Way back in September, we revealed the—to quote our previous post—”crazy good” lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest, a female-focused festival that would return in January 2016 following a great inaugural installment that raised $2,100 to support Milwaukee Women’s Center earlier this year. Saturday, the organizers finalized the lineup and set times.
From Thursday, January 21 through Sunday, January 24, more than 50 combined musical acts, poets, and spoken word storytellers will take the stage at Riverwest Public House, Company Brewing, the Jazz Gallery, and High Dive for the 2016 installment. The impressive cast of local acts with at least partial feminine presence features a wide variety of performers, including Mortgage Freeman, Hello Death, Ramma Lamma, NO/NO, Queen Tut, New Boyz Club, Sinbad, Tigernite, Siren, Heavy Hand, Fox Face, Static Eyes, and two bands with the word “Pussy” in their name.
It’s a flat-out stacked group of musicians who are playing for an outstanding cause. Don’t believe it? Get a load of this lineup.
Thursday, January 21 at Riverwest Public House
9 p.m. — Sugar Ransom
9:30 p.m. — Chloe Stingley (Poetry)
9:45 p.m. — Ugly Brothers
10:30 p.m. — Youth Crush
11 p.m. — Sista Strings
11:35 p.m. — Tigernite
Friday, January 22 at Jazz Gallery
6 p.m. — Sara and Kenny
6:45 p.m. — Rocket Paloma
7:15 p.m. — Olivia Gillingham (Poetry)
7:30 p.m. — Caley Conway
8:15 p.m. — The Candliers (Reunion)
9 p.m. — Dupont Dupond
9:45 p.m. — Dahkma
10:30 p.m. — Plague Walker
11:05 p.m. — Static Eyes
11:40 p.m. — Fox Face
Saturday, January 23 at Company Brewing
2 p.m. — Amanda Huff
2:45 p.m. — Grasping at Straws
3:30 p.m. — Krystal and Kat
4 p.m. — Mary Hacker (Poetry)
4:15 p.m. — Hello Death
5 p.m. — Heavy Hand
5:45 p.m. — Faux Fiction
6:30 p.m. — Abbey Jeane Rebel Love
7 p.m. — Mary Joy
7:15 p.m. — New Boyz Club
7:45 p.m. — (Dinner Intermission)
8:15 p.m. — Anja Notanja
8:30 p.m. — Mary Allen and The Perculators
9:15 p.m. — Winter Bear
9:45 p.m. — Cree Myles and B Free
10:30 p.m. — Mexican Knives
11 p.m. — Pussy
11:15 p.m. — SURPRISE BAND
12 a.m. — Zed Kenzo
12:45 a.m. — Siren
Sunday, January 24 at Company Brewing
1:30 p.m. — Ladies Rock Showcase
2 p.m. — Julia Rose (Poetry)
2:15 p.m. — Low Down Sound
3 p.m. — Sinbad
3:45 p.m. — Swimsuit Addition
4:30 p.m. — Sarah Vos
5 p.m. — (Dinner Intermission)
5:30 p.m. — Emily Bee (Poetry)
5:45 p.m. — Ramma Lamma
6:30 p.m. — Beat Drun Juel
7 p.m. — Beth Emilie (Poetry)
7:15 p.m. — FIVY
8 p.m. — NO/NO
8:30 p.m. — Chakara Blu (Spoken Word)
8:45 p.m. — Queen Tut
9:15 p.m. — Emma DeBord (Poetry)
9:30 p.m. — Ruth B8r Ginsburg
Sunday, January 24 at High Dive
10:30 p.m. — Iron Pizza
11:15 p.m. — Mortgage Freeman
12 a.m. — Pussy Collector