Women's Music Festivals

Collected by: Invisible Histories Project

Archived since: Nov, 2022

Description:

The Women's Music Archive-it collection curated by the Invisible Histories Project compiles digital artifacts related to Women’s Music Festivals in the Southeastern United States from the mid-1970s to the early-2000s. These festivals brought together women across the South for several days of concerts, comedy, workshops, and crafts. The festivals were primarily built, staffed, run, and attended by women, with girls, young boys and toddlers permitted. This collection delves into the intersection of music, activism, and the feminist movement featuring newsletters from festivals like Southern Women's Music and Comedy Festival (1986-1987) and administrative records of Rhythm Fest (1989-1996). Websites like The Rock & Rouge and Camp Out provide a digital journey into the vibrant atmosphere of these southern gatherings. This collection showcases the cultural and social issues navigated by the women of the festivals, such as an interview with radical feminist lesbian icon Robyn Tyler with The Trans Advocate where she discusses the ongoing problem of Trans exclusionary policies at women’s festivals. This collection also includes personal narratives, as seen in the Mandy Carter Papers (1970-2013) and the blog post Come for the food but stay for the music: Virginia Women’s Music Festival 2015 by Jamie Anderson. A special thank you to IHP’s Fall 2023 Archive-it intern Rachel Austin for her work collecting, organizing, and curating the metadata for this collection.

Subject: Arts & Humanities, Society & Culture, Women's music festivals, Music festivals--United States

Type: News Article, Social media, Blog, Video, Website, Newspaper, Administrative records, Personal papers, Journal article, Magazine, Magazine article, Newsletters

Language: English

Collector: Invisible Histories Project

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Title: Women's Music Archives Collection: Finding Aid

URL: http://infomotions.com/sandbox/liam/pages/mnsss490.html#series3/

Description: This resource is a finding aid of the Women's Music Archives Collection from Smith College. This finding aid was created by Alyssa Pluss, Anna Eisen, and Maida Goodwin. The Women's Music Archives Collection consists of bibliographies, biographical sketches, clippings, correspondence, flyers, newsletters, photographs, posters, publicity materials, songbooks, sound recordings, videotapes, and memorabilia.

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Subject: Women musicians, Women's music festivals

Creator: Smith College

Language: English

Type: Website

Date: 1972-2005

Keywords: Olivia Records, North East Women's Music Retreat, Women's retreats, Women's conferences

Crawl Frequency: Semiannual

Title: Women's Music Festivals and Lesbian Feminist Process

URL: http://sinisterwisdom.org/sites/default/files/CronePushcart.pdf

Description: This resource is a journal article published by Sinister Wisdom and written by Michelle Crone. The article was published in Spring 2017. Michelle Crone documents their time working at multiple women's music festivals and developing groups where women could find their voice.

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Subject: Women's music festivals, Feminists, Support groups

Creator: Michelle Crone

Publisher: Sinister Wisdom

Language: English

Coverage: Georgia, Michigan

Type: Journal article

Date: 2017

Keywords: Robin Tyler’s West Coast and Southern Women’s Music & Comedy Festivals, Rhythm Fest, Feminist process

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: The Rock & Rouge

URL: http://therockandrouge.com/

Description: This resource is a website for the Rock & Rouge Women's Music Festival.

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Subject: Women's music festivals, Food festivals

Language: English

Coverage: Louisana

Type: Website

Crawl Frequency: Monthly

Title: Camp Out

URL: http://www.campoutva.com/home.html

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Subject: Women's music festivals, Camping

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Website

Crawl Frequency: Monthly

Title: The Hericane Newsletter

URL: https://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/empoweringvoices/the-hericane-newsletter/

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Subject: Gulf Coast (Miss.), Lesbian culture

Creator: Southern Wild Sisters Unlimited Book and Then Some

Language: English

Coverage: Mississippi

Date: 1989

Keywords: Southern Wild Sisters Unlimited Bookstore, Brenda Henson, Wanda Henson, National Lesbian Conference, Gulfcoast Women’s Educational Conference, Gulf Coast Womyn’s Festival

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: Rhythm Fest, 1989-1996

URL: https://archives.albany.edu/description/catalog/apap101aspace_d4859dfab76b01215446f58631e29d4a/

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Subject: Women's music festivals

