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Courtesy The Butchies will make a stop at the WOW Hall this weekend for Lesbopalooza. The group will tour in several states into the summer. Lesbopalooza lures national, local acts Organized by the Women’s Center, the fifth annual Lesbopalooza will feature artists such as the Butchies By Ryan Nyburg Senior Pulse Reporter In what is being billed as "one of the nation's only music festivals specifically for queer women," Les bopalooza will be making its fifth run in Eugene on Friday and Saturday. The festival, which will take place at the WOW Hall on Friday and in Agate Hall on Saturday, will feature a variety of local and national acts, including the Butchies and Station Wag. Sponsored by the UO Women's Center, Lesbopalooza has become a popular event since it began five years ago as a function of the LGBTQA and involved mostly local performers. After the Women's Cen ter took over three years ago, the event has grown to encompass na tional performing artists as well. "We hope to create a positive space with this event," Women's Center LGBT Issues Coordinator Kirista Trask said. "We want to create an atmos phere that's more celebratory than po litical. Most gatherings of this sort are concerned with what it means to be queer in this society. With this we want to celebrate being queer and have a more happy-go-lucky event." While the promoters expect the show to be popular, organizers of the production have faced problems. The original headliner, Bitch and An imal, broke up after signing on for the concert, subsequently canceling much of its tour, including the Les bopalooza performance. Though Canadian singer-song writer Kinnie Starr signed on as a re placement, the show's problems were not quite over. The WOW Hall, which the Women's Center had intended to use for both the Friday and Saturday shows, had already booked Saturday night for a different performance. However, the center was able to book Agate Hall for the second night. "The venue changes actually worked out pretty well," Trask said. "Friday is now the upbeat rock show, which is good since that is what the WOW Hall is best for. Saturday become more of a groove-oriented show." With all the kinks worked out organ izers have high hopes for the festival. "There has been a lot of interest this year, not just from the community but from the bands as well," Women's Center Public Relations Coordinator Sarah Wells said. "Bands contacted us asking about the performance rather than the other way around. I think this will be a really good way for the LGBTQ music community to get to gether and be known." The WOW Hall is also expecting good returns from the show. "The show has done well every year that it has played here," WOW Hall Program Manager Abe Nielsen said. "It will probably do as good or better than last year. Anyway, it's an event that we really enjoy doing." Other performers include Demi monde Slumber Party, Chris Pureka, Magdalen Hsu-Li, Piper Mckenzie and Nicole Sangsuree. Tickets for Lesbopalooza are avail able at the UO Ticket Office in the Erb Memorial Union. Tickets for stu dents are $7 for one show and $12 for both shows. Tickets for the gener al public are $ 10 for one show and $16 for both. Both shows start at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m. The WOW Hall is located at 291 W. Eighth Ave. and Agate Hall is located at 1787 Agate St. Contact the senior Pulse reporter at ryannyhurg@dailyemerald.com. The Men's Center would like to thank the following groups, organizations and individuals for showing their commitment to ending sexual violence by participating in our Second Annual Walkathon Against Sexual Assault: Groups, Organisations and Departments UO Men's Center University Counseling and Testing Center UO Health Center UO Crisis Center Residential Housing Authority (RHA) How Queer?! 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