LOUD WOMEN Fests are absolutely unmissable, and the team has announced the first ever live performance of the song ‘Reclaim These Streets’ at this year’s Festival.

The anthemic fundraising song – dubbed “feminist Band Aid” – will be performed by the supergroup behind the single. Members of My Bloody Valentine, Salad and T-Bitch take to the stage, joined on vocals by Siobhan Fahey, Brix Smith, Patsy Stevenson, Cassie Fox, Janey Starling, Nadia Javed and more … in total 20 vocalists on stage!

The single - that we featured here - was released in May 2021 to raise funds for Women’s Aid, featuring 64 artists. The song reached number 3 in the iTunes alternative music chart and received radio support from John Kennedy on Radio X, Tom Robinson and Steve Lamacq on BBC 6 Music, and BBC Introducing shows the length and breadth of the UK (and beyond).

The fifth edition of LOUD WOMEN Fest will take place on Saturday 18th September 2021 at 229 London. The perfect antidote to male-heavy festival line-ups, the event will feature some 20 artists over two stages and the volume will be turned up higher than ever this year with a boost from an Arts Council project grant.

Festival founder (and composer of the Reclaim These Streets song) Cassie Fox says:

“The aim of the festival is to show how many incredible female-powered bands are out there – as a counter to every other festival, those that seem to struggle even to book 50% female acts.”

The line-up consists of a plethora of UK and Ireland based talent including Bang Bang Romeo - Doncaster rockers previously seen supporting Pink in stadiums around Europe, ARXX - the garage rock duo named in the NME Top 100 Essential New Artists for 2020 and ĠENN - Brighton-based genre-blenders who played The Great Escape’s online edition earlier this year.

Some of the amazing artists we’ve featured are playing including deux furieuses, Bugeye and I, Doris.

Advanced tickets for LOUD WOMEN Fest are available for £18, and collections for Women’s Aid will be made at the event.

Full line-up:

ARXX
Bang Bang Romeo
Breakup Haircut
deux furieuses
The Empty Page
ĠENN Hagar the Womb
Honey Joy
IDestroy
I, Doris
Jelly Cleaver
LibraLibra
Lilith Ai
MIRI
Murder Club
Piney Gir
Sister Ghost
T-Bitch
Vulpynes
+ the Loud Women supergroup

Previous incarnations of the Fest, which started in 2015, have showcased the most exciting newcomers on the DIY, punk and indie scene, such as Vodun, Grace Petrie, Desperate Journalist, Hands Off Gretel, Petrol Girls, Pleasure Venom & The Menstrual Cramps. Building quite a following over the years, LOUD WOMEN received over 500 applications from all over the world from artists wanting to play the forthcoming Fest.

In its five years to date, LOUD WOMEN as an organisation has grown through word-of-mouth to become a thriving global community, with new chapters springing up in the US, Canada, Australia and Ireland, and an influential new music blog. In London alone, LOUD WOMEN has hosted over 100 gigs, showcasing over 300 artists.

• Tickets for Loud Women Fest are on sale now. You can read more about the Reclaim These Streets release here.