Friday, March 4, 2011

Utopia Festival in Vancouver's W2, 'Women In Digital Culture'

On Saturday March 5th, in celebration of International Women’s Day, the W2 Storyeum space in downtown Vancouver will transform into an amazing showcase of women in digital culture as the W2 Utopia Festival makes its debut.
The Utopia Festival celebrates 'Women in Digital Culture' with the biggest lineup of women electronic artists ever to hit a stage in Western Canada! Utopia's showcase features 25 artists + 3 rooms | Electro | hiphop | bass | plus a daytime program making this an epic weekend! 
There are great workshops all day on the music business etc and you can find all the details on facebook event posting or at W2.



Here is the UTOPIA LINEUP!
Peaches (Berlin)
Electro / Hip Hop / Rock
http://www.peachesrocks.com/
http://www.myspace.com/peaches

Tanya Tagaq (NWT)
A'cappella / Experimental / Folk
http://www.tanyatagaq.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tagaq

Isis Salam (Toronto) formerly of Thunderheist
Disco House / New Wave / Pop
http://www.myspace.com/isissalam

Lynx (Oakland)
Electronica / Folk / Indie
http://www.lynxmusic.org/
http://www.myspace.com/lynxlive

B-Traits (Vancouver/London)
Drum & Bass / Electronica / Rap
http://www.myspace.com/djbtraits

Betti Forde (Vancouver/Toronto)
Alternative / Electro / Other
www.myspace.com/djbettiforde
www.bettiforde.com

Librarian (Vancouver)
Dub / Hip Hop / Bass
http://www.myspace.com/djlibrarian

She (Vancouver)
Funk / Hip Hop / House
http://www.djshe.ca/
http://www.myspace.com/deejayshe

Tank Girl (Vancouver)
http://www.myspace.com/djtankgirl

Lady Lane: The Nomadic Nomad (Brooklyn/Vancouver)
Afro-Brazilian / Electro / Soul
http://www.myspace.com/djladylane

Blondtron (Vancouver)
Club / Crunk / Electro
http://www.myspace.com/blondtron

Cris Derksen
Classical / Crunk / Indie
http://www.myspace.com/crisderksen
http://www.crisderksen.com/

Zenobia
Hip Hop / Jazz / Soul
http://www.myspace.com/zenobiamusic

DJ Tapes
Experimental / Improvised / Other
http://diademdiscos.wordpress.com/aja-rose/music/dj-tapes/

Lady Lane
http://www.facebook.com/DJLadyLane
http://djladylane.podomatic.com/

Miss M
http://www.djmissm.com/
http://www.myspace.com/djmissm

Just Sheila
http://www.myspace.com/sheilasteinke

The Square Root of Evil
Electronica / Other / Techno
http://www.myspace.com/thesquarerootofevil

Miss Innocent
Genre: Electronica / Techno / Trance
http://www.myspace.com/djmissinnocent

JB The First Lady
Hip Hop / R&B
http://www.myspace.com/jbthefirstlady

JNL
http://soundcloud.com/janelle-comiso/

DJ Veronica
http://www.myspace.com/djveronica

Media artists VJ Electrabelle, Julie Gendron, Sebnem Ozpeta, Claudia Medina, Krista Lomax + more TBA.!

Tickets: Showcase $26 advance/$30 door; Festival wristband $49
at Beatstreet, Little Sister's, Puff (X3), Zulu, People's Coop Bookstore, The Fall, W2 and online http://utopiafestival.eventbrite.com/

No comments: