National Women's Music Festival

Janice Rickert
Sug Daniels, front left, leads a number as others sing and dance during the All Festival Jam at the 2024 National Women's Music Festival in Middleton.
Sug Daniels, front left, leads a number as others sing and dance during the All Festival Jam at the 2024 National Women's Music Festival in Middleton.
This four day festival isn’t just music, but there is plenty of that. Linda Tillery & the Freedom Band, the NWMF Orchestra Ensemble, Violet & the Undercurrents, Melanie DeMore, SONiA disappear fear, Joy Clark and others are on the diverse bill, covering genres from folk to jazz to choral music. Comedian Vickie Shaw also performs, and there will be a July 4 screening of the 2002 documentary film Radical Harmonies. There’s a lot more; see full schedule and ticket info at nwmf.info.
edia 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!
SheRocks Stage (7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday): Thursday: Christie Lenée, AdrienneTorf & Voices of the Revolution, Amor y Luz; Friday: Linda Tillery & the Freedom Band, Lisa Koch, Kristen Ford Trio; Saturday: Joy Clark, Violet & the Undercurrents, Vickie Shaw; Sunday: SONiA disappear fear, Melanie DeMore.
Spotlight Stage (1 p.m.): Friday: e nina jay, Jeannie Tanner, Amelia Ray; Saturday: NWMF Orchestra Ensemble, Nedra Johnson, Hanne Kah.