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Man Down Festival will be hosting their first music festival happening this April in Birmingham. The festival will be a celebration of women in the music industry with a combination of guest speakers, performances and documentaries. 

 

Working in conjunction with International Women In Music Day, Man Down Festival hope to demonstrate what female professionals are capable of and to show that women are just as good (if not better!) than the men in the industry.

 

The festival will consist of a Q&A session with a variety of industry females including Sammy Whyte, owner of The Flapper and Geri Minelli, founder of International Women In Music Day. 

 

This will then be followed up on the second date by an all-day music festival with five acts already been announced;
 

We Caught The Castle, a hard pop/ punk band based in Reading

Under The Influence, a rap/metal/rock band from London

Sister Shotgun, a metal/ rock band based in the West Midlands

Melissa Hollick, an acoustic singer songwriter from Solihull, Birmingham

Rose Redd, a singer songwriter from the West Midlands

 

The all-day music festival will also feature documentaries on or by women. One documentary already confirmed is ‘Don’t Need You’ Produced by Urban Cowgirl Productions, a film that tells the story of the origins of Riot Girrl in the American independent music scene of the 1990s. 

 

The public (male and female) are invited to the events to actively discuss the role of women in the music industry and to see first-hand what women can do!

 

 

Man Down Festival Q&A

Thursday 4th April, 2013 from 6:30pm

 

Man Down Festival

Sunday 14th April, 2013 from 2:30pm, curfew being 10:45pm

 

The Flapper, Cambrian Wharf, Kingston Row, Birmingham, B1 2NU

Admission

Man Down Festival Q&A 

Over 18 only

Entry Price: Free, email [email protected] to reserve your space.

 

Man Down Festival

Over 18 only.

Entry Price: £5,

Man Down Festival are offering an early bird ticket, for just £4! Offer ends 31st March 2013.

 

Tickets available from www.theticketsellers.co.uk/tickets/man-down-festival/10025768 

 

Man Down Festival was brought about through the frustrations of a group of young women at the current state of the music industry and the lack of support and belief there is in female workers. It has long been a dream of theirs to change this, and by carrying out Man Down Festival they hope to demonstrate what female workers are capable of and to show that they’re just as good (if not better!) than the men in the industry.