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The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, often referred to as MWMF or Michfest, [1] was a lesbian feminist women's music festival held annually from 1976 to 2015 in Oceana County, Michigan, on privately owned woodland near Hart Township referred to as "The Land" by Michfest organizers and attendees.
The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival was created in 1976, and became the largest festival in the United States [34] before ceasing operations after the fortieth festival in August 2015. [35] The first West Coast Women's Musical and Cultural Festival, [36] also known as Women’s Music & Comedy Festival, was held in October 1980 in Yosemite ...
Camp Trans was the name of an annual demonstration and event held outside the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (MWMF or Michfest) in Oceana County, Michigan. This demonstration was held by transgender women and their allies to protest against the Festival's policy of excluding trans women from attending, until the Music Festival's end in 2015.
The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival was an annual women's music festival held on 650 acres (260 ha) of privately owned land near Hart, Michigan. [37] Founded in 1976 by Lisa Vogel, Kristie Vogel and Mary Kindig, [38] MichFest ran for 40 years until 2015.
Throughout the final quarter of the twentieth century, women's music festivals often enacted womyn-born womyn policies. After the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival (MichFest) was described as a gathering for "women born as women and living as women", these intentions garnered wider attention in response to the exclusion of trans women from such ...
Formed out of the male-dominated music scenes of jam music (in the case of Bonnaroo), late-’90s indie rock (Coachella), and early ’90s alternative and grunge (Lollapalooza), these festivals tend to celebrate diversity while dismissing the most popular pop acts — the ones who tend to dominate the charts and who tend so often to be female ...
Soon after her 70th birthday, due to her fame within the community, Ellis would become a staple at the "Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival". On her 100th birthday, she led and was sung Happy Birthday to You by the San Francisco’s Dyke March of 1999.
Editor's note: This story was originally published in August 2012. From its roots as a small local jazz and arts festival to a nationally-known concert series, SunFest has been a can't-miss event ...