We are FULL, but we've cleared more seats at the table over on Facebook! We'll be monitoring comments during the panel, so please comment during the Q & A portion over there.
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Festival of the Valkyries
Friday, May 1st, 2020
On Friday, May 1st, the Valkyrie Music Collective will present Festival of the Valkyries; a free, all day, online music festival featuring a lineup of all local Minnesota women, queer women, and trans women.
The day will begin with Heather Conrndorf, founder and owner of mXe, providing opening ceremonies. A panel discussion hosted on Zoom will follow, focused on the challenges and future solutions of working in the masculine/male dominated music industry. Immediately following the panel discussion, Andrea Swensson, host of The Current’s ‘Local Show’, author of Got to be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound, and founder of the Binders of Minnesota Music Community will make a keynote address. After the online conference portion of the festival, ‘Live’ Facebook performances will begin with a scheduled lineup of 20+ incredible Minnesota acts hosted on @valkyriemusicco Facebook page.
Virtual Tip Jar information will be posted for each act during their performance.
Panelists include: Grace Hall (First Avenue), Becky Hoffmann (Artist & Tour Manager Dessa, Jeremy Messersmith, The New Standards), Ellen Stanley (EFS Publicity), Youa Vang (City Pages), Shellae Mueller (Ordway Center for the Performing Arts), DJ Michel.Be (International DJ, Artist, Educator, Curator)
Performances by: Kat Perkins, Diane Miller, Annie Mack, Theyself, Ellis Delaney, The Nunnery, Venus DeMars, Jillian Rae, Gaelynn Lea, Kiss the Tiger, Faith Boblett, Mary Bue, Lena Elizabeth, Ashley Gold, DJ Shannon Blowtorch, Joyann Parker, Mayda, Katy Vernon, Erin Grand, Julia Floberg, Julie Eddy, Mary Cutrufello, Davina Lozier, Maria Isa, and DJ Michel.Be
Immense gratitude for our sponsors: 89.3 The Current, First Avenue, Elemental Studio, mXe, EFS Publicity, Minnesota Music Coalition, Advanced Skin Care Specialists, Joy Martin Architecture, Farmers Insurance - Natalie Lyon Agency, Trinity Exteriors, and our Artist Sponsors
* THE WEEK OF THE CONFERENCE, YOU WILL BE SENT A ZOOM LINK AND INSTRUCTIONS VIA EMAIL
