The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, called "the Original Womyn's Woodstock" and often referred to as MWMF or Michfest, is an international feminist music festival occurring every August since 1976 near Hart, Michigan, in a small wooded area in northern Oceana County known as Whiskey Creek near Crystal Township, Oceana County, Michigan. The event is completely built, staffed, run and attended by women. The spelling of "womyn" in the name of the festival is deliberate, a reflection of feminist politics.
Read more about Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: History, Functioning, Activities and Services, Production and Performances, Documenting The Festival, The Michfest Half-Way Soirée
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