we return september 6, 7 and 8 in austin, texas.

music • art • film • comedy • education

BABES FEST is an ~ annual convening of minds ~ in Austin, Texas, celebrating and amplifying women and nonbinary artists. As a weekend-long exhibition, our performances, panels, pop-up markets, film screenings and networking hours span music, film, art, creative education and comedy. The festival is returning for its fourth year on September 6, 7 and 8, and has hosted more than 6000 guests and 200 artists in the last three years. Our daily schedule, 3-day passes and one-day passes for BABES FEST 2019 are available now.
~ everybody’s welcome. ~

2019 daily lineups

“I think it’s really important for women-identified, femme-identified people to have a space where: one, they feel safe, but also two, this is about them, right?” Licea said. “This is a space that is contrary to a heteronormative, patriarchal society that is literally trying to f—king squash us every single day. If you’re going to be progressive and talk about the future, then this is the kind of space we need to create.”

— Texas Monthly

Over Labor Day weekend, Austin’s third Babes Fest not only addressed the problem of gender inequality in the arts, but proposed solutions during three days of comedy, music, and film.

— Austin Chronicle

JOIN THE BABES.