Creator: Michelle Crone

Language: English

Type: Administrative records

Date: 1989-1996

Crawl Frequency: Semiannual

Title: Southern Women's Music and Comedy Festival

URL: https://archives.dickinson.edu/lgbt-events/southern-womens-music-and-comedy-festival/

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Subject: Women's music festivals, Comedy festivals, Lesbian culture

Creator: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections

Language: English

Coverage: Pennsylvania

Type: Newsletters

Date: 1986-1987

Keywords: Lorraine Kujawa, Cindy Mitzel, Mary Nancarrow, Lavender Letter

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: Mandy Carter Papers, 1970-2013

URL: https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/cartermandy/

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Subject: Social justice, Lesbian culture, Women's music

Creator: Duke University Libraries

Language: English

Type: Personal papers

Date: 1970-2013

Keywords: Women's cuture

Crawl Frequency: Semiannual

Title: Come for the food but stay for the music. Virginia Women’s Music Festival 2015.

URL: https://jamiebobamie.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/come-for-the-food-but-stay-for-the-music-virginia-womens-music-festival-2015/

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Subject: Women's music festivals, Camping, Food

Creator: Jamie Anderson

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Blog post

Date: 2015

Crawl Frequency: Annual

Title: Camp Sister Spirit

URL: https://maridethsisco.com/2014/09/22/camp-sister-spirit/

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Subject: Feminism, Hate crimes, Lesbian culture, History

Creator: Yarnspinner Press

Publisher: Marideth Sisco

Language: English

Coverage: Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana

Type: Blog post

Date: 2014

Keywords: Midwest Wimmin’s Festival, Southern Women’s Music and Comedy Festival, RhythmFest, Sister Spirit

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: Behind the Scenes in Women’s Music & Culture, The Early Years, Part 1 An OLOC Zoom Event - May 27, 2021 Chat Notes

URL: https://oloc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Report_032721-Zoom.pdf

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Subject: Women's music, Women's music festivals

Creator: OLOC

Language: English

Date: 2021

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: Mandy Carter

URL: https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/nc-lgbt/queer-nc/mandy-carter-2/

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Subject: Biography

Creator: Josette Ferguson

Publisher: Out History

Language: English

Coverage: New York, California, North Carolina

Type: Website

Keywords: Rhythm Fest, Human Rights Campaign

Crawl Frequency: One-time

Title: The Rock and Rouge Foundation

URL: https://rockandrougefoundation.org/

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Creator: The Rock and Rouge

Language: English

Coverage: Louisiana

Type: Website

Crawl Frequency: Monthly

Title: Michelle Crone

URL: https://slfaherstoryproject.org/contributors/michelle-crone/

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Creator: Southern Lesbian Feminist Activist Herstory Project

Language: English

Type: Website

Date: 2015

Crawl Frequency: One-time

URL: https://soar.kennesaw.edu/bitstream/handle/11360/3967/gkj_sovo_sovo-vol05no27.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y/

Description: Crawl frequency: ONE-TIME

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Publisher: Southern Voice

Language: English

Type: Newspaper

Date: 1992

Title: Rock On and CampOut: The Virginia Women’s Festival

URL: https://taggmagazine.com/campout-virginia-womens-festival/

Description: Crawl frequency: ONE-TIME

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Creator: Alicia Sophia

Publisher: Tagg Magazine

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Magazine article

Date: 2014

Title: The Rock & Rouge Women's Music and Food Festival- Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/therockandrouge/

Description: Crawl frequency: QUARTERLY

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Creator: The Rock & Rouge

Publisher: Twitter

Language: English

Coverage: New Orleans (La.)

Type: Social media

Title: Out In Mississippi: Camp Sister Spirit (1994)

URL: https://vimeo.com/86212691/

Description: Crawl frequency: ONE-TIME

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Creator: David Surber

Publisher: Vimeo

Coverage: Mississippi

Type: Video

Date: 1994

Title: Lani Ramos Rock & Rouge Women’s Festival

URL: https://vivanolamag.com/index.php/home/k2-categories/cover-story/lani-ramos-rock-rouge-women-s-festival#inline-auto276/

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Creator: Anamaria Bech

Publisher: Viva Nola

Language: English

Coverage: Louisiana

Type: News article

Date: 2020

Title: Mid Winter Womens Music Festival- Facebook

URL: https://www.facebook.com/mwwmfestival/

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Creator: Mid Winter Womens Music Festival

Publisher: Facebook

Language: English

Coverage: Florida

Type: Social media

Date: 2023

Title: Rock & Rouge Foundation, Inc.

