Boudica Festival

Boudica Festival

Music festival and showcase gigs presenting the best women, and non-binary talent in the music industry both offstage and onstage! Midlands based music events.

Promoting the best in up and coming women and non-binary talent.

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 04/07/2024

TWO DAYS TO GO ⚡️

This Saturday head to as presents 20th anniversary of the debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike over at the main stage at 4.25pm ⚡️

This year's Godiva we also want to give a shout out to Boudica team members who are also playing Godiva Festival. Catch at 2.30pm on Saturday and at 3.40pm both over at the Cov Stage!

Day and weekend tickets are still available and make sure to check out Go CV for local residents discounts!

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 02/07/2024

A magical evening last Friday with and support from who both brought captivating electronic sets, plus amazing live visuals for Echo Juliet's set by !

Also meet the team behind Boudica! This Friday marked the first time we had a full women crew from FOH, sound engineers, bar staff, door and stage team 💪⚡️

Our next Boudica event is this Saturday as we bring to the main stage of at 4.25pm. Day and weekend tickets are available with some great upcoming local women artists and bands performing too we recommend you check them out!

28/06/2024

TONIGHT!

Doors open at 7.30pm wirh tickets available on door 🎟

Tonight!
Boudica Festival presents Echo Juliet + Lucifer Sky

Doors 7:30pm | advance tickets go off sale at 5pm | tickets available on the door

https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/echo-juliet-lucifer-sky-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/13558254

26/06/2024

This Friday's headline gig at comes with support from

Weaving soundscapes that oscillate between chaos and calm, Lucifer Sky is an experimental artist based in Coventry, UK, delivering an erratic mix of audio textures, DIY electronic processes, field recordings, harsh visceral drones and hypnotic melodies.

Tickets onsale now £7 adv / £9 otd!

🕐 7.30pm - 11pm (Doors 7.30pm)
📍The Tin, Coventry
🎟 £7 adv / £9 otd

24/06/2024

📣 This Friday! 📣

Join us as Boudica presents: Echo Juliet + Lucifer Sky headline gig at The Tin Music and Arts

With comparisons to Bonobo, Four Tet and Floating Points, Echo Juliet's colourful electronic sound also has influences from deep house, jazz and classical music.

Echo Juliet will be playing an extended set with lots of unreleased bits you won't have heard before, plus Antonio Roberts will be creating live visuals in response to the music.

With support from Lucifer Sky

🎟 Tickets onsale now £7 adv / £9 otd

https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/echo-juliet-lucifer-sky-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/13558254

18/06/2024

Only 10 days left until Boudica presents: Echo Juliet + Lucifer Sky

Echo Juliet is a DJ and producer who uses her first love of percussion as the defining element of her sound, with a unique live set-up using a midi vibraphone, Ableton and drum pads.
Receiving comparisons to Four Tet and Bonobo, her productions show influences from deep house, classical music and jazz. Her colourful take on electronica aims to be the soundtrack to your daydreams. It has attracted the support of BBC 6Music and NTS tastemakers including Tom Ravenscroft, Mary Anne Hobbs, Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe.

Support by local musician Lucifer Sky

30/05/2024

📣 Just announced 📣

We are excited to announce our next Boudica presents gig showcasing up and coming women and non-binary artists with:

Echo Juliet
+ support from Lucifer Sky
Friday 28th June
at the Tin Music and Arts

Echo Juliet () DJ and producer uses her first love of percussion as the defining element of her sound, with a unique live set-up using a midi vibraphone, Ableton and drum pads.

Receiving comparisons to Four Tet and Bonobo, her productions show influences from deep house, classical music and jazz.

Her colourful take on electronica aims to be the soundtrack to your daydreams. It has attracted the
support of BBC 6Music and NTS tastemakers including Tom Ravenscroft, Mary Anne Hobbs, Steve
Lamacq and Gideon Coe. Debut EP Abandon Reality was described by Clash as carrying ‘shades of
Four Tet or even Gold Panda, but with something deeply original underneath’ ✨️

She followed the EP with a remix package this year,
featuring collaborations with respected producer Gold Panda, a spoken word poet and emerging
artist Stella Z.

