Performers

National Women’s Music Festival Performers
July 3-6 2025

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  • Linda Tillery and The Freedom Band
    Linda Tillery and The Freedom Band
    Twice named “Outstanding Female Vocalist” at the Bay Area Jazz Awards.
  • National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra Ensemble
    National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra Ensemble
    National Women’s Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the diversity of women’s musical expression through the presentation of works by women composers past and present.
  • Violet and the Undercurrents
    Violet and the Undercurrents
    Violet and the Undercurrents tell seasoned stories with resplendent melodies and bold accents. Their freshness and familiarity beckons audiences to join them at the river — the source of their creative, replenishing energy.
  • Melanie DeMore
    Melanie DeMore
    Nothing is closer to her heart than bringing people together wherever she is to experience the healing power of music.
  • Vickie Shaw
    Vickie Shaw
    Vickie Shaw has performed on Comedy Central, in four comedy specials for the LOGO channel, and more.
  • Kristen Ford Trio
    Kristen Ford Trio
    She navigates life as a biracial, queer girl and tours globally in pursuit of the perfect show.
  • Nedra Johnson
    Nedra Johnson
    She is unapologetically queer and graciously thankful to the women’s music scene.
  • SONiA disappear fear
    SONiA disappear fear
    2023 NWMF Performer
  • Lisa Koch
    Lisa Koch
    "Tina Fey meets Randy Rainbow with Joan Jett guitar chops"— that’s singer-comedian Lisa Koch. Twisted songs, social satire and singing vulvas, Koch is an alumnus of Seattle cult groups Dos Fallopia and Venus Envy. Lisa always brings the funny, with velvet pipes and razor-sharp parody.
  • Adrienne Torf and Voices of the Revolution
    Adrienne Torf and Voices of the Revolution
    Adrienne Torf will perform original piano compositions, poets from Voices of the Revolution will perform original poetry then, in a grand finale, they'll join together to perform the Freedom Now Suite
  • Christie Lenée
    Christie Lenée
    2024 Winner of NWMF Emerging Artist Contest
  • Joy Clark
    Joy Clark
    Joy arrived on the national stage as a proud, queer, Black woman blending the social consciousness of folk, the rhythms of Southeast Louisiana, and the soul-centered music she grew up with.
  • Amor y Luz Music – Amy Vitro & Kutasha Silva
    Amor y Luz Music – Amy Vitro & Kutasha Silva
    Latin American classical crossover duo providing a transformational experience for audiences through powerful lyrics, sing-alongs, and dance. 
  • Amelia Ray
    Amelia Ray
    Amelia Ray is The Interpreter – a writer, composer and performer whose performances bring to life intricate, rhythmic and emotional musical stories full of characters as raw, confused and contradictory as we all are. The San Francisco native has performed across the States and Europe, was selected to appear at the 2024 National Women’s Music Festival, and ...
  • e nina jay
    e nina jay
    Poetry is my first language my favorite portal through which to walk as eye observe my world, nurture what eye am & reach for my people.
  • Hanne Kah
    Hanne Kah
    KAH – The VOICE OF FOLK AND FREEDOM
  • Jeannie Tanner
    Jeannie Tanner
    Jeannie Tanner is an award winning composer with 7 Grammy-considered albums and 5 ASCAP composer awards.
  • Vocal Chorus Director, Melanie DeMore
    Vocal Chorus Director, Melanie DeMore
    Weaves the fibers of African American folk music with soulful ballads, spirituals and her own original music.
  • Drum Chorus Directed by Rani Biffle-Quimba
    Drum Chorus Directed by Rani Biffle-Quimba
    Rani was a member of the NWMF’s first drum chorus and has participated in this festival as a workshop presenter, assistant director of the NWMF drum chorus, assistant facilitator for drum jams, and in performances with Sistah Ngoma.
  • Ukulele Chorus Director, Jori Costello
    Ukulele Chorus Director, Jori Costello
    Jori Costello, Director of the NWMF Ukulele Chorus

 

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