WOMEN'S WORK PRESENTS...

Wednesday, 5th June
7pm
£5
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Bad Reputation chronicles the life and career of trailblazing female rock musician Joan Jett. From her childhood just wanting to challenge the preconception girls can’t- or shouldn’t- play electric guitar to international stardom as a teenager in The Runaways, the film covers Jett’s highs and lows and features interviews with music icons including Kathleen Hanna, Debbie Harry, Iggy Pop and Miley Cyrus.

Wednesday, 5th June - Sunday 9th June
12pm - 2pm
Free / Donations welcome
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG
Music Potential Room

Jigsaw Community Counselling Centre is a registered charity providing culturally sensitive counselling at minimal cost to adults and children. They have developed broad systems of support for people with emotional or mental health issues and their families. Jigsaw offers a completely non-discriminatory service and counselling referrals are welcomed from all.

Jigsaw will be offering a free counselling one-to-one service during Women’s Work 2019. Each session will last around one hour, its free and completely confidential. Spaces are limited so book without delay by contacting Tanya - tanya@jigsawccc.co.uk

Wednesday, 5th June
8pm-9:30pm
Free, strictly limited allocation available here
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Join Helen Toland, from the BBC Rewind team, to delve deeper into the expansive world of podcasting. Effective audio production need not be daunting and the workshop will focus on the many and varied ways to achieve an engaging podcast, even on a budget. Themes, quality control and recording methods will be discussed and attendees will be encouraged to give it a go and make their own story in sound.

Wednesday, 5th June
Doors 8:30pm
£10
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The Empire, 42 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JQ

SHIZZNIGH PROMOTIONS PRESENTS:

Jealous Of The Birds
ROE
Blxxd
Gemma Bradley

Thursday, 6th June - Sunday, 9th June
10am
Free
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Want an even better reason not to skip breakfast? Join the Women In Music NI Breakfast Club on during Women’s Work and hosted by Female DIY Musician founder, Isobel Anderson (www.femalediymusician.com). Each morning Isobel will be giving informal, yet incredibly useful workshops on themes ranging from imposter syndrome to marketing your music online, all with a coffee and croissants. This is an opportunity to find out more about Women In Music, what we do and how you can join this fantastic global organisation (womeninmusic.org). These events are supported by Help Musicians NI.

It’s time to stop waiting for permission and get your music out there!

Schedule as follows:

THURSDAY 6th JUNE - ASSERTIVENESS IN THE STUDIO

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Is technology just not your strong point? Do you feel totally out of your depth around mixing desks and vocal booths? If so, you might find it hard to be assertive in the recording studio, but we’ve got you covered! In this workshop, Isobel will be diving into how to feel more confident and prepared for your next recording project.

FRIDAY 7th JUNE - HOW TO FINISH YOUR SONGS (AND WHY IT’S IMPORTANT)

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Many, many songwriters find coming up with ideas the easy part of songwriting - it’s finishing their songs that’s tough. If this is something you’re struggling with then you’ll definitely want to come to this workshop where Isobel will be sharing some tips and insights from her own songwriting practice and experience as a songwriting tutor in London’s Institute Of Contemporary Music Performance.

SATURDAY 8th JUNE - ARE YOU SUFFERING WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME?

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Ever feel like some day, sooner-or-later, everyone’s going to realise just how untalented/inexperienced/untechnical/[insert other negative descriptive here] you are? Just one slip up, and your cover will be blown! If so, you may be suffering from imposter syndrome, and this workshop will show you how to overcome this very common feeling.

SUNDAY 9th JUNE - SHOW YOUR EMAIL LIST SOME LOVE!

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Email lists are dead right? Social media’s where it’s at now? Wrong! Well, kind of. In this workshop Isobel explains why email lists are still incredibly important and how you can actively grow and nurture your own. And, don’t worry - this does link in with your social media strategy too!

Thursday, 6th June
7pm
Free but strictly limited
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Producer, musician and composer, Hannah Peel is a restless and forward-thinking artist, joining dots between science and nature through her explorative approach to electronic, classical and traditional music. As well as releasing solo albums she has contributed vocals, synths, orchestrations and her conducting skills to artists such as Paul Weller, Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve, Rae Morris, and John Foxx.

