GIRLSCHOOL Expands Women-Forward Music Festival To NYC October 6-7

GIRLSCHOOL, the highly popular L.A.-based interdisciplinary festival celebrating women-identified artists, thinkers, professionals and creators, is expanding to New York City. It will take place at Industry City Courtyard 1/2 (274 36th Street) in Brooklyn on October 6-7, in partnership with Girlie Action and City Farm Presents. GIRLSCHOOL is a music festival and creative community based in Los Angeles, whose mission is to celebrate, connect, and lift women-identified artists, leaders, and voices. Fans will recall GIRLSCHOOL LA 2018 is where the viral video of Fiona Apple performing alongside Shirley Manson in a homemade "KNEEL, PORTNOW" shirt took place. Festival line-up coming soon.

Founded by Anna Bulbrook (band member/multi-instrumentalist, the Airborne Toxic Event; violinist, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Beyoncé's LEMONADE, Kanye West, Vampire Weekend, Sia, and more) in response to how few women she saw onstage in the alternative rock and festival worlds, GIRLSCHOOL has grown into a vibrant network of women-identified artists, leaders, and voices who have formed an empowering and visible community for one another while supporting women and girls. A portion of the proceeds from every ticketed GIRLSCHOOL event benefits a girl-positive 501c3.

Since it came to be in 2016, GIRLSCHOOL has held three annual sold-out women-led three-day music and ideas festivals in Los Angeles, and in March 2017 and 2018 partnered with TOMS to bring its at-capacity capsule festival to SXSW. In November of 2017, they held their first IDEALAB in partnership with 3.1 Phillip Lim and Glenfiddich that featured performances by Amber Coffman, choreographer/dancer Mecca Vazie Andrews in collaboration with poet Morgan Parker, and a conversation between activists Ashlee Marie Preston and Whitney Bell. GIRLSCHOOL has worked with artists including Fiona Apple, Shirley Manson, Karen O, KING, Carrie Brownstein, Nick and Navi, Chelsea Wolfe, Leikeli47, the bird and the bee, Deap Vally, Bleached, BOSCO, Alice Bag, MUNA, Mereba, Caroline Smith, Francisca Valenzuela, Gavin Turek, Best Coast, and many more.

About Girlie Action:
Founded in 1994, Girlie Action is a full service music agency offering a variety of artist and project management services designed to promote music and power artists' careers. The agency specializes media relations, marketing and artist management, with a long-standing reputation for representing some of the most innovative yet popular artists in the world. With offices in New York and L.A., Girlie Action has also created marketing campaigns for a variety of lifestyle brands, introducing unique entertainment-driven products and events to the tastemakers and music fans across North America.
www.girlieaction.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

About City Farm Presents:
City Farm Presents, established in 2017, is an entertainment production x marketing agency created by the programming and hospitality team behind The Bell House and Union Hall venues in Brooklyn. For over 10 years they have played an integral role in the ever-changing worlds of music, comedy, and podcasts. City Farm Presents seeks to grow that audience by bringing thoughtful artist curation to monumental venues. Previous events include The Bell House Summer Series, Brooklyn Reserve Wine, Beer & Cheese Festival, and The Brooklyn Podcast Festival.
www.cityfarmpresents.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Photo Credit: Girlschool

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