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The Statement Festival is a festival in Sweden for women, non-binary and transgender persons. It is scheduled to take place in Gothenburg in the summer of 2018.[1][2][3][4] Men who are not transgender are are barred as both visitors and artists (the festival organisers use the gender studies term cis men).[5][6][7] The idea of a "man-free festival" came from comedian Emma Knyckare after several festivals in the preceding seasons had problems with rape and sexual assault among the festivalgoers.[1] She presented the idea on Twitter and the number of positive responses she received encouraged her to organise the event.[8] In 2017 a crowdfunding Kickstarter campaign raised about 50 000 euro towards organising the festival.[1][2] In May 2018, Emma Knyckare in May 2018 added a new goal to the festival: to open the festival also to all men.[9] The festival received 200 000 kronor in state subsidies from the Swedish Arts Council in 2018.[9][10]

Among the booked artists are Frida Hyvönen and Dolores Haze,[11] Maxida Märak, Radula, Beatrice Eli, [12] Ionnalee and British rock band Girlschool.[13] Comedians Nour El-Refai och Josefin Johansson will also appear. [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Swedish women-only music festival to take place 'until men learn how to behave themselves'". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  2. ^ a b Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2017-10-09). "Women-only music festival in Sweden to go ahead after crowdfunding campaign". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  3. ^ White, Adam (2017-07-06). "Swedish music festival to go 'women-only' following string of sexual assaults". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  4. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Mansfri festival hålls i Göteborg - P4 Göteborg" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  5. ^ "This Is What 'Cisgender' Means". Time. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  6. ^ "LGBTQ+ Definitions – Trans Student Educational Resources". www.transstudent.org. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  7. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Fyra nya festivaler bokar enbart kvinnor, transpersoner och icke-binära - Kulturnytt i P1" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  8. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Fyra nya festivaler bokar enbart kvinnor, transpersoner och icke-binära - Kulturnytt i P1" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  9. ^ a b "Statementfestivalen kan välkomna cis-män". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  10. ^ "Musikarrangörer - Kulturradet". www.kulturradet.se (in Swedish). 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  11. ^ "Artister". Statement Festival. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  12. ^ "Fyra nya till Statement Festival". gaffa.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  13. ^ "Statement Festival bokar legendariskt rockband som firar 40". gaffa.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  14. ^ "Komiker intar Statement Festival". gaffa.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-07-01.
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