LOGAN SQUARE — Frontwoman Fest, a one-day music festival that puts the spotlight on female, queer and femme musicians, is returning to Logan Square this weekend.
Now in its third year, the fest — presented by Chicago tape label Impossible Colors — kicks off at noon Saturday at The Burlington, 3425 W. Fullerton Ave.
This year's lineup includes Jovan, The Cell Phones, No Men, So Pretty, Red's Garden, Sports Boyfriend, Pixel Grip, Radiant Devices, Pussy Foot, Drea Smith, Sandra Antongiorgi, Blacker Face, Impulsive Hearts and a mystery band that has yet to be announced.
Tickets cost $10. All Proceeds benefit Girls Rock! Chicago, a nonprofit dedicated to "fostering girls' creative expression, self esteem and community awareness through music."
Co-founder and organizer Elaine Davis, a member of the band Spaces of Disappearance, told the Reader that every band performs for free, which she said makes the fest that much more meaningful.
"Everybody does it toward the cause, so it is very communally based and community based," Davis told the Reader. "There's something kind of special about it because of that."
Though female musicians are the star of the fest, many of the bands have male members and men are welcome to attend. Davis told the Reader the fest is "open and welcome to everybody."
The goal of the fest, she said, is to celebrate the talented female and femme musicians who generally don't book as many jobs as their male counterparts.
"I feel like there's still a lot that needs to be done in terms of leveling the playing field as far as representation of artists," she told the Reader. "It's not something specific to Chicago. It's nationwide. It's global."