Plus support from Lucifer Sky () multidisciplinary artist and performer based in Coventry, delivering an erratic mix of improvised live programming, DIY electronics, drones, loops and found sounds.

Tickets are onsale now £8 adv

05/03/2024

This Friday 8th March for International Women's Day, we are throwing a grrrls night out party celebrating the warrior queen's of music!

Get ready to unleash your inner Boudica with DJs from 8 until late, spinning all your fav pop, rock and riot grrrl and classic tunes to fire up the dance floor!

DJ lineup:

Killer Queen
Twin Flames
Ahooythere
Chazzy Fresh

Plus visuals and Boudica crafts 👑

Tickets £5 adv / £7 otd on sale now

https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-grrrls-night-out-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/13497923

05/03/2024

Announcing our final GRRRLS NIGHT OUT lineup addition is DJ Chazzy Fresh!

DJ Chazzy Fresh brings beats from genres across the decades, including a healthy dose of UK G. Get a doctor ready because this will be sick 🔥

Get down from 8pm until late for a night of DJs celebrating with a mix of pop, punk, riot grrrl, hip hop, garage and more!

Advanced tickets onsale now, more on the door!

📅 Friday 8th March, 8pm - late
📍
🎟 £5 adv

Chazzy Fresh brings beats from genres across the decades, including a healthy dose of UK G. Get a doctor ready because this will be sick.

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 10/02/2024

We at Boudica celebrate the best up and coming women and non-binary talent both onstage and offstage ⚡️💪💕 Hark back to a week ago when it was all about the former with three AMAZING performances from Coventry-based artists , and ! Bar Pandora chose for her support two artists who are as passionate as she is about taking ownership over their creativity by producing their own music. And what a night! ✨️ With special thanks to our hosts and ❤️
📸 .art and Jess Harper

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 07/02/2024

We are super excited and honoured to announce our Headliner for GRRRLS NIGHT OUT: The one and only Killer Queen!!!

Killer Queen returns to the Tin for one night only! Killer Queen aka Ruth Pearce is a Glasgow-based trans feminist DJ, known for genre-bending rock and pop sets that bring together classic tunes and contemporary hits. Ruth has been previously spotted spinning the decks at q***r clubs, protest after-parties, and activist conferences across the country, including Reclaim the Night, Women's Aid, Q***r Fest Leeds, Birmingham pride, and Nine Worlds Geekfest. In Coventry she founded and performed at the Killer Queen q***r rock club from 2009-2013, and was part of the Revolt! collective which ran riot grrrl nights at the Tin from 2012-2017. These days, Ruth can usually be found found shouting in the rock trio Dispute Settlement Mechanism, playing bass in the noise pop band wormboys, and/or pretending to be a professional scholar in the field of transgender studies.

23/11/2023

We're excited to be part of Independent Venue Week 2024!

Boudica presents + +
Saturday 3rd February

Tickets onsale now! https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-x-ivw-24-present-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/13851378

17/10/2023

Thank you Cov Sauce and Commongroundcoventry for hosting the Boudica takeover party on Saturday 🥰

Thank you to all you beautiful people who came to Cov Sauce x Boudica Festival last Saturday with so much heart and soul. This was the launch night of what they hope to be a series of Boudica takeovers where they train up and showcase gals and non-binary DJs and inspire more gals to get on the decks! 🎶

Boudica Festival teamed up with Cov Sauce who have been putting on DJ nights at Common Ground since January 2023 as they look to make dj nights more diverse and inclusive, welcoming new and upcoming DJs 🎧 It has also been part of their ethos from the start to aim for 50/50 gender balanced nights ✨

13/10/2023

Introducing our final DJ debut for tomorrow's boudica x covsauce takeover party is Hibiscus K!

