NEW NEWS!
UPDATES! ETC...
Whassup?
18/10/05
PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING THE PROGRAMME? We apologise. In part, the tardyness of our site is due to over 100 people HOTLINKING to our images.
So, a note to those of you who may be using one of our images as a Livejournal avatar, or directly linking to a Ladyfest poster (for example): YOU ARE STEALING! STOP RIGHT THERE!
There are TWO good reasons why it's a very bad thing to hotlink.
- 1 - A lot of the images on this site are images that people have created especially for us. It would be nice if you could get the artist's permission before using the image so that they know where in the world their art is being used! Just email us! We'll try and sort it out for you!
- 2 - We paid for the webspace that Ladyfest Brighton lives in. By directly linking to images that live on our server, you are stealing our bandwith. You may not realise that what you are doing is stealing, so read up on why it really is here.
We love that you love our images. But PLEASE, get in touch if you want to use them, and then save them to your own server space.
12/10/05
FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD!
All pages are PDF format, so you will need Acrobat viewer or similar. Click to download!
Music | Workshops
| Art | Spoken Word| Film
30/09/05
BUY LADYFEST! Sort... of.... We're not actually selling the festival, but we are selling parephenalia!
The very lovely FINGERBANG DISTRO is hosting our Ladyfest Shop, and will be selling our ZINE, alongside other zines from around the world; badges/pins/buttons; t-shirts; tickets!
Have a look >> GO, GO, GO!
29/09/05
FILM NEWS!
Film events will take place at the Marlborough Theatre
(21-22nd) and the Prince Albert (23rd).
- Highlights include:
- Grrly Show (documentary on grrrl zines),
- I Was a Teenage Feminist (a look at feminism today and
- where/if it went wrong),
- heer Up! (radical cheerleading),
- Slut,
- Malaqueerche,
- Don't Need You (riot grrrl documentary),
- Wet Dreams and False Images,
- Speak Out: I had an Abortion,
- Still Doing In: The intimate sexlives of women over 65.
Whooot!
WORKSHOP/PANEL NEWS! Workshops will take place Friday - Sunday at the Women's
Centre, the Peace and Environment Center, the Marlborough Theatre, the Freebutt, and The Cowley
Club.
Of the many, many discussions going on, here are some of the very best...
- Female Ejaculation,
- Women and Mental Health,
- Queering up Feminism,
- Racism in Alternative Communities,
- a discussion about class,
- Band Photography,
- Alternative Menstruation Products,
- Confronting White Privillege,
- How to be a Fat Activist,
- Writing Women's Porn,
- Bisexuality discussion group,
- Strategies for dealing with verbal harrassment,
- Intro to women's health,
- Silk Screening,
- Audio Engineering 101, W
- omen's Self Defence,
- Radical Cheerleading training,
- Relationship styles, plus more!
28/09/05
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! That's right. You can now get your ticket (to be exchanged for a weekend wristband on the day of the festival) Online, By post, or In Person!
To find out more visit the TICKETS PAGE.
27/09/05
WEBSITE UPDATES and a bunch of other interesting stuff. No really. This really is interesting...
On the HAPPENINGS page you will now see the posters and information for some of our first festival-proper shows. Check it!
On the ABOUT page you can now view a few of our Ladyfest press clipping, with more to follow!
LFB couldn't be as glorious as we wanted it to be without the passion, time, support and energies of all the wonderful, wonderful people who have been involved so far. BUT, that doesn't mean that we
have now closed our door to help: If you think you have something to offer, please get in touch! You can do so via any of the COMMITTEE EMAILS or you could offer to sponsor us.
For more information regarding Sponsoring the festival, download our SPONSORSHIP PACK.
It's PDF format, and you're not committed to give money just by downloading it or anything like that. Have a read through, see if you or your company
is up for contributing to one of the most vibrant and creative independent festivals the South East has ever seen, then get in touch!
25/09/05
YOU LIKE?
11/09/05
PRE-SALE ON-SALE SOON! That's right, with barely a month left to wait, tickets for LFB will go on sale in Edgeworld (01273 325 440), Rounder (01273 628 262) and Resident (01273 606 312).
Here's a taster of our live music programme...
