Nicole Atkins, Mike Doughty, Lizz Winstead and Maysoon Zayid Headline Music & Comedy Show for VMT 2018

Coming to one of the nation's revered, historic music venues Exit/In, Lady Parts Justice League (LPJL), the comedy-driven reproductive rights organization, is headed to Nashvilleon their summer tour across the nation. After a wildly successful debut last summer, the 2018 Vagical Mystery Tour (VMT) returns with an even more ambitious national tour that promises not only to make audiences laugh and dance, but empower them, as the VMT performers will work with fans to get them to become activists in their own communities.

Hosted by Lizz Winstead, LPJL Founder and the Co-Creator of The Daily Show, the Nashville show will not only present some of the most hilarious and sought after comedians in the business, but will include an informal post-show talkback with abortion providers and activists, who will break down what's at stake for abortion rights in the state, and offer tangible ways for the audience to roll up their sleeves to fight back.

"Now more than ever, relentless humor is needed to raise awareness about this assault on abortion access and to raise the spirits of the amazing providers who show up everyday, making lives better for us all," states Winstead.

Lizz Winstead and her LPJL team will be joined in Nashville by special guests Nicole Atkins(Goodnight Rhonda Lee), Mike Doughty (Founder/Singer, Soul Coughing), Maysoon Zayid (TED Talks, Disability Advocate).

But the Vagical Mystery Tour is not just performances.
Winstead and the other VMT performers will extend their activism by doing direct action work with local Nashville clinics; everything from escorting patients or bringing the staff a hot meal to lawn care and sometimes even remodeling.

Vagical Mystery Tour Dates

6/28 - Nashville, TN Exit/In
feat. Nicole Atkins, Mike Doughty, Maysoon Zayid and Lizz Winstead

7/12 - Detroit, MI - Magic Bag
feat. Hadiya Robinson, Dina Nina Martinez, Mehran Khagani and Lizz Winstead

7/17 - Southbend, IN - Vegetable Buddies
feat. Helen Hong, Jenny Yang, Jaye McBride and Lizz Winstead

7/26 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center
feat Jill Sobule, Tina Schlieske, Chastity Brown, Lori Barbero, Janey Winterbauer, Laurie Lindeen, Danielle Cusack, Emily Schoonover, Tricky Miki, Jenn Schaal and Lizz Winstead

8/2 - Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee Comedy Festival
feat. Gina Yashere, Jackie Kashian, Aida Rodriguez and Lizz Winstead
+ more TBA

ABOUT LADY PARTS JUSTICE LEAGUE
Lady Parts Justice League (LPJL) is a 501 (c3) non-profit whose mission is to infuse humor into reproductive rights spaces while also dropping knowledge and activism into our pop culture and our social lives. Our goal is to inspire folks who have not been active in the feminist and reproductive rights movements to get up and get active. LPJL's rapid response production team is made up of comedians, writers, and activists, on call 24/7 producing media and creating national actions that respond instantly to the breaking news surrounding reproductive rights issues. Equally as important to the mission of LPJL, is to raise awareness about and support independent abortion providers who bear the brunt of anti-abortion legislation and harassment. Several times a year, the League goes on the road to perform comedy shows in a USO format bringing entertainment and love to these clinics and their communities. They also provide elbow grease at the clinics themselves, including anything from bringing lunch to building a fence to planting bushes to block protesters. Understanding that reproductive rights issues vary by race, class, and gender identity, Lady Parts Justice League is committed to diversity by creating content that fosters a multicultural, inclusive experience within the reproductive rights movement.

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