75+ artists
Leading up to the festival, tune in for exclusive interviews with this year's lineup Our 2018 festival will be home to more than 75 performers and speakers.
Meet Sakreed, a musician and performance artist in Texas debuting new work at this year's BABES FEST. Catch their set at the opening reception on August 30.
Hip-hop artist Blakchyl and beat-maker, vocalist Upper Reality interviewed each other in their own video interview about their collaboration on stage and behind the scenes.
Meghan Ross is a writer, comedian, and producer here in Austin, Texas. She is the all woman run late night show host for a ColdTownie Award-winning show, That Time of the Month. She'll be emceeing our panels at BABES FEST Day two 9.2.18 at Cheer Up Charlie's.
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Linzy Beltran is is a writer and improviser based out of Austin, Texas. She is a member of such troupes as SheSheSheShe, Minority Report and Migas, which performs improv comedy in Spanish and English. Linzy is also a writer/producer/director of Trance, a sketch comedy duo with her friend (and soulmate) Kim Tran. Beltran will be performing and exhibiting an interactive film performance at our BABES FEST film showcase on August 31, 2018 at the Austin School of Film.
Meet Ladiearth, an Austin-based musician with a sound that is as ethereal as it is assertive. Her debut song ‘Water’ was released in February of 2017. On ‘Earthday,’ her first EP, she celebrates the feminine energy within herself, calling listeners to do the same. Below, she discusses her free flowing process.
Today, we're profiling Brittany Reeber, one of the exhibiting filmmakers at the BABES FEST film showcase on August 31, 2018 at the Austin School of Film. Below, Reeber—a film director, Florida native and UT grad—talks manifesting her newest work "CASSADAGA," which takes place in a spiritual coastal town in South Florida.
Allison Lopez is a filmmaker, a student at University of Texas, and creator of the film "Death of a Nation." Lopez will be exhibiting work at our BABES FEST film showcase on August 31, 2018 at the Austin School of Film.
Angela "Angie" Reza Tures will be screening her own short Memory Box at BABES FEST during our film showcase on August 31, 2018 at the Austin School of Film. She is also the founder of Femme Frontera Film Showcase, an exhibition based in El Paso, Texas.