WomenGig.com
THE place for women musicians & the fans who love them!
Nirvana for music lovers ~
Band profiles for awesome women musicians & women-fronted bands from around the world...
Get your local listen on ~
Calendar and email alerts for festivals & shows across the US...
Tap into the nectar ~
Artist booking, promo & fundraising tools to reach venues and audiences who support women musicians...
Community karma ~
Growing a strong house concert network, musician-to-musician forums and more...
And that’s just the beginning!
Learn more...
Launching Fall/Winter 2010.
WomenGig Founders Circle
The home for all sweet souls who support WomenGig!
WomenGig is a community-based, collaborative project dedicated to women in music.
Help us make it happen:
- Join the Founders Circle...
- Become a Founding Musician...
- Make a donation...
- Become a sponsor...
- Help spread the word...
By joining the Founders Circle, you get cool stuff and the latest updates, plus the camaraderie & gratitude of the new WomenGig community. We couldn’t do it without you!
Launching Fall 2010.
In the meantime, contact us to contribute or become a sponsor!
WomenGig Presents...
Where to get the skinny on upcoming WomenGig productions!
The WomenGig Presents... site will provide details about shows produced by WomenGig, including the popular WomenGig@Trieste series at Caffe Trieste in Berkeley, California, and the upcoming series of WomenGig fundraising events.
We’ll get this site up by July 2010. In the meantime, check the calendar page for event listings.
The WomenGig@Trieste series is fully booked for 2010 but if you want to be considered for 2011 or would like to donate a WomenGig fundraiser performance, contact us.
Launching Fall/Winter 2010.
Kate Goodnight – founder/prez
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Kate did publicity for the first Fabulosa Fest featuring women musicians in 2008 & was one of the talent bookers for the 2009 fest. In January 2009, Kate started the popular WomenGig@Trieste series in Berkeley, California, and is a frequent collaborator with other Bay Area music promoters. The original idea for WomenGig.com grew from the difficulties of searching for women-fronted bands & publicizing shows.
Drawing on skills from 25 years as a project manager & database administrator/developer for nonprofits, Kate’s spent the last year researching and designing the conceptual plans for WomenGig.com. By working with musicians, fans & other event promoters, the vision is to build a music community based on collaboration rather than competition and to increase opportunities for women in the music industry.
Favorite activities when not going to music: hiking, kayaking, reading
Memorable life moment: being lost in a swamp for a week
Favorite foods: fresh raspberries, meyer lemons & of course, chocolate
Andrew Bacon – executive vp
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Andrew is a well known fixture in the music scene in San Francisco, having played drums for or with True Margrit, Jeri Jones, Pam Delgado and Monica Pasqual (of Blame Sally), J. Byrd Hosch and the Kuntry Kays, Sister Moses, Maria Stanford (Big Brother and the Holding Company, Clair), Amanda Guilbeaux (Turbonegra, Blue Rabbit), Jeni Day (Color Puddy, The Jeni Day Band), Shelley Doty (Sistas in the Pit), Kat Downs (Sit Kitty Sit, Saints of Ruin), Judea Eden, Amy Meyers, April Cope and the Trophy Wives, Christina Kowalchuk, Sharon Lord, Karen Mullaly, and others. He has been an independent recording and performing musician in the San Francisco area and elsewhere for many years and has a keen understanding of the challenges faced by independent musicians in what remains of the music "industry".
As a freelance information technology consultant for 10 years working on all kinds of projects, from web design and programming to kiosks to marketing projects for artists and commercial ventures, Andrew is uniquely qualified to bridge the distance between music and technology. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He lived and performed in San Francisco for 15 years and currently lives in Tacoma, Washington, when not on the road with True Margrit or the Deborah Page Band.
Favorite activities when not making music: cooking!
Memorable life moment: getting to play Carmine Appice's drums when opening for Edgar Winter in San Jose
Favorite foods: BBQ pork, raw soybeans, small iron filings
