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Wristband exchange
Daytime events
Daytime bands
Evening events
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Wristband exchange

Tickets can be exchanged for wristbands at the Upstairs @ The Garage box office from 1pm onwards, or from The Garage box office from 6pm onwards. Events which start before the wristband exchanges are open will allow entry to festival-goers who show their tickets.

Daytime

DJs and Cast Off collective
11am onwards (drop in anytime) at The Horse Hospital
A mix of music throughout the day, as well as craft tuition from the Cast Off knitting collective.

Hannah 'MissInTheMix' Metcalfe carries two cases: one holds headphones, lipstick and a pair of rabbit ears, the other contains a selection of 45s from the 1950s and 60s. Expect anything from Jimi Hendrix to Madame Francesca's Zodiac Circle: music to make you go 'Blimey!'.

DJ Rachael, from Cast Off, will spin girlie punk new wave from London (1977-1983) mixed in with Japanese girlie punk electronica (1990-2002).

Frances May Morgan will explore the outer limits of music in an eclectic selection of sound from around the galaxy.

Cast Off, a loose London-based gathering, will be offering free crafting tuition at intervals throughout the day - to advance their promotion of knitting as a fashionable and productive pastime.

Readings Breakfast
11am-12pm at The Horse Hospital
Lucy O'Brien will be reading from the new Girlpower! Chapter of 'She Bop II', which looks at whether Girlpower was an empty media slogan or feminist message or 'stolen' from Riot Grrl. It includes interviews on the subject with female musicians such as Shirley Manson, Ani DiFranco and Chrissie Hynde. She'll also be briefly looking at the rise of the corporate Diva, Lilith Fair and the influence of Ladyfest.

Amy Prior reads some of her new work, then introduces her soon-to-be-published female-centric fiction anthology 'Strictly Casual' and readings from two of its contributors - Anne-Marie Payne ('The Diary of AMP,' a fictionally-shaped web diary) and Bridget O'Connor ('Inappropriate Random,' a short story).

Emma Hargrave, editor of the fiction anthology 'Her Majesty'- a fiction anthology that includes some of the UK's rising female literary stars - introduces the book and short readings from two of its contributors: Donna Daley-Clarke and Penny Simpson.

Visual Art Exhibition
11am-7pm at The Horse Hospital
Curated by Victoria Yeulet.

Show n Tell Heroines Panel
12pm-1pm at The Horse Hospital
Who has influenced you in your work? Some talented females talk about their role models. Speakers include Chicks on Speed, Lucy O'Brien, Sarah Dougher and Karen Hayley.

Film screenings
1.15pm-4.15pm at The Horse Hospital
Programme by Victoria Yeulet.

"Third Antenna: a documentary about the radical nature of drag" (Freddie Fagula & Hellary Homosex, 2001): Beyond female or male impersonation and gender opposites Third Antenna showcases a huge variety of amazing performers. The focus is on drag and gender performance that doesn't usually get the spotlight it deserves - drag that is challenging, empowering and radical by its existence outside of the boundaries of 'passing' and entertainment. Third Antenna is an invaluable document of a queer culture that would otherwise never be explored by the mainstream media.

"Charm" (Sadie Shaw and Sarah Reed, 2001): Charm is the debut full-length feature film by esteemed underground filmmakers Sarah Reed and Sadie Shaw. Though at first glance the film has all the classic hallmarks of a horror film, it also deals with elements of alienation, isolation and the destructive nature of relationships both friendly and familial. Using imagery beautiful, brutal and surreal, the film follows Rosie as she struggles and ultimately fails to cope with the apathy she experiences all around her. She lashes out, increasingly violently in an attempt to register some kind of reaction from the world. With its roots in the horror genre, Charm expands on this theme to create a visually stunning and emotionally charged film experience.

"Secret Vocabulary" (Gary Walker, Aaron Schuman and Nina Krieger, 2002): On 31st May 2002 Le Tigre played their biggest British gig to date at the Astoria in London as part of a rare UK tour. Secret Vocaublary documents three dimensions of the cultural impact of this tour. First, textual documentation explores the process of organising the tour and includes remnants such as tax exemption forms, work permits, and tour budgets. Second, individuality and community are explored through video interviews conducted at the Astoria gig that capture the diversity and enthusiasm of Le Tigre's audience, probing what the band, music, lyrics and concert experience mean to those who attended the show. Lastly, images, displayed both traditionally, as hung portraits, and digitally, using computer technology, attempt to capture the spirit of a group of individuals gathered to share a distinctive musical and social experience.

Cinenova Film Programming
4.30pm-7pm at The Horse Hospital
During the Seventies and early Eighties in the UK, the task of distributing women's film and video work was undertaken by two organisations - 'Circles' and 'Cinema of Women'. They promoted a feminist distribution practice which ensured that distribution opportunities existed for films and videos directed by women, and that these films were made readily available to a female audience and presented in a manner that suited the film-maker. In the early 90s these two organisations became Cinenova.

The films at The Horse Hospital will be selected by 6 different women. Each woman will be asked to select a film they want to see from Cinenova. Each woman will write programme notes. Each woman will be asked to present the screening, and tell their specific circle of friends and colleagues about it.

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Daytime bands

Live Music
1pm-5pm at The Garage

Kirby
Glasgow's Kirby (named after a local street-game, not the hair grip) formed in late 1998 and have been causing a stir ever since. Their sound is one of catchy punk-rock-pop but with twangs of country and a waft of folk. The added dimensions of sax and violin take Kirby away from lazy comparisons with fellow female fronted bands and put them in a class of their own. Intimately involved with the planning of Ladyfest Scotland, it's great to see them playing in London.