ELECTRELANE: Everyone’s favourite band? Certainly ours! This year has seen them release their third and fantastic album Axes, they’ve once again proved that music could go beyond any defined genres, be truly emotional and feminine and tear the floor! Verity, Ros, Emma and Mia have been touring England, Europe and the States (twice) and we’ll catch up with them on October 22nd back from Japan and Australia, ready to rock!
SPIDER AND THE WEBS: Hard to talk about Olympia activist Tobi Vail without mentioning the riot grrlz and the band Bikini Kill but freshen up and be ready for something else as Spider and the Webs sees Ms Vail associate with Chris Sutton (Dub Narcotic Sound System) and James Maeda for some ecstatic psychedelic punk affair! Is there something in the air in Olympia or what?
PARTYLINE: Partying and politics, impossible??? It could take 5 minutes, or 5 seconds, for Partyline to convince the sceptics! From Washington DC, Alison (ex Bratmobile), Angela and Crystal thrash vigilantly against boredom, the Bush regime and body control! Girls with glasses, they'll squash you like a bug!
AFRIRAMPO: Meet Oni and Pika from Osaka, Japan. The duet drums, guitars, shouts and breathes freedom throughout. Afrirampo means naked in the Osaka language and the young ladies certainly bare their soul on stage with furious sonic experimentations.
ILL EASE: Elizabeth Sharp is Ill Ease. Originally a drummer, Sharp has followed her desire for independence and took on several different instruments to compose and record her songs single handedly. Her rules, her emotions and her sense of criticism make Ill Ease intensely personal but also reaching to the universal.
FAKE VALERIE ACTION: This is Jo and Elvis from the fantastic Valerie together with Ingvild from Scandinavian Riot grrl band Fake. Original Valerie lady Vix being on holiday, this is the line up that is going to spread mischief and make you question what it is all about to be in a band in our pretty crap postmodern days. Their stage presence is legendary and their gigs are rare, catch them while you can!
BLOOD RED SHOES: This is Laura-Mary from London band Lady Muck and Steven from Brighton's Cat On Form. Blood Red Shoes take on punk pop with an energy so fierce it could lead Red Bull to bankruptcy. A drumkit, a guitar and plenty of shouts!
THE POLLY SHAN KUAN BAND: This Brighton band is always a surprise, changing lineups, changing instruments (or what they chose to be instruments, you never know what they are going to use) and making uncompromising noise. Joyous, hysterical, broken, fucked up primitive, drunken speaker invasion. PSKB laugh in Deaths face and spit into the eye sockets of skulls.
Some pictures on Bill T Miller's site.
10/09/05
BENEFIT'S have been vital in the run up to LFB. They have helped us to raise money, generate interest in the festival, and see and meet some amazing bands and people.
We have one last benefit coming up:
Thursday October 6th sees us take over the Candy Bar in Brighton in association with the legendary Dyke Bar.
We will have both Ladyfest DJs (including the lovely Laura-Mary from Blood Red Shoes) and Dyke Bar DJs, DJ Rock It and DJX as well as some visual art (film and photography) courtesy of Polly Benians and Fran Young.
There is also going to be a secret live performance!
All details will be up in the happenings page very soon!
09/09/05
MAKE IT HAPPEN! Meetings are still held every Monday at 6.30pm, but the venue has, once again, changed:
Cowley Club, 12 London Road Brighton. Contact tel: 01273 202755 or 07932038710 for more info.
Apologies to those of you who turned up for a recent meeting that had been cancelled.
So sorry that we did not put the meeting cancellation online - please come to the next one!
08/09/05
THROUGHOUT AUGUST, we’ve been listening and watching the music, art and films that you have sent to us, so first of all…
THANK YOU!
We’ve had some great stuff sent in so thank you for the time and effort you’ve put in responding to our calling!
It has been really difficult to make choices and we almost were the victims of our own enthusiasm in trying to get as many of you to submit to Ladyfest. We now have a festival program which is going to be up as soon as we get those last couple of details sorted. We're very proud and excited about the program and we think you're going to love it too!
03/08/05
THOSE LAST SUBMISSION FORMS ARE UP! Hoorah!
