Tag: Riverwest FemFest

FemFest goes virtual with month-long “Portraits of Femme” series

February 17, 2021

Like, well, everything, Milwaukee's annual Riverwest FemFest took a pandemic-forced break in 2020. And, like, well, pretty much everything again, Milwaukee's annual FemFest will take a pandemic-forced break in ...

Riverwest FemFest postpones 2020 event indefinitely, launches monthly livestream

Tyler Maas

May 24, 2020

Since 2015, Riverwest FemFest has been an annual celebration and platform for femmes, trans, GNC, women, non-binary, and POC artists. Over the D.I.Y. event's first five years, FemFest has also managed to raise ...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2019

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 3, 2019

"I think moving forward, we'd love to see FemFest as a thing that just happens all the time, everywhere." That was festival organizer Ellie Jackson in the closing moments of this year's eight-day, multi-venue, ...

My First Band: Mary Joy (Fox Face, The Olives, Saebra & Carlyle)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 24, 2019

If you live in or around Wisconsin and you like punk and garage rock, you're probably familiar with Mary Joy's work in Fox Face. The Dirtnap Records band has toured Europe, played SXSW, and has rightfully earne...

Riverwest FemFest begins Sunday. Listen to the 2019 comp now

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 24, 2019

Since 2015, Riverwest FemFest has been an annual celebration and platform for femmes, trans, GNC, women, non-binary, and POC artists. Beginning May 26 and running through June 2, the philanthropic endeavor retu...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2019 lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

May 1, 2019

Last year, organizers of Riverwest FemFest decided to move the fourth annual event from winter to spring, which led to the fest's biggest (and arguably the best) year to date. In the process, they somehow manag...

Riverwest FemFest announces 2018 totals, opens 2019 performer applications

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 11, 2018

This year saw some important changes for Riverwest FemFest. The fourth annual benefit was moved from winter to late spring, and it expanded its footprint from five days to eight. But the festival’s goal remaine...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2018

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 4, 2018

Twenty-eighteen saw some important changes for Riverwest FemFest. The fourth annual benefit was moved from winter to late spring/early summer, and it expanded its footprint from five days to eight. But the fest...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2018 lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

May 10, 2018

Last year, the third annual Riverwest FemFest featured more than 70 performances at seven venues over the course of four winter days and nights. More than a year after the female-focused and femme-identified ph...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2017

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 23, 2017

Following five nights, more than 70 performances, and a bunch of new elements added to the mix, another Riverwest FemFest is officially in the books. The third annual benefit just so happened to overlap with a ...

Riverwest FemFest announces workshop and film showcase lineups, releases second compilation

Tyler Maas

January 11, 2017

We're just seven sleeps from the opening night of the third annual Riverwest FemFest. As the event nears, organizers want to continue to aid in your preparation for the five days worth of entertainment (Janua...

Riverwest FemFest 2017 releases first comp, weekend passes

Tyler Maas

December 17, 2016

Believe it or not, Riverwest FemFest 2017 (January 18-22) is just a month away. Up to this point, the third-year benefit for Milwaukee Coalition For Justice and Milwaukee Women’s Center has released its treme...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest 2017 lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

November 29, 2016

Earlier this month, we announced Riverwest FemFest would be returning for a third year of female-focused philanthropy. The 2017 iteration (January 18-22) will feature more acts performing at more venues over ...

Here’s the list of Riverwest FemFest 2017 artists and makers

Tyler Maas

November 11, 2016

Last week, we unveiled more than 50 music, comedy, and poetry acts that would be participating in the third year of Riverwest FemFest. Not only is the female-focused benefit—that's raising funds for ...

Riverwest FemFest to return bigger and better in 2017

Tyler Maas

November 1, 2016

Back in January, the second annual Riverwest FemFest brought more than 50 acts to four venues in as many days. Beyond being a great celebration of the outstanding and important things women are doing in Milwa...

Milwaukee Record’s favorite moments from Riverwest FemFest 2016

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 25, 2016

// Four days, four venues, more than 50 acts, and nary a hitch. Based on those stats alone, the second annual Riverwest FemFest would be considered a success. But with more than $10,000 (!) raised for Date ...

Riverwest FemFest is nigh! Download the third and final compilation

Tyler Maas

January 20, 2016

// Believe it or not, it was technically last summer when the utterly loaded 50-act lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced. It's been more than two months since the four-day schedule w...

Continue your FemFest prep with the benefit’s second compilation

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2016

// Only a year in, it's in no way hyperbolic to say that Riverwest FemFest is already one of the best events bearing the "fest" suffix in town. Following a successful first year in which two days of female-...

Get ready for Riverwest FemFest with the benefit’s first comp

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2016

// Ever since the crazy-good lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced in September and the four-night schedule for that dizzying, delightful lineup was set in stone in November, our exci...

Here’s the Riverwest FemFest lineup, schedule

Tyler Maas

November 22, 2015

// 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 grea...

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