artists
- Miria (singer)Miria (singer)Miria is a Los Angeles based singer-songwriter. She is also one of the co-producers and directors of the Los Angeles Women's Music Festival.-Overview:Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Miria has released the album, Under the Surface and several singles...
- Heather Lauren
- Deena Russo
- Amy Raasch
- Alissa Moreno
- Maesyn
- Aire RedTree
- Two Loons For Tea
- Nikki Kat
- The Pin-Up Girls
- AM Pacific
- Sam Stollenwerck
- Zera Vaughan
- Irina Bjorklund & Peter Fox
- Julia Othmer
- Renee Wilson
Females on Fire Stage artists
- Kristy HansonKristy HansonKristy Hanson is an Americansinger-songwriter, who has released a number of folk-pop albums.-Background:Hanson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where she lived in the Shaker Heights area. Her family moved to south Florida in 1986...
- Carla Fleming
- Riddle the Sphinx
- Michael Ann
- Trysette
- Joan Enguita
- Holly Light
- Little Sista
- Kris Miller
- Laura Bradley
- Corday (singer)
- Lauren Adams (singer)
- Maeve Hughes
- Jamie Green (singer)
- Debra Knox Power Trio
- Penelope Torribio
- Kym Trippsmith and Feisty Females
SheJay Stage artists
- DJ Lillyanne
- DJ Syrena
- Raistalla
- DJ-duo MiAMOR & SyReHN
- Holly Adams
- DJ Diosa
- Sirsa (DJ)
Additional artists and performers
Additional performers included REMO drum circles, hula-hooping by Hoopaliscious, belly-dancing by L.A. Tribal and by Inanna, a gong bath by Yaelle Shaphir, bagpiping by Lorne CousinLorne Cousin
-Overview:Los Angeles based Scottish bagpiper Lorne Cousin has performed with Madonna, Missy Elliott, Stella McCartney, and Brian Cox, among many others.-Trivia:...
, and additional performances by Brad Stubbs, Jumbo Shrimp, Spirit Soul Band, Hollywood the Clown, Alice Jones, author Ina Hillebrandt, and musicians Joy Krauthammer, and Miri Hunter.
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| Saturday August 25 | Van Nuys, CA | Woodley Park |