Freak folksters CocoRosie are one of the headliners of the 2012 Tinderbox Music Festival at Webster Hall
Webster Hall
125 East 11th St. between Second & Third Aves.
Saturday, November 11, $25-$30, 1:00 – 12 midnight
www.websterhall.com
www.tinderboxmusicfestival.com
Perhaps more than any other recent election, this year’s presidential battle featured intense debate over who would do more for women. One event that has been doing a lot for women recently is the Tinderbox Music Festival, now in its third year of highlighting female artists and building a community where underserved high school girls can foster their musical and literary abilities. Founded by singer-songwriter Alyson Greenfield, Tinderbox is associated with the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, a nonprofit grass-roots organization whose mission is to “empower girls and women through music education, volunteerism, and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration,” as well as Girls Write Now, which concentrates on “mentoring the next generation of women writers.” This year’s festival, in which a portion of the proceeds will also go to New York Cares’ Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, takes place November 11 at Webster Hall, with more than three dozen female-fronted bands and solo performers from multiple genres playing on three stages for eleven hours. Among the highlights are indie favorite CocoRosie, the unpredictable Jean Grae, the hard-rocking Hard Nips, electro-popsters I Am Lightyear, experimental singer-songwriters Greenfield and Lili Haydn, pop-rockers jENNiNGS, and such other acts as Charlene Kaye & the Brilliant Eyes, Computer Magic, Ducky, Michelle Citrin, Shuteye, Likwuid, Vagina Panther, and Pink Veins, representing Willie Mae. Don’t be surprised if the phrase “binders full of women” shows up more than a few times.