For those of you who had felt a little baffled by the absence of the PERFORMANCE and VISUAL ARTS submission forms, feel now at ease, please.
EMAIL PROBLEMS? Yes. Something screwy was up with all emails going to the "someone@ladyfestbrighton.co.uk" addresses. The problems are FIXED now. Email us.
MEETINGS! Remember those? No? Never been? Come along! We now have the odd weekday meeting in addition now. Festival is getting closer, see? Need to oil our cogs, see? Come along, talk through your ideas, get involved, and spend a day by the sea, see?
Meetings now every Monday, 6.30pm: Flat 1, 62 Dyke Road, (corner of Compton Ave/Dyke Road), Contact tel: 01273 202755 or 07932038710
02/08/05
BENEFIT SHOWS! There have been a few, and there will be more! We are looking for reviews, photos and documentary evidence of anything that has been run in the name of Ladyfest Brighton. We hope to do some wonderful things with this evidence. Help us! send us stuff!.
10/06/05
APOLOGIES! Updates have been slow coming this past couple of weeks. Now there's been quite a flurry... New shows and funraising events announced on the HAPPENINGS page, new GENERAL MEETING minutes are up from the 5/06 meet (read through - see what's up!), and a CALL FOR FACILITATORS - if you think you are up to the challenge of chairing a committee and helping LADYFEST BRIGHTON rule the October weekend 20 - 23rd, get in touch!
28/05/05
MIRAH GIG ANNOUNCED!
With fresh folky four minute epics comes Mirah. On K Records, and on many of those Microphones songs too... this is beautiful sonic storytelling and it's LIVE for Ladyfest Brighton. Support comes from the most wonderful LIANNE HALL. See the HAPPENINGS page for a printable flyer.
16/05/05
ITCHY FEET? Head to Leeds for a grand day out! There's an all-dayer benefit on
18th June 2005 with bands, djs, zine stalls and fun to be had at The Common Place.
There's a yahoo planning group for people who want to
get involved: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/ladyfestnorthernbenefit/
11/05/05
FILMS ARE GREAT, and so are film-makers! And to celebrate, we now have
a FILM SUBMISSION FORM in PDF
format for download!
10/05/05
There's loads of ways for you to get
involved- from volunteering, helping to organise the
fest, performing, flyering, baking cakes, finding
artists and musicians, etc etc. Find out more!
GENERAL MEETING this Sunday (15th May), 3pm, Backroom of the The Albert
48 Trafalger St., Brighton
03/05/05:
POLLY SHAN-KWAN BAND and THE CHERRY BOMBERS to play the newest Ladyfest
Benefit show! See HERE
for details!
02/05/05:
MINUTES of the latest general meeting are UP! To view them click here.
The next general meeting will be, Sunday 15th May at The Albert, 3pm
Onwards. MAYA will be chairing.
27/04/05:
REMINDER! The next general meeting is THIS WEEKEND, Sunday 1st May at
The Albert, 3pm Onwards. Bring snacks and ideas. We'll see you there!
26/04/05:
APPLICATION FORMS for bands, artists, speakers and workshops are now
online in PDF format - there are two application forms to make it easy:
BANDS, and WORKSHOPS. Decide which better fits your project, and fill
one out!
24/04/05:
T-SHIRTS! T-SHIRTS! GETCHA T-SHIRTS! As one of our fundraising
initiatives, we have been collecting band t-shirts that have been
creativly monikered by the artists for auction. So far we have an
incredible 18(!) including contributions from Le
Tigre and Gravy
Train.
If you are in a band and you could contribute to our collection, or you
think you could get a band to contribute, please GET IN TOUCH!
23/04/05:
GENERAL MEETINGS. If you would like to know more about Ladyfest
Brighton, maybe meet some of the people already involved, talk through
ideas or come hang out for tea and cakes in Brighton with us - our
General Meetings are where you need to be at!
Every other Sunday, starting MAY 1st (then 15th, 29th etc), at THE
ALBERT. 48 Trafalgar St, Brighton, BN1 4ED ( MAP HERE)in
the back room.
3pm Onwards.
Email info@ladyfestbrighton.co.uk
for more info.