2018 saw Peel present four radio shows for BBC Radio 6 Music focussing on outer space and the mind, following her synth-based, space experimental album ‘Mary Casio: Journey To Cassiopeia'. Her new 'electronic ruralism' album Chalk Hill Blue is a collaborative record with the New Faber poet Will Burns which they are currently touring following its release this Spring. 

Women’s Work are proud to welcome Hannah as part of our regular series ‘Getting To Know...’ – a deep dive into the writing and recording processes of a given act and an open forum for audience exchange. Expect discourse, performance and surprise.

Thursday, 6th June
7pm
Free
The Tropical Ravine, Botanical Gardens, Belfast

Over The Hill Music Collective is proud to celebrate and present the music of some of the most dynamic and influential female artists and songwriters of the last 50 years in a special gig in the Tropical Ravine, Botanic Gardens. Featuring The Over The Hill ‘Hot House’ Band with Alice LA, and special guests Liz Kelly and Daughter Maddie. Loud tops welcome!

Thursday, 6th June
10pm-late
£6 advance / £8 on the door
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Elixir Belfast presents an all-female hip-hop showcase special as part of this year’s Woman's Work Festival. The event will feature live PA from Limerick's Kaka Mollz alongside Abby Oliviera from Derry.

DJ Zakia from Belfast will hold down DJ duties, while the showcase will be hosted by Belfast's MC Sister Kush.  

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Thursday, 6th June
Doors 8:30pm, show 9pm
£10
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Oh Yeah Music Centre (Rooftop), 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Brigid O’Neill is an award-winning singer songwriter “...with a voice that can break your heart at 30 paces” according to BBC Radio Ulster’s Ralph McLean.  She gained stunning momentum in her career with the launch of her latest original album Touchstone - “Magic fully captured on record” (BBC Radio Ulster) “Impressive” (RnR Mag) “Imagery that will leave you breathless” (Musos Guide) and has since played sold-out headline shows, captivating and gathering fans wherever she plays with her blend of warm folk, blues and roots styles in addition to performing alongside stars like Ian Archer, Paul Brady, Eddi Reader, Duke Special and Frances Black. On receiving the prestigious Artist Career Enhancement Award from Arts Council of NI, which came hot on the heels of a Roots Radio Singer-Songwriter of the Year nomination, she headed to Nashville (where she has performed at the world-famous Bluebird Café and appeared on the Music City Roots show) and collaborated on exciting new material with Grammy-winning songwriters.

Women’s Work are proud to host this exclusive show on the rooftop of the Oh Yeah Centre (weather permitting). Tickets for this fully seated intimate show are strictly limited

Friday, 7th June
11:30am-1:30pm
Free - Subject to prior registration
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The Duncairn Centre, Duncairn Avenue, Belfast, BT14 6BP

FairPlé is a collective response to gender inequality in Irish traditional and folk music.  Supported and funded by Help Musicians NI through the Women in Music Fund, FairPlé is hosting two workshops:

1: Doing it Yourself: being a self-sufficient musician without burning out (2 hours)

2: It’s Your Sound: an interactive introduction to stage set up for trad/folk artists: a live set-up 101 with an experienced sound technician (2 hours)

Friday, 7th June
2:30-6pm
£4 at the doors
More info here
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Help Musicians NI are holding a size- and gender-inclusive clothes swap as part of Women’s Work. Attendees are welcome to bring up to five items per person and will receive 1 token per item. There will be a minimum donation of £4 to HMNI to take part. All left over clothes will be given to charity!

Friday, 7th June
8pm
£10 (£2 of each ticket is going to Women’s Aid)
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

A NIGHT DEDICATED TO THE REINVENTION OF NEW WAVE, featuring...