URL: https://www.facebook.com/rockandrougefoundation/

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Creator: Rock & Rouge

Publisher: Facebook

Language: English

Coverage: Louisiana

Type: Social media

Title: The Rock & Rouge

URL: https://www.facebook.com/therockandrouge/

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Publisher: Facebook

Language: English

Coverage: Louisiana

Type: Social media

Title: CampOut - Help us with our expenses for 2021

URL: https://www.gofundme.com/f/campout-help-us-with-our-expenses-for-2021/

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Creator: Sally Terry

Publisher: GoFundMe

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Website

Date: 2020

Title: Houston Women's Festival

URL: https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-HWF.html

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Creator: The Athena Art Project

Language: English

Coverage: Texas

Type: Website

Date: 1995- 2011

Title: Women of the Woods Fall Music Festival at Swiftwaters (Dahlonega, GA) on 24 Sep 2010

URL: https://www.last.fm/festival/1663543+Women+of+the+Woods+Fall+Music+Festival/

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Publisher: last.fm

Language: English

Coverage: Georgia

Type: Website

Date: 2010

Title: Southern Success Story

URL: https://www.metroweekly.com/2003/04/southern-success-story/

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Creator: Bonnie J. Morris

Publisher: Metro Weekly

Language: English

Coverage: Mississippi, Georgia

Type: News article

Date: 2003

Title: Best of the Fests

URL: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Best+Of+The+Fests/491686/46324/article.html

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Creator: Jamie Anderson

Publisher: Curve Magazine

Language: English

Coverage: Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Mississippi, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, California, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Canada

Type: Magazine article

Date: 2010

Title: Intense, Unique No-Man's Lands

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/travel/26ahead.html

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Creator: Beth Greenfield

Publisher: The New York Times

Language: English

Coverage: Michigan

Type: News article

Date: 2006

Title: On The Issues Magazine: Spring 1997

URL: https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/1997spring/sp97spirit.php/

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Publisher: On The Issues Magazine

Language: English

Type: Magazine

Date: 1997

Title: A TERF’s fist gave rise to trans-inclusive women’s music festivals

URL: https://www.transadvocate.com/a-terfs-fist-gave-rise-to-trans-inclusive-womens-music-festivals_n_14390.htm/

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Creator: Cristan Williams

Publisher: Trans Advocate

Language: English

Type: News article

Title: 'Best of The Fests' virtual women's festival Oct. 9-11

URL: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/provincetown-banner/2020/10/06/provincetowns-best-of-fests-virtual-womens-festival-oct-9-11/42935923/

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Publisher: Wicked Local

Language: English

Coverage: Massachusetts

Type: News article

Date: 2020

Title: Controversial Camp Sister Spirit Celebrates 10 Years

URL: https://www.wlox.com/story/1451559/controversial-camp-sister-spirit-celebrates-10-years/

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Publisher: WLOX

Language: English

Coverage: Mississippi

Type: News article

Date: 2003

Title: Sharon Katz & The Peace Train Performance at Virginia Women's Music Festival 2018 - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIBmt5wftE/

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Creator: Sharon Katz

Publisher: YouTube

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Video

Date: 2018

Title: Jamie in concert, 2022, "Let Go" - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNFOlR2ExOY/

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Creator: Jamie Anderson

Publisher: YouTube

Language: English

Coverage: Virginia

Type: Video

Date: 2022

Title: January 2022 Sharon Katz & The Peace Train Band (California) - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rALyORudt7k/

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Creator: Sharon Katz

Publisher: YouTube

Language: English

Coverage: California

Type: Video

Date: 2022

Title: SAGE STEVENS chats with LANI RAMOS, founder of 'Rock and Rouge - Women's Music & Food Festival'

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5f-oOGrnA/

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Creator: Streaminn Hub Radio TV

Publisher: YouTube

Type: Video

Date: 2022

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Title: Women's Music Archives Collection: Finding Aid

URL: http://infomotions.com/sandbox/liam/pages/mnsss490.html#series3/

Title: Women's Music Festivals and Lesbian Feminist Process

URL: http://sinisterwisdom.org/sites/default/files/CronePushcart.pdf

Title: The Rock & Rouge

URL: http://therockandrouge.com/

Title: Camp Out

URL: http://www.campoutva.com/home.html

Title: The Hericane Newsletter

URL: https://apps.lib.ua.edu/blogs/empoweringvoices/the-hericane-newsletter/

Title: Rhythm Fest, 1989-1996

URL: https://archives.albany.edu/description/catalog/apap101aspace_d4859dfab76b01215446f58631e29d4a/

Title: Southern Women's Music and Comedy Festival

URL: https://archives.dickinson.edu/lgbt-events/southern-womens-music-and-comedy-festival/

Title: Mandy Carter Papers, 1970-2013

URL: https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/cartermandy/

Title: Come for the food but stay for the music. Virginia Women’s Music Festival 2015.

