DIY just went global 🔥
It’s hard to know where to start with 2026, because LOUD WOMEN is… everywhere.
By the time the year is out, LOUD WOMEN Fests will have taken place in thirteen cities across four continents:
Berlin
Hamburg
London
Bristol
Newport, South Wales
New York
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Toronto
Colorado
Tokyo
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
What began as a grassroots club night in London has grown — steadily, stubbornly, and entirely DIY — into a global network of feminist punk, indie and alternative music communities.
No big budgets. No corporate backing. Just people in different cities deciding to make something happen, and finding each other along the way.
Each LOUD WOMEN Fest is built locally — organised by musicians, promoters and scene-makers who care about creating space for women, trans and non-binary artists. The result is something bigger than a series of gigs: it’s a connected, international community.
And the festivals are only part of it.
Back in London, LOUD WOMEN continues its weekly radio show on Resonance FM, offering live sessions and airtime to emerging artists every single week. There are regular gigs across the capital, and now new coastal outposts in Brighton and Hastings. There’s a constant stream of interviews, premieres and features on loudwomen.org. There’s touring, collaborations, and the kind of behind-the-scenes work that rarely gets seen but makes everything else possible.
It’s a lot. And it’s all held together by a simple idea: that music scenes should be more inclusive, more supportive, and more reflective of the people in them.
In 2026, that idea is stretching further than ever — from London to Tokyo, Halifax to Melbourne — connecting scenes that might never otherwise meet, and building something genuinely global in the process.
More cities? More continents?
Watch this space. 💜🔥