Rebekah Fitch

Hex Hue

Alice LA

Problem Patterns

Vokxen

Blondie Karaoke and DJ

ICON night is proud to return for another year to Women’s Work Festival. After the success of last year we are this year going even bigger, celebrating BLONDIE. We will have performances from some of the most acclaimed female artists in NI performing Blondie’s back catalogue and their own original material. A night of live performances, DJ sets, colour and noise.

This is a celebration of a band that refuses to be defined by genre, politics, time or style. True innovators, Blondie has become a source of influence for so many artists and the iconic front woman Debbie Harry has successfully maintained a career both with the band and solo with a sound and look that is instantly recognisable. She has created a personality, a look that is copied and covered again and again, a cartoon version of herself that has become the blonde, red lipped trademark of a true cultural icon.

Friday, 7th June
7pm
£7
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The 343, 431-437 Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 1AQ

Join us at The 343 for the gig and exhibit hybrid of your feminist dreams. We've paired together some of the best bands in Belfast with talented illustrators and can't wait to share the results with you!

With performances from Sister Ghost, Susie Blue and Molto Vivo, and special limited edition prints from illustrators Jacky Sheridan, Fiona McDonnell and Alice Kearney all created exclusively for this event. Catch us at The 343 for a BOYB event not to be missed!

Friday, 7th June
8pm
£10
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Strand Cinema, 152-154 Holywood Rd, Belfast BT4 1NY

Cellist and singer Alana Henderson weaves pop, folk and classical elements to craft a sound which is strikingly unique. She made her debut in 2014 with 'Wax & Wane', an organic, slow-burn success which has amassed 9 million streams to date on Spotify alone. Lyrics that flirt with levity but lean towards the confessional, innovative cello playing, delicate production and a sense of intimacy created a sound which drew worthy comparison to Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom and Vashti Bunyan.

A two-year stint moonlighting as Hozier's touring cellist saw Alana travelling the World paying her musical dues but homecoming brought about a self-imposed hiatus and drawing-of-breath, punctuated by one haunting single release, “Let This Remain” (2017).

2019 sees Alana back with a new EP, her trademark cello now bolstered with shimmering electronics and ghostly slide guitar. As with her previous work, the themes revolve around love and relationships in various states of evolution, but it is the angle from which Alana launches these songs that makes for fresh and vital listening.

Friday, 7th June
5pm-7pm
Free - Advanced registration required
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-52 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Is the radio revolution upon us? Zoe Ball, Lauren Laverne, Sara Cox, Mary Anne Hobbs are now helping to balance the gender issue across the biggest daytime radio shows in the UK – a seismic shift from the historically double-decked male dominance. In this special Women’s Work panel we are joined by the women ‘holding it down’ in the North of Ireland – the voices, the curators, the ground breakers...

This panel is suited to those trying to break into radio as either a presenter or producer. It also offers an opportunity for musicians trying to get their music played to meet the people responsible for introducing new acts to big audiences.

Caroline Fleck (Downtown)

Lisa Flavelle (Belfast 89fm)

Mairead Campbell (BBC Radio One)

Emer Maguire (BBC Radio Ulster)

Saturday, 8th June
11am-1pm
£10
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Belfast Club Queens, GIRL (Marion Hawkes & Venus Dupree) will lead another CDJ workshop for beginners at Women’s Work 2019. This 3-hour class will be offered in a safe, inclusive and relaxing environment covering the basics, which include learning CDJ and mixer functions, selecting music, beat matching & mixing.

Previous years have sold out far in advance so get in quick and bag your space.

Saturday, 8th June
12pm-2pm
£5 - Places limited
To reserve your place fill in this form: https://forms.gle/PnVTqqFuo4dCK4rN8
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Girls Rock School NI makes music performance fun, accessible and available to groups of women at all stages and ages. Join them for this taster session to jam, riff and rock with others or simply give performance a go for the first time. The workshop space will have drums, bass, guitar and vocal setups - by the end of the session you will able to perform a full song on your chosen instrument.

Saturday, 8th June
12pm-2pm
Free, registration required
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

In open conversation with our audience, Brigid, Sarah and Lyndsey will look at what these women in music have needed to do to sustain a career in music, what support have they had, barriers they’ve faced, what the future looks like for career musicians and how charities like HMNI can help. This session will welcome speakers who have had involvement across the industry, and stories spanning a variety of diverse experiences.

