Madison Summer Festival Previews 2008: National Women's Music Festival June 19-22

Today kicks off the National Women's Music Festival at the Alliant Energy Center. Tickets are still available for this four-day event that celebrates the role of women in music and highlights their achievements. Registration opens at noon today, 7 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. Sunday. In addition to a large slate of artists the fest will feature workshops, a marketplace, film, a Drag King show, and more.The music schedule is below, for the entire itinerary go here.

Thursday
(marketplace and workshops start at 2 p.m.)
7 p.m. Night Stage Kick Off with Jazz Cabaret
7:30 p.m. Lynette Margulies
8:15 p.m. Lisa Ferraro
9:20 p.m. Intermission before "She Rocks!"
9:30 p.m. C.C. Carter
10:25 p.m. God-Dess and She

Friday
(marketplace and workshops start at 9 a.m.)
Day Stage
1 p.m. LVNMUZIQ
1:55 p.m. Driftwood Fire
Night Stage
6:30 p.m. Paprika
7:30 p.m. SONiA and disappear fear
8:20 p.m. Intermission
8:40 p.m. Tret Fure with...Pamela Means, Lyndell Montgomery and JJ Jones
9:30 p.m. Martine Locke
10:20 p.m. Mimi Gonzalez (Comic)

Saturday
(workshops, theatre, marketplace start at 9 a.m.)
Day Stage
1:00 p.m. Nicole Reynolds
1:55 p.m. Flaming Dykasaurus (lesbian improv from Madison)
Night Stage
6:50 p.m. Andrea Gibson
7:40 p.m. Cris Williamson with Jen Todd and Mel Watson
8:30 p.m. Intermission
8:50 p.m. Karen Williams (Comic)
9:40 p.m. Ellis with JJ Jones
10:30 p.m. All the King's Men (drag troupe)

Sunday
(marketplace and artist fundraising brunch)
10:30 a.m. Edie Carey
11:20 a.m. [url=http://www.myspace.com/girlpartsmusic ]Girl Parts[/url]
12:20 p.m. DRUM JAM with WAHRU & Friends
1:00 p.m. ALL-PERFORMER JAM!

More info:

Tickets for the entire Fest will be available at the door, as will one-day and three-day passes and single-night tickets for Friday and Saturday night concerts. (The single-night tickets are available for a limited time at A Room of One's Own, Madison's feminist bookstore, for just $45 each.)

Featuring four days of women's music, comedy, drag kings, workshops, a marketplace, and other special events, the 33rd annual National Women's Music Festival will be held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, June 19-22. The longest-running women's music festival in the U.S., the NWMF welcomes people of all genders to celebrate the creative talents and technical skills of women in the visual, performing, and fine arts.

Lodging is available at hotels next to the Center, or you can camp right on the Center's grounds, with showers and electric hookups available.

For more information, check out the festival's website at http://wiaonline.org/home.htm A partial list of performers includes:

All the Kings Men, Andrea Gibson, Christy Snow, Cris Williamson, Ellis, Flaming Dykasaraus (a Madison comedy improv group), Girl Parts, God-des and She, Lynette, comedian Karen Williams, Martine Locke, Mimi Gonzalez, Nicole Reynolds, Paprika, Sonia, Tret Fure, and 2 Chix & A Drum.