All aboard. This might be the most ridiculous LOUD WOMEN week we’ve ever attempted.
Seven events. Six days. Five cities. Plus the internet.
After a summer that has already taken LOUD WOMEN all over the place, apparently the sensible thing to do was cram almost an entire tour into the first week of September.
Here’s where to find us.
Tuesday 1 September: LOUD WOMEN Volume 7 listening party
We’re starting without even leaving the house.
At 8pm UK time, join us on Bandcamp for the LOUD WOMEN Volume 7 Listening Party.
We’ll be playing all 22 tracks from beginning to end, just over an hour of music from artists across the international LOUD WOMEN community. Members of Team LOUD WOMEN will be hanging out in the chat, and some of the artists featured on the compilation will be dropping in too.
Come and listen, say hello and discover your new favourite band. BYO snacks and tipples. Pets very welcome.
Join the LOUD WOMEN Volume 7 Listening Party
Wednesday 2 September: LOUD WOMEN Edinburgh
Then we’re off to Scotland and our wonderfully subterranean Edinburgh home, the Banshee Labyrinth.
Second Idol + SheBeat + YIOTA + Von Dodds
Sydney’s Second Idol are making excellent use of their trip to this side of the planet, joining three Edinburgh artists for a midweek LOUD WOMEN takeover.
Doors 7.30pm.
Get tickets for LOUD WOMEN Edinburgh
Thursday 3 September: art, abortion and activism at the Vagina Museum
Thursday takes us back to London, but this time we’re swapping the stage for the Vagina Museum.
Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Northern Ireland explores the role artists and creatives played in campaigning for abortion rights in Ireland and the power of art to create resistance, reform and liberation.
Following the screening, LOUD WOMEN founder Cassie Fox joins Danielle Roberts of Alliance for Choice and cultural producer and artivist Sandy AbdelRahman for a discussion and Q&A, chaired by the Vagina Museum’s Katja Holtz.
Doors are at 7.15pm, with the screening beginning at 7.30pm.
Get tickets for Wholly Trinity at the Vagina Museum
Friday 4 September: DOLLHOUSE in Liverpool
On Friday we’re joining forces with GothFrog Productions for DOLLHOUSE: GothFrog x LOUD WOMEN at ARC:hive in Liverpool.
Auraboros + The Argyle Jumpers + Woke Nonsense + Second Idol
It’s a meeting of international touring artists, Liverpool talent and two grassroots promoters who firmly believe live music is better when we work together.
Doors 7pm, with live music from 7.30pm.
Get tickets for DOLLHOUSE: GothFrog x LOUD WOMEN
Saturday 5 September: LOUD WOMEN Fest London
And then: THE BIG ONE.
The 11th LOUD WOMEN Fest London takes over Rich Mix in Bethnal Green for a full day of music across two stages.
Nineteen artists. Seven countries. Two stages.
Bill Ricky + Bullshit Boy + Diva Cup + FOLKULAKA + French Toast + Hagar the Womb + I, Doris + Lady Lazarus + Lilith Left the Garden + Maria Uzor + MADELINE + Muddy Summers & the Dirty Fieldwhores + Second Idol + SheBeat + Shiv and the Carvers + Skint Knees + The NaNaz + THWACK! + WREX
LOUD WOMEN Fest has always been about discovery. Come for the artists you already love, arrive early, stay all day and leave with several new favourites.
This year we’re also proud to be working alongside Women for Refugee Women, Rainbow Migration, Alliance for Choice, Resonance FM and Topple and Burn, with backline support from Betty’s Crew and The Fickle Pickle Club.
Come early. Stay all day. Get involved.
Get tickets for LOUD WOMEN Fest London
Sunday 6 September: LOUD WOMEN Brighton
Nobody said we were going home after London.
Sunday afternoon takes us to the Prince Albert in Brighton for another international LOUD WOMEN bill.
Bullshit Boy + Lilith Left the Garden + Second Idol + Playing Alice + WREX
Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and the UK meet in Brighton for a Sunday matinee of loud, DIY music and international community.
Doors 1.30pm.
Get tickets for LOUD WOMEN Brighton
AND Sunday 6 September: LOUD WOMEN Canterbury
Because apparently one gig on Sunday wasn’t enough.
Our Kent team is simultaneously taking over The Lady Luck in Canterbury with another five-band bill.
Bill Ricky + Luxury Nan Smell + The Calaveras + WREX + French Toast
And this one is FREE ENTRY.
Yes, WREX are playing London on Saturday and then Brighton and Canterbury on Sunday. We strongly advise against attempting this yourself without access to a teleportation device.
Find out more about LOUD WOMEN Canterbury
Get on board
So, to recap:
Online → Edinburgh → London → Liverpool → London → Brighton + Canterbury.
This is what happens when you spend 11 years building an international grassroots music community and then apparently decide to do all of it in one week.
Come to one. Come to several. Attempt the full run if you’re feeling particularly ambitious.
Get on board. 🚂