Saturday, 8th June
12pm-3pm
Free - Registration required
Email glasgow@themu.org to secure your place
The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA

The best performing musicians are always looking for ways to develop and improve their live shows.  The more engaging your live show, the more opportunity for you to grow your audience and increase the likelihood of further opportunities.

In this workshop, the Musicians’ Union invites the hugely talented and multifaceted Belfast-based musician and performer, Katie Richardson, alongside production technician with a specialist in lighting, Aimee Williamson, who will take us through a practical look at live sound set up, lighting and production basics, dos and don’ts and what is expected from musicians from a production perspective.

The workshop will look at what we mean by ‘PA and backline’, instrument and mic set up, looking at the mixing desk, creating your tech specs and stage plans, the information you’ll need to ask the venue/promoter for and what information you should provide them with.

The practical session will be followed by a discussion with the MU’s Live Performance Official Kelly Wood which will focus on all things live performance from getting the gig to getting paid and how to maximise your live performance experience.

Lunch will be provided.

Saturday, 8th June
12pm to 4pm
Free
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The Duncairn Centre, Duncairn Avenue, Belfast BT14 6BP

Supported and funded by Help Musicians NI through the Women in Music Fund, FairPlé is holding three panels:

1: Know Your Funders: with panellists from the Arts Council of Ireland, the Arts Council of NI, and HMNI

2: Scoring Evidence: an academic response to gender inequality in Irish folk/trad with Dr. Úna Monaghan, Joanne Cusack and Catriona Hawksworth

3: Identifying the “Workplace” in Irish trad/folk: with Pauline Scanlon and Úna Molloy (Turning Pirate) & Eibhlín Ní Dhochartaigh (Imbolc)

Saturday, 8th June
2pm-3:30pm
Free
University of Atypical, 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT11FF

Call down to University of Atypical from 2pm to 3.30pm on Saturday June 6th to hang out, meet other disabled and D/deaf musicians, and chat to representatives from University of Atypical and Oh Yeah Centre to learn about ways we may be able to offer support. 

Saturday, 8th June
7pm
Free
The Green Room @ The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA

Sound & Vision course, alongside guest performers. During the course participants have worked in audio recording, DJing and beat-making to create original soundscapes in response to a visual brief from artist Helena Hamilton. 

NEO NEO showcases high-quality contemporary music and visual art through live events with a focus on experimental electronic performance and collaborative practices. 

https://www.facebook.com/neoneoproject/

Saturday, 8th June
7:30pm
£5
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The 343, 431-437 Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 1AQ

Rising Damp is the solo project of Dublin-based visual artist and musician, Michelle Doyle. Originally a punk bass player in Sissy, Damp expanded her practice to include drum machines, synths and spoken word. Included are materials from residencies in military harbour town, Cobh and Damp's Sleep Concert on Dublin Digital Radio. She collaborates frequently with art/techno collective, Repeater, and has been featured in their publications and tapes in 2018 and 2019. This is an industrial set inspired by data, innovation and control. Prepare to get damp!

Presented by Moving on Music and The 343 for Women’s Work Festival. Performance will include an informal pre-concert talk.

Saturday, 8th June
Doors 7pm - Early show
Tickets £18.50 + Booking Fees (18+ Only) 
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Limelight 1 (Seated), 17 Ormeau Ave, Belfast BT2 8HD  

The Guilty Feminist is coming to Belfast! This award winning podcast for 21st century feminists, with over 50 million downloads is making its Belfast debut as part of Women's Work. Join comedian Deborah Frances-White and special guests for this off-limits live comedy podcast, to be recorded live at Limelight 1, Saturday 8th June.

Saturday, 8th June
9pm-late
£10
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

The Women’s Work Showcase is back and our bill is bigger than ever. This year’s line-up provides a snapshot of the female and female-identifying music makers across the country in pop, rock, ambient, experimental and rap.

