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XRAY.FM and Girl Fest Present: GIRL FEST 2017 Hosted by Blosson w/ Haley Heynderickx, Coco Columbia, Karma Rivera, And MORE
- 6:00pm Saturday, January 14, 2017
Girl Fest presents
Girl Fest 2017
Hosted by Blossom
Coco Columbia
Karma Rivera
Neka + Kahlo
Haley Heynderickx
- LOLA'S ROOM at the Crystal Ballroom
- Saturday, January 14, 2017
- 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. show |
- $8 advance, $10 day of show |
- All ages welcome
Tickets on sale now!
About Girl Fest 2017
Girl Fest 2017 is proud to return to Lola's Room at the Crystal Ballroom for their 3rd annual event. This one day, festival-style event was founded in 2013 as a way to celebrate the talented, female artists currently making noise in the Northwest. Girl Fest 2017 will be hosted by Blossom, and will include performances by Coco Columbia, Karma Rivera, Neka & Kahlo, Haley Heyndrickx, Courtney Noe and students from My Voice Music's Student Mentorship Program. With a festival-style lineup, Girl Fest 2017 is excited to feature a wild array of genres; everything from hip hop, to alternative, singer songwriter, and pop infused modern jazz. The 2017 event is sponsored byXRAY.fm and Vortex Music Magazine.
About Coco Columbia
Music school dropout, Coco Columbia, burst onto the Portland music scene in 2014. Her music fuses infectious indie-pop melodies, off-kilter rhythmic feels, dreamy-eyed electro-soul soundscapes and jazzy harmony to create her own brand of bumpin' space-age future-pop. Coco has shared the stage with bands such as Hiatus Kaiyote, Goapele, Robert Glasper and Knower.
About Karma Rivera
Freshman to the NW hip hop scene, Karma Rivera has already made quite a name for herself. Since performing as headliner of November's "The Thesis" at Kelly's Olympian, Rivera has been making moves. She's ready to slay on the Girl Fest stage in January, with aggressive hip hop tracks and a style truly all her own.
About Neka + Kahlo
Veterans of Girl Fest 2014, Neka & Kahlo craft vibey music out of a red brick apartment in North Portland. Rather than pushing a limiting trend or sub-genre, the duo serve as an intersection - trafficking in multiple styles and sounds - thereby dispensing with the need for additional labels. What you hear