Utopia Now Festival
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Utopia Now happens on March 5 and combines a daytime conference, workshops, mobile dance party and evening showcase to celebrate the vital roles women and digital culture play in creating Vancouver’s future.
Produced by W2 Community Media Arts Society and curated by DJ Betti Forde, Niña Mendoza, DJ Librarian and Irwin Oostindie, the Utopia Now Festival features:
Peaches, Tanya Tagaq, Isis Salam, Betti Forde, B-Traits, Librarian, Lynx, Zenobia Salik, She, Blondtron, Lady Lane, Tank Girl, Miss M, Just Sheila, Bles-sed, The Square Root of Evil, JNL + more TBA. Media artists VJ Electrabelle, Julie Gendron, Sebnem Ozpeta, Claudia Medina, Krista Lomax + more TBA.
Proceeds go toward W2′s Second Annual Girls Creative Tech Summer Camps (8-14 years).
More festival and ticket info HERE.
The Utopia Now Compilation features original music by women performing at the festival and has been compiled and mixed by Vancouver’s Blondtron. Enjoy!
Utopia Artist Compilation – mixed by Blondtron by blondtron
1. Love Lost – Isis Salam
2. Tricksters and Fools – LYNX
3. You Better Leave Me (Shy FX & B Traits Remix) – Liam Bailey
4. Mud – Peaches
5. Burning Bone ft. Kyrstyn Pixton – LYNX
6. Force – Tanya Tagaq
7. Smokin – The Librarian
8. I Feel Cream – Peaches
9. Talk to Me – Peaches
10. Church – The Librarian
11. My Broken Heart – Blondtron
12. Where the Stars Die – Isis Salam
13. Let Go – Blondtron
14. Out of Context – LYNX
15. Medicated – Blondtron
16. Hunger – Tanya Tagaq
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holla! thanks for posting.
btw granvilleonline.ca is sponsoring 5 women, ages 15-25, to attend W2′s Utopia Festival and learn about music journalism from top music journalists in the city…
looking for the young and eager… no experience required.
more info:
http://www.granvilleonline.ca/work/we-need-5-young-aspiring-female-music-journalists