Featuring:

Wynona Bleach

Molly Sterling

Kyoto Love Hotel

HAVVK

Gender Chores

Gemma Bradley

Dena Anuk$a

Girls Rock School NI Graduates

Saturday, 8th June
2pm
Free
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Join Coach & Mentor and former MD at Coda Music Agency Claire Horseman for a workshop around mental health and wellbeing and how you can thrive as a woman in the music industry.

Highlights include recognising stress and burnout, finding your emotional resilience, and learning tools and techniques to support you.

Claire will be available for one-to-one conversation following the session.

Find out more: www.musicformentalwealth.com

Sunday, 9th June
1pm-2pm
Free -Registration required
Email sophie@starttogetherstudio.com
Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

This event will conclude the Women in Music training that helped women and non-binary people develop their skills in music recording and production through Start Together Studio. This training was gratefully funded by Help Musicians NI Women In Music Fund.

We are delighted to open to the public and allow a chance for everyone to hear and discuss the results of the scheme with our participants – including a listen-back to music they recorded and mixed personally during the weeks training with us. This event will be a casual discussion/Q&A format, involving special guest hosts who will be discussing their work in the music industry, and answering questions from both the audience and group participants.

Sunday, 9th June
8pm
£8
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The Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, BT1 2LA

This year’s Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Artist in Residence, DANI, will launch her new single ‘The Mother Within’ with a full band as part of the Women’s Work Festival. DANI recorded ‘The Mother Within’ during the ‘Our Future Roots’ residency programme with Indonesian percussionists KunoKini in August 2018 at Half Bap Studios. Expect special guests and tales from her experiences in Palestine and Indonesia rooted firmly in the context of Irish folk music.

Sunday, 9th June
2:30pm-4pm
Free - Limited spaces
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

SelfMade presents an interactive workshop led by psychotherapist, musician, researcher and BIMM lecturer, Aoife Ruth. The session is supported by HMNI, an independent charity for musicians whose work includes providing help and support for emerging talent. This workshop will explore the psychology of women’s experiences in music, from the pressure to perform femininity in the ‘right’ way, to how we internalise messages about the value, potential and abilities of female musicians.

Sunday, 9th June
7pm
£5 + booking fee
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Oh Yeah Music Centre, 15-21 Gordon Street, Belfast, BT1 2LG

Women Aloud NI join Geraldine Quigley, author of Guardian-reviewed ‘Music Love Drugs War’, a novel about 1981 Derry and all that entails seen through the eyes of teenagers, to bring you an evening of literary talent. From poems to plays, this night will explore what happens when music gets under your skin and how to write it... on the page. Featuring performances and discussion from Sharon Dempsey, Alice McCullough, Elizabeth McGeown and Csilla Toldy.

Sunday, 9th June
7pm
£10
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Limelight 2, 17 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8HD

Start Together Studio is delighted to host punk 5-piece Queen Zee from Liverpool (Sasstone Records) whose debut album was part recorded with Rocky O'Reilly. The band have been described by Phil Taggart (BBC Radio 1) as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show on steroids" and Iggy Pop (BBC Radio 6) as “strange people from Liverpool who look a little weird and rock like crazy.”

Their Huw Stephen's (BBC Radio 1) Maida Vale live session made BBC history with the first all-female crew. Recently returning from tours with Dream Wife and Marmozets - Queen Zee's debut album has received 4-5 star reviews across the board (Kerrang, Line of Best Fit, Louder Than War). Get In Her Ears stating the album is “Making weirdness into wonderful, inclusive, explosive new tunes.”

This will be Queen Zee's first show in all of Ireland, and is not to be missed!

SUPPORTS:

-Sugarwolf
-Strang New Places
-Problem Patterns

We will be donating 5% of ticket sales to The Belfast Trans Resource Centre; a hub for transgender, non-binary and questioning people and their families across Belfast & NI. Their work aims to build trans communities, develop services and protect human rights, and they are currently fundraising for vital help in maintaining the community space. Fundraiser link; http://belfasttrans.org.uk/fundraiser

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