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MEETINGS & MEETING MINUTES
Notes from GENERAL meeting on 01 / 08 / 05 here
Notes from GENERAL meeting on 05 / 06 / 05 here
Notes from GENERAL meeting on 01 / 05 / 05 here
Notes from GENERAL meeting on 17 / 04 / 05 here
Notes from FINANCE meeting on 19 / 03 / 05 here
Notes from GENERAL meeting on 15 / 02 / 05 here
To join the discussion list for general planning email us at ladyfestbrighton-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
COMMITTEES
Ladyfest Brighton depends upon the passion, skills and involvement of as many people as possible - no matter what your previous experience.
There are a number of ways in which you can help make this festival a success. You can come to our fundraisers, offer your services to perform or hold workshops, donate money or resources, volunteer, and help spread the word.
Ladyfest Brighton is organised by COMMITTEES (such as music, finance, press, etc) who meet independently to get their stuff done, and general meetings where committees report back and important decisions are made.
You can view the minutes of the general meetings below, so you can see how this is being organised, and also to notice that we need lots more help in putting on such a big event! We have facillators for each committee who can answer your questions and tell you more about what's going on.
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SUBMIT TO LADYFEST! Help to Make It Happen!
These were the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. We welcome submissions from all women (whether you
are an established performer or just starting out).
Our definition of 'women' is trans-inclusive.
2. This is a non-profit event raising money for women's
charity. We aim to cover performers' expenses and
provide complimentary day passes for those donating
their time and skills to Ladyfest.
3. By submitting to Ladyfest Brigthon (LFB) you are
giving us the right to photograph or reproduce any
accepted work or performances for LFB promotional and
documentation purposes
4. LFB is not liable for damaged or lost mail, or for
damage made to submissions materials before, during or
after the festival.
5. Submissions will not be returned (unless provided
with a SSAE) so please ensure you have copies
6. Only applicants chosen to perform at the festival
will be notified by LFB
Please contact us if:
-Your contact information changes
-You are no longer available to participate
-You are unable to comply with the submissions
guidelines, would like to arrange an alternate
submission, or have any questions
Email info@ladyfestbrighton.co.uk
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NOTE All forms are in PDF format. You will need a PDF viewer to open the form, you can download Adobe Acrobate PDF viewer by clicking the image below.
Once you have downloaded the form, you need to print it off and fill it out IN PEN (any colour is fine) and post it back to us at the address on the form.
SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
The submission deadline is passed. Thank you to all who sent us a little something to warm our ears and hearts.
FILM
All genres of film were accepted: features, shorts, documentaries,
animations, music videos, installations and live
soundtrack pieces.
MUSIC
DJs, live musicians, hip-hop, rock, electronica, folk, classical, acoustic and pop all came in by the bucket load.
We sure had a wonderful time listening to it all. Harder was trying to fit everyone in... see our Happenings page for
the final festival line up!
VISUAL ARTS
All mediums were considered (painting, photography,
animation, fashion, installation, craft, etc).
PERFORMANCE
Submissions includeed spoken word, performance art, theatre, dance,
and cabaret/burlesque.
WORKSHOPS
Action-oriented, skill-oriented, discussion forum, and
presentation workshops on all topics.
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LADYFEST FILM ARCHIVE
Are you a budding film-maker?
Women make up only 7% of professional film directors world-wide and often find it hard to get their work financed - especially if it falls outside the remit of films women are expected to make.
We at Ladyfest Brighton love films and we love showcasing people's work at any oportunity.
Keep your eyes open for our outdoor cinema nights - we might project some stuff on the side of the Pavillion in town and other such guerilla, impromptu stunts.
Whether you're an award winning director or a kid who's just put together a short film for her media class, we want you to send us your stuff.
This is the PDF submission form >CLICK HERE! Fill it out and post it back with a sample of your work.
Not only will we screen it at fundraisers and the festival itself, we can also include it our non-profit film archive. This acts as a central resource for other women or activist groups to screen your work and take it to brand new audiences around the country.
See the FINGERBANG site for more infomation.
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INTERESTED IN THE URBAN ARTS?
Do you have a passion for hip hop, breakin, graffiti?
We're looking for some female talent to put on a women's hip hop fundraiser night.
Get in touch with us at info@ladyfestbrighton.co.uk
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