Expect a classic funk soul set with a modern soul sprinkle! 🎺✨️

Join us Saturday 14th Oct for our takeover party at .cov at from 7pm until late!

📍14th October at commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Suggested donations of £3 / £5 or £7 welcome to help us put on future events!

12/10/2023

Let Francophonix take you on a journey through time, space and languages of the world this Saturday! ✨️🌏

You may have heard who played 🎹 at our 2nd Boudica Festival afterparty at
as well as the more recent headline gig at our IWD2023 celebrations, we are big fans of Sophie's work including too so we are very excited to debut Sophie's first DJ slot too! ⚡️

Join us for our takeover party at .cov at from 7pm this Saturday until late!

📍14th October at commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Suggested payment £3 / £5 or £7 🌶

11/10/2023

Join us Saturday 14th Oct for the x takeover party at .cov at from 7pm until late!

Debuting at the boudica x covsauce takeover party is Ahooythere, who'll be spinning intense beats and mysterious electronica⚡️

Get down early to support the new upcoming djs debuting at commonground, you are in for an ecclectic evening of music!

📍14th October at commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Suggested payment £3 / £5 or £7 🌶

10/10/2023

Joining the boudica x covsauce takeover party is Tammo, you may have caught her DJ debut at the June cov sauce and they also helped kickstart the DJ training idea earlier this year!

Expect a funk soul set to get your hips shaking! Join us Saturday 14th Oct for our takeover party at .cov at from 7pm until late!

📍14th October at commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Suggested payment £3 / £5 or £7 🌶

09/10/2023

Also spinning tunes at the x takeover party this Saturday from 7pm at .cov is (co-founder of boudica and part of the cov sauce crew)

Alien She is back on the decks after a summer touring the audio planes searching for the best global disco tunes with some electro grrrl tunes thrown in too as a nod to her days DJing at feminist night Revolt and Boudica nights at ✨️

Get down early as first dj is on at 7pm! ⚡️🌶

📍 14th October from 7pm, commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Pay as you feel £3 / £5 or £7

09/10/2023

Introducing our DJs for this Saturday 14th Oct for our takeover party at .cov at from 7pm until late!

First up is DJ Lani Kayah .croom, expect an eclectric electronica set as we journey through the cosmos, from Earth-bound DIY beats to intergalatic EDM.

📍14th October at commonground, Fargo, Coventry
🌶 Suggested payment £3 / £5 or £7 🌶

02/10/2023

We are delighted to announce our Boudica takeover party at the next Cov Sauce on Saturday the 14th October!

We look forward to teaming up with who have been putting on dj nights at commonground since January 2023 as they look to make dj nights more diverse and inclusive, welcoming new and upcoming djs. It has also been part of their ethos from the start to aim for 50/50 gender balanced nights.

Boudica co-founder Sarah S aka DJ Alien She (also part of the Cov Sauce team) has teamed up with Boudica ally and long term pal Sarah C aka DJ Lani Kayah (and bassist in Boudica alumni ) to train up more gal DJs and at the takeover event we are showcasing 3 new DJs alongside DJ Tammo who we taught earlier in the year and debuted her first set at Cov Sauce in June! This is the launch night of what we hope to be a series of Boudica takeovers where we train up and showcase gals and non-binary DJs, and inspire more gals to get on the decks!

As usual with Cov Sauce the event will be free but suggested donations of £5 are welcomed to help keep the nights running ✌️

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 14/03/2023

Wonderful photos capturing the energy of Lucifer Sky, Virginia's Wolves and Shanghai Hostage at our Boudica IWD celebrations last weekend!