Flamingo 50
Flamingo 50, from Liverpool play full-on/rockin/energetic/shouty/kick-ass/singalong/poppy/garagey/hardcorish/grrl, Minor Threat, Ronettes etc.

Pico
Pico initially started life as a studio collaboration between singer-songwriter Lianne Hall and producer Andrew Wills. This still continues, with live performances concentrating more on Lianne's songs. A new CD is due out this summer.

Linus
Linus are an arty pop band celebrating their tenth summer. They're the only group still together from the original UK riot grrrl scene, they promoted the fondly-remembered PIAO festival in 1994, and are currently preparing some irregular (in most senses of the word) shows over Autumn and Winter.

The Electroluvs
The Electroluvs are an electronic duo formed by Billy and Susan in 1999 and inspired by boy/girl pop, spiky analogue noise and soaring choruses.

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Evening

Live Music, DJs and Performance Art
6pm-11pm at The Garage

Chicks on Speed
Three former students of Munich's School of art in southern Germany - New Yorker Melissa Logan, Sydney, Australia's Alex Murray-Leslie, and Munich's own Kiki Morse - have invented a gloriously unique, utterly amorphous multimedia platform under the moniker Chicks on Speed. Initially conceived as an art installation project, Chicks on Speed have swelled beyond their art school roots via an astounding bricolage of sound and statement. Articulating their idiosyncratic language by merging performance, graphic design and feminist/consumerist politics with the seemingly disparate sounds of early 80s New Wave/NYC No Wave, electronica, DIY, punk, disco, pop and Digital Hardcore.

Gina Birch
Raincoats founder member Gina Birch recently toured in the UK with her solo multimedia show. In the last 18 months she has become a mother and she has been working on film projects both as gallery pieces and directing music videos for artists such as New Order and Beth Orton. The Raincoats pioneered the female group in punk rock in the late 70s along with the Slits and the Au Pairs, releasing three albums on Rough Trade "The Raincoats", "Odyshape" and "Moving" and one on Geffen Records, "Looking In The Shadows" along with a live album called "The Kitchen Tapes". Gina also had a band with Vicki Aspinall of Raincoats and Fresh Records fame, called Dorothy and signed to Chrysalis Records. More recently she released a well received album called "Slow Dirty Tears" with her group the Hangovers on Kill Rock Stars in the US and Smoke records in Europe. She performed at the very first Ladyfest in Olympia, Washington, home to her current American record label, Kill Rock Stars. She will be performing new and old songs, with a full band line up and her show will also include some of her film and video work.

Salena Saliva Godden
Salena is known for taking poetry out of the classroom and into London club culture - poetry to dance to. She is one of Britain's most visceral raw-gut talents. Her poetry and short stories are published in magazines/anthologies worldwide. Salena works frequently with 21st century visionary, music partner/producer Peter 'Peyote' Coyte (The PC Collective). Together they produce Saltpetre, a quarterly recording which offers definitive collections of spoken word on CD. Salena also featured on the last two Coldcut albums, Let Us Play and Let Us Replay, alongside the likes of Jello Biafra and Grandmaster Flash. CD Egg Yolk Planet Fried on Saltpetre Records.

People Like Us
People Like Us is the unique plunderphonic stylings of Vicki Benett. Dadaist samplings and reshuffling of cultural oddities from discarded LPs is a recurrent theme, as is the use of intercepted radio broadcasts gutted and completely retextualised. An air of both humour and impending doom, with video projection to match. She has performed at prestigious events throughout Europe and the US with electronic musicians such as Matmos, Negativland and Blectum From Blechdom, and her most recent shows in London include the 'Female of the species volume two' launch with Mira Calix and Andrea Parker, and an ICA Laptops Live show with Kid 606.

Printed Circuit
Claire Broadley, who also runs Catmobile records, and her computer produce the funkiest kind of electronic music. With its roots in the sounds of computer Games, it mixes robotic rhythms, bleeps, 80s synth pop and electro disco into a groovy danceability. Perhaps Printed Circuit bridges the gap between "riot grrrl music which claims electronic roots" (she recently played with Le Tigre in Leeds, her hometown) and "female-made electronica"? She has had a number of releases on labels such as Tigerbeat6, 555, Irritant, and her own Catmobile label, and last year saw the release of 'Reprints', were many of these tracks were remixed by the likes of Lesser, Fererick Schikowski and Transistor 6. Following a recent split single with Kid606, and her own 'Acrobotics' EP on 555, she will shortly be collaborating on work with CEX.

Pro Forma
3-piece electro-punk errorists (sic) from Glasgow, Scotland. Releases on OSCARR and Shadazz. Fuck electroc(l)ash, they say.

Wendy-O-Matik
Wendy-O-Matik is a spoken word performer from San Francisco. She has performed her work at non-traditional venues, pushing the boundaries of where literature is normally seen and heard. Her largest collective work, Love Like Rage, is published on manic d press. She just self-published her first book this summer, Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships.

DJs
Naz (Ladyfest London)
Amy Lou (Ladyfest London)
Irene (Ladyfest London/Ladyfest Tour 2001/Strange Fruit/Le Tigre/Youth Club Tape Club/Lesbopig/Careless Talk Costs Lives)

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After Hours

Ladyfest London Club Night
11pm-12.30am at The Garage

DJing from: Miss Pink (Frock Off, Dance Stage @ Reading Festival 1999 & 2000, Megadog Beach Festival 1999, Eclipse Festival 2000, Exodus Festival 2000 & 2001, Essential Festival 2001, The Clinic, Hexion @ Herbal, Movement @ Bar Rumba, Club Gorilla, Eurobeat 2000) with hip hop, breakbeats, drum n bass, dub; Irene and the Ladyfest Request Slot

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