National Women's Music Festival

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Dana Lynn Pleasant

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Founded in 1974 at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana to counter the under-representation of women in the music business, the National Women's Music Festival has since 2008 been at home in Middleton. Along with four days of concerts, the fest features workshops, speakers, film screenings, vendors, and more. The music lineup includes legends (Cris Williamson, Barbara Higbie & Teresa Trull, Bitch) along with up-and-coming artists such as Joy Clark, whose solo debut album is due this fall on Righteous Babe Records. Find the schedule and tickets at nwmf.info.

media release: The National Women's Music Festival is a four-day musical and cultural extravaganza that incorporates all facets of women's lives.  It's a jam-packed, long weekend where the SheRocks and Spotlight stages hold concerts, comedy, theater, and orchestral performances, as well as the Drum, Ukulele, and Vocal choruses and the Folk Orchestra. The fabulous marketplace caters to your woman-focused energy with gifts for yourself and others!   All day long, you can attend stimulating workshops, watch films and videos, immerse yourself in the writers' or spirituality series of events, participate in the silent and live auctions, and generally have a rousingly good time!

 Thursday: SheRocks Stage (7 p.m.): Regina Sayles, Miss Brown to You, Summer Osborne.

Friday: Spotlight Stage (1 p.m.): Backyard Betties, Sug Daniels, Sheena Brook; SheRocks Stage (7 p.m.): Mama's Black Sheep, Barbara Higbie & Teresa Trull, Bitch.

Saturday: Spotlight Stage (1 p.m): Leberta Loral, Joy Clark, Rachael Sage; SheRocks Stage (7 p.m.): NWMF Orchestra, Cris Williamson, Ubaka Hill.

Sunday: SheRocks Stage: Choruses led by Rani Biffle-Quimba (drum), Miriam Davidson (vocal), Jori Costello (ukulele) 11 a.m., comedy by Robin Tyler, Rose Vineshank 1 p.m.