URL: https://jamiebobamie.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/come-for-the-food-but-stay-for-the-music-virginia-womens-music-festival-2015/

Title: Camp Sister Spirit

URL: https://maridethsisco.com/2014/09/22/camp-sister-spirit/

Title: Behind the Scenes in Women’s Music & Culture, The Early Years, Part 1 An OLOC Zoom Event - May 27, 2021 Chat Notes

URL: https://oloc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Report_032721-Zoom.pdf

Title: Mandy Carter

URL: https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/nc-lgbt/queer-nc/mandy-carter-2/

Title: The Rock and Rouge Foundation

URL: https://rockandrougefoundation.org/

Title: Michelle Crone

URL: https://slfaherstoryproject.org/contributors/michelle-crone/

URL: https://soar.kennesaw.edu/bitstream/handle/11360/3967/gkj_sovo_sovo-vol05no27.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y/

Title: Rock On and CampOut: The Virginia Women’s Festival

URL: https://taggmagazine.com/campout-virginia-womens-festival/

Title: The Rock & Rouge Women's Music and Food Festival- Twitter

URL: https://twitter.com/therockandrouge/

Title: Out In Mississippi: Camp Sister Spirit (1994)

URL: https://vimeo.com/86212691/

Title: Lani Ramos Rock & Rouge Women’s Festival

URL: https://vivanolamag.com/index.php/home/k2-categories/cover-story/lani-ramos-rock-rouge-women-s-festival#inline-auto276/

Title: Mid Winter Womens Music Festival- Facebook

URL: https://www.facebook.com/mwwmfestival/

Title: Rock & Rouge Foundation, Inc.

URL: https://www.facebook.com/rockandrougefoundation/

Title: The Rock & Rouge

URL: https://www.facebook.com/therockandrouge/

Title: CampOut - Help us with our expenses for 2021

URL: https://www.gofundme.com/f/campout-help-us-with-our-expenses-for-2021/

Title: Houston Women's Festival

URL: https://www.houstonlgbthistory.org/misc-HWF.html

Title: Women of the Woods Fall Music Festival at Swiftwaters (Dahlonega, GA) on 24 Sep 2010

URL: https://www.last.fm/festival/1663543+Women+of+the+Woods+Fall+Music+Festival/

Title: Southern Success Story

URL: https://www.metroweekly.com/2003/04/southern-success-story/

Title: Best of the Fests

URL: https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/article/Best+Of+The+Fests/491686/46324/article.html

Title: Intense, Unique No-Man's Lands

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/travel/26ahead.html

Title: On The Issues Magazine: Spring 1997

URL: https://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/1997spring/sp97spirit.php/

Title: A TERF’s fist gave rise to trans-inclusive women’s music festivals

URL: https://www.transadvocate.com/a-terfs-fist-gave-rise-to-trans-inclusive-womens-music-festivals_n_14390.htm/

Title: 'Best of The Fests' virtual women's festival Oct. 9-11

URL: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/provincetown-banner/2020/10/06/provincetowns-best-of-fests-virtual-womens-festival-oct-9-11/42935923/

Title: Controversial Camp Sister Spirit Celebrates 10 Years

URL: https://www.wlox.com/story/1451559/controversial-camp-sister-spirit-celebrates-10-years/

Title: Sharon Katz & The Peace Train Performance at Virginia Women's Music Festival 2018 - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmIBmt5wftE/

Title: Jamie in concert, 2022, "Let Go" - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNFOlR2ExOY/

Title: January 2022 Sharon Katz & The Peace Train Band (California) - YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rALyORudt7k/

Title: SAGE STEVENS chats with LANI RAMOS, founder of 'Rock and Rouge - Women's Music & Food Festival'

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5f-oOGrnA/

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