Glastonbury announces women-only venue
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- This year the UK festival will open Sisterhood, a stage for "all people who identify as women."
- This year's Glastonbury festival will feature a women-only venue for the first time. Organizers describe Sisterhood as an "intersectional, queer, trans and disability-inclusive space open to all people who identify as women." All of the staff who are working the venue will also be female-identified. It will be "hidden" somewhere inside of the Shangri-La section of the festival, with live music and DJs spanning "disco, bass, pop, riotgrrl, punk and funk," NME reports. No acts have been announced at this time. Speaking to the necessity of a women-only space at the festival, the venue's organizers said:"The producers of the Sisterhood believe that women only spaces are necessary in a world that is still run by and designed to benefit mainly men... Sisterhood seeks to provide a secret space for women to connect, network, share their stories, have fun and learn the best way to support each other in our global struggle to end oppression against women and all marginalised people, whilst showcasing the best and boldest female talent in the UK and beyond.The founder of Glastonbury said earlier this week that they may be moving next year's festival to a new location. Read up on that here. For more on the Glastonbury experience, check out Carlos Hawthorn's review from last year.
- Wed, Jun 22, 2016
Glastonbury Festival 2016
Foals, LCD Soundsystem, CHVRCHES, James Blake, New Order, Disclosure, Stormzy, Skepta, Grimes, Fatboy Slim, Bat for Lashes, A Sagittariun, Addison Groove, Amy Becker, Annie Mac, Bob Moses, DJ Q, Chimpo, Claptone, Culture Shock, Danny L Harle, DJ Die, DJ Premier, Russ Ryan, DJ Yoda, Eats Everything, Fatima Yamaha, Bicep, Four Tet, Hayden James, Ivy Lab, Julio Bashmore, Khruangbin, Kowton, Lady Leshurr, Leon Vynehall, Levelz, Maceo Plex, Madam X, Maribou State, Monki, Moxie, Mr Bongo, Mr Solid Gold, Ms. Dynamite, Mura Masa, My Nu Leng, Netsky, Normski, Novelist, Oliver Heldens, Oneman, Palms Trax, Park Ranger, PBR Streetgang, Preditah, Red Axes, Redlight, Youngman, Tensnake, Will Saul, Delta Heavy, Sub Focus, The Upbeats, Dub Phizix, Stanton Warriors, Funtcase, Loadstar, Perc, Truss, DREAD MC, Cookie Monsta, Aphrodite, Diskord, Kasra, Foreign Concept, Serum, Vinyl Junkie, Jerome Hill, Sunil Sharpe, Ben UFO, Job Jobse, Midland, Standard&Push, Mau Mau, Speech Debelle, Roger Sanchez, nd_baumecker, Dungeon Meat, Honey Soundsystem, Andy Butler, Prosumer, Chez Damier, GIDEÖN, Tama Sumo, Lakuti, Horse Meat Disco, Joey Beltram, Mike Dunn, DJ Deeon, De Sluwe Vos, Seth Troxler, Craig Richards, Hot Chip, Secretsundaze, Roi Perez, Waze & Odyssey, Shy FX, Youngsta, Artwork, Hodge, Horsepower Productions, Nicky Blackmarket