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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.
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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
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Women and Gender
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Gamma Phi Beta
Dave Rubino's running class
Club Sports
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and Maya O'Neil's Family
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