V.A.G.I.N.A. Fest II

[From the Orlando Weekly] Don’t get all tangled up in saying that “V” word; it’s a good thing, for sure, nothing nasty about it. This rock & roll music fest is tied into the global V-Day movement dedicated to stopping violence against women and girls (www.vday.org) – nothing nasty about that, either. Locally, V.A.G.I.N.A. Fest (Violence Against Girls Is Not Acceptable) president and musician Mecca Nism and her Team V.A.G.I.N.A. (open to all genders) have worked hard to update the traditional V-Day celebration (a ho-hum reading of Vagina Monologues). For the second year, they’re marking the no-violence message with music – sometimes raunchy music, but music nonetheless, spread over two nights at the AKA Lounge. On Friday hear Alien Lizzie, Mama.Af.free.ka, Shannon Brady (poetry), Troubled Children, Dani O (poetry), Holly Riggs and Mecca Nism and her Rusty Tears. (We can’t wait to see the planned parody of the Vagina Monologues called Pussy Talk.) Saturday’s lineup holds Fakeout, Watch Me Disappear, DollhouseX, A Girl Named Chuck, Nunez, History, Lucid Fly and Divine Proportion.

Check it out as much of the proceeds go to the Harbor House: Orange County Center Against Domestic Violence. There are plenty of good acts playing and for $15 you can’t beat it, well, unless it was free of course but that would defeat the purpose of it being a charity event. Don’t be a cheapskate, share the wealth.

AKA Lounge Website.

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