Music News - Tamaki Makaurau’s First Multi-Genre Women’s Festival Launches March 2022
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Celebrating their official launch last night, HER will be a two week festival which will start on International Women's Day - March 8th, 2022. HER is Aotearoa's only multi-genre festival dedicated to bringing together a community by and for women and people of marginalised genders, sharing their experience through music, art, performance, play, and learning to influence change. HER have set the ambitious goal of being the largest platform for all who identify as women in New Zealand, with all profits donated to Women's Refuge.
HER
is for feminists of all genders, ages, and ethnicities who enjoy the arts,
creative expression, self-development, and thought-provoking experiences. A
curated programme from public submissions open to anyone, all are encouraged to
submit their ideas about what they’d like to see in the festival, with
assistance available to workshop ideas and production. The programming will
offer an array of events for all, from girls aged 5 and up who are
understanding what it means to be female in today's world, to 80-year-old
second wave Feminists, and everyone in between.
Feminism is currently experiencing a fourth wave, with a 2020 Pew Research
study concluding that feminists’ popularity is at an all-time high - 68% of
female respondents saying they identified as one. In the global conversation,
the resurgence of the far-right and campaigns such as #TimesUp and the #MeToo
movement has brought feminism and women's issues to the forefront. At home, the
effects of Covid-19 which have resulted in 90% of job losses in New Zealand
affecting women.
Festival Director Ella
Mizrahi feels this context has created the perfect environment
for a festival like this. “HER
will provide a platform for women to connect, create and celebrate the length
and breadth of what makes us, us. After having a daughter and loving the
newfound motherhood tribe, I realised how much stronger women are when we lift
each other up. It feels incredibly important to create a space for us to do
that.”
An award-winning event producer who specialises in large-scale public events,
Ella has spent the last three years working as Auckland Council’s Regional
Events Lead in the Community Places Team, fostering communities with events
like Proud Centres, Diwali, and Matariki Tūhāhā. She is also the
co-founder of Celery Productions, a unique events company responsible for free
community events and immersive experiences including Art In The Dark.
The HER team are working to ensure maximum accessibility for all. Producers
putting on events as part of the festival will be supported to ensure events
can be delivered by women wherever possible, with upskilling workshops prior to
the events, along with venue and equipment support. HER are working closely
with Auckland Council with the focus on taking the festival across Tāmaki
Makaurau, with the goal of being a regional festival with curated experiences
in North, South, East and West Auckland.
While the festival will initially plan for a domestic line-up of popular and
powerful female speakers, writers, artists, activists and entertainers, the
festival will aim to attract high profile international talent in future years
as border restrictions relax. HER aims to be more than just a festival, instead
creating a community of women who share similar values and experiences.
HER
March 8-20, 2022
Auckland wide
https://www.herfestival.co.nz/
Submissions are open now
Head to https://www.herfestival.co.nz/get-involved to
submit an idea or
expression of interest in running an event as part of HER 2022
HER is sponsored by female owned companies Batchwell, TWR, Elephant Publicity,
with Auckland Council and ATEED
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