Performed on the Spotlight Stage and with the NWMF Orchestra in 2022 Mimi is a consummate improviser who seizes the imagination of her listeners with her passion, soul, and unerring ear for beauty.

Performed on the SheRocks Stage in 2022

“Spirit & Bones is a call to action, a call to join together and build loving community,”

Positive hip hop for your soul to your soles.

Voted by Latina Magazine as one of the Top 33 Bad Ass Comics with Latin Roots

National Women’s Music Festival’s 2018 Emerging Artist

Puerto Rican-born composer, poet, decimista, oral historian, vocalist and guitarist Lourdes Pérez is known for her “achingly beautiful contralto voice” and her ability to write emotionally rich songs about people, places, history and ideals.

Hard-charging. Powerful. Immersed in the history of their craft and in total command of their instruments. That’s DIVA – an ensemble of 15 extremely talented and versatile musicians who just happen to be women. They can’t help it – they were born that way. Headed by swinging drummer Sherrie Maricle, DIVA exudes the excitement and ...

…she does it all without caffeine!

...an artist who startles your senses on many levels, engaging the part of your brain that makes you shake your hips, but also raise your fist in solidarity.

Tret is truly a Renaissance Woman!

She is a unique blend of singer/ songwriter, producer, and activist.

Zoe tells the story of, Alice Paul, the great teacher of Nonviolent Direct Action and the incendiary thread of tea in the American Women’s Revolution; Seneca Falls: 1848 to Washington DC 2018.

Cris' music, it was like hearing honey dripped on a cello... Cris has been a whole lot of women's heroes!

The Rutz combine their four distinct voices to present a humorous, informative, harmonious, uplifting and entertaining show. An a cappella blues quartet complimented by percussion and occasional guitar.

Celebrating the release of her new CD "Counting My Blessings"

“Poppy was a freakin’ ball of comedic thunder,” says one fan

Dianne and Deidre recorded for Olivia Records and all three played at hundreds of venues, including women's and folk festivals nationwide. They’re all middle-aged but they aren’t dead yet.

Authentic, authoritative rock band...rooted heavily in the blues!

“Leela’s and Ellie’s singing is clear, pitch- perfect, and expressive. ‘Soaring’ is a word that comes to mind.”

Winners of the 2017 NWMF Emerging Artist Contest

Lives to tell stories of life, love, and beauty through her music.

You may remember her as one-half of the pleasantly aggressive folk duo Nervous but Excited - Kate is going to bring the same love + a soul-refined sound to the NWMF stage.

Emerging Artist Coordinator - changing the world by changing people’s minds about themselves…

Black women of achievement have been overlooked or deliberately ignored in the “mainstream narrative” of history. Indeed, the names and stories of countless black women who contributed to their societies in ways that should be recognized and remembered are entirely lost to us today. This multimedia presentation will honor the lives and work of a ...

From Melissa Etheridge to the Indigo Girls, from Brandi Carlile to all things Lilith Fair, St. Louis based acoustic trio kg lang is a striking tribute to the women’s folk rock genre. With soaring vocals by Kristen Goodman and intoxicating harmonies and instrumentation by Cindy Minnis and Laura McMurray, kg lang will evoke fond memories of your ...

National Women's Music Festival - July 6-9, 2017

National Women's Music Festival - July 6-9, 2017

Sweet Friend of mine - it took so long to find you...

Andrea Gibson is not gentle with their truths. It is this raw fearlessness that has led them to the forefront of the spoken word movement.

...she specializes in non-traditional roles for women, especially those reclaiming famous lesbians whose stories have been distorted or erased from history.

blends Americana, folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and funk into a bold, complex performance

Director of the Folk Orchestra

Alice de Buh will join June and Jean for a Mini-Fanny Reunion at National. Filling out the band will be Janelle Burdell.

A voice in the soundtrack of the Women's Music Movement.

Powerhouse combination of the funk bassist and the brilliant acoustic to radical electric trio!

A worldbeat-vaudeville extravaganza!

Veteren singer songwriter.

Comprised of musical powerhouses, Tory Trujillo, Rachel Alexander and Kara Barnard.

A musician that takes on the responsibility to help create space for all of us to connect back to ourselves, back to nature and back to each other.

"Songs of My Soul" A play written and performed by Jori

"Womyn's music legend..." — Spin

Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Priestess and Educator

Founded the National Women's Music Festival in 1974.

Festival Choir Director

Americana Rock Vocal Powerhouse

Ska music from Madison, Wisconsin!

strives to be a new breed of rock

serenades listeners with a rich, warm voice that can soar from a throaty purr to strong, crystal tones, her songs combining a soft melodic essence with a depth of feeling that is riveting,

19-time Madison Area Music Association (MAMA) award winning artist

Gaye Adegbalola can engage, provoke, and inspire just about any audience.

one guitar, a bunch of drums, two amazing voices, a dash of humor, a touch of love, and some outrageously strong musicianship

soulful confessions, political broadside, and a wicked groove.

“Folk-rock goddess”