On July 16th 2016, Pandora Fest will launch Scotland's first and only Women's Music Festival, supporting women musicians and celebrating female musicianship across all genres. Taking place at DunCarron Medieval Fort in Carron Valley near Falkirk, the festival aims to redress the gender imbalance inherent within the music industry.
Pandora Fest is Scotland's first and the UK's premiere women's music festival. Festival organisers Caroline Daalmeijer and Jammenique Duchat, both lifelong musicians with a history of fighting against discrimination in the industry throughout their careers, decided it was time to take a long-overdue stand to fight back against the bias against women artists. In collaboration with Attack Agency, a record label promoting female artists and female led musical enterprises, and The Clanranald Trust for Scotland who raise funding for Duncarron through their educational activities and their work as combat performers for the film and television industries, Pandora Fest will be an event with a strong pro-female bias, welcoming festival-goers of all genders.
Pandora Fest will feature a diverse, global range of talent:
from Californian Electronics artist ContainHer to the catchy prog-pop tunes of
Texas singer Erin Bennett to Africa's mystery and the power of Voodoo, evoked
by new rock/crossover sensation Vodun. Newcastle Electro-pop outfit Twist Helix
are Spanish fronted, whilst the music of internationally acclaimed Dutch singer
Mathilde Santing earned her a knighthood from the Queen of The Netherlands in
2007.
And of course Scotland is well represented by, among many others, rock outfit
Bravado, Wolf Ruby, all-female funk band One More and pop singer Caroline
Gilmour.
Courtesans headline, their head down, dark rock supported by a powerful set of
London allies; Heel, Bugeye, Luci Monét, Sofia B and Firesign to name but a
few. Pandora Fest's website lists all other confirmed artists with more to
come.
Pandora Fest prioritises inclusivity and is fully accessible and family and LGBTI friendly; it will be running two stages of live music of all genres from 10.30am to 11pm and plans on becoming an annual event. Find out more here.
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