📸 thanks to Neil Bachelor for sending us these snaps

14/03/2023

Thanks everyone who came to our Boudica IWD celebrations that was such a fun night, celebrating women in music. We are feeling v proud seeing how much the local scene has grown over the years. Let's keep supporting one another and keep building this community thats empowering women to get onstage 🧡

Thanks to Issy Williams, Lucifer Sky, Virginia's Wolves and Shanghai Hostage for wonderful sets showcasing the variety of talent across different genres

Also to Lia Powell for hosting The Tin Music and Arts first live podcast with Beth & Sophie Shanghai Hostage and Indira from Lucifer Sky and Sarah from our Boudica team🎙we are feeling v inspired from conversations and looking forward to sharing the podcast with you soon

Shout out to Laura for being amazing on sound and at all our Boudica events! 🧡

We are back collabing with Godiva Festival
bringing Shingai to the main stage & maybe more news soon 😀

11/03/2023

Tonight's the night!

Join us for Boudica presents: IWD 2023 Shanghai Hostage + Lucifer Sky + Virginia's Wolves + Issy Who?

Doors are at 7.30pm with our first act on at 8pm!

Buy tickets: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-iwd-2023-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/12976685

Photos from Boudica Festival's post 03/03/2023

Our final treat for you for our event on the 11th March at The Tin Music and Arts

We are excited to be collabing with the first episode for The Tin Music and Arts's new podcast!

This one will be extra special podcast as it'll be with a live audience ahead of the evening performances, in celebration of International Women's Day this episode will be around Women in Music, joining the discussion will be Indira (Lucifer Sky), Beth and Sophie (
Shanghai Hostage) and Sarah (Boudica)

The podcast will start at 6pm in the community space.

Your gig ticket will give you free access to the podcast: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-iwd-2023-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/12976685

See you there!

03/03/2023

Here it is our lineup at The Tin Music and Arts on the 11th March as we celebrate IWD 2023!

Come celebrate with us by supporting our showcase of local and West Midlands up and coming musicians 🎺⚡️🔥

Featuring:
Shanghai Hostage
Virginia's Wolves
Lucifer Sky
Issy Who?

Tickets are onsale now: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-iwd-2023-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/12976685

Poster created by Bar Pandora

03/03/2023

Early bird Godiva Festival tickets are onsale now!📣📣

Get your tickets for Shingai playing on Saturday 1st July!

https://www.godivafestival.com/buytickets 🧡

02/03/2023

We are delighted to announce our final addition to our Boudica presents: IWD 2023 Shanghai Hostage + Lucifer Sky + Virginia's Wolves + more TBA lineup is introducing Issy Who?

Issy Who? puts their own twist on disco, house and pop. Using electronic music software and modular synthesis, they connect the energy of sound, light and movement.

Tickets onsale now: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-iwd-2023-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/12976685

01/03/2023

📣IWD LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT 📣

Introducing to our gig at The Tin Music and Arts on 11th March is Virginia's Wolves 🔥

Virginia's Wolves are a fierce feminine four piece who craft songs with a garage punk energy that sound simple but hit hard. The band is part of Leicester's Unglamourous project which celebrates women making music. Virginia's Wolves are inspired by their diverse experiences of the ups and downs of life and the people they met along the way, especially those they wouldn't want to meet again.

Tickets are onsale now! https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/boudica-presents-iwd-2023-the-tin-at-the-coal-tickets/12976685

It's a busy week at Boudica HQ and we still have more announcements coming tomorrow 🤗🤗

28/02/2023

JUST ANNOUNCED 📣📣

We are collabing once more with cov girl Godiva Festival to bring you the amazing Shingai to this year's fest 😍

Boudica fans might know Shingai from her previous band Noisettes, come enjoy her solo project 🥰

Catch Shingai on the main stage on Saturday 1st July, tickets onsale from Friday:

https://www.godivafestival.com/tickets

Our Story

Boudica Festival is a new festival that will give a platform to and celebrate the underrepresented talent of women.

We want to inspire women both on stage and behind the scenes. As well as providing a platform, we want to highlight the opportunities available to women within the music industry other than performing.

Website: http://boudicafestival.co.uk/

Follow us on Instagram at: @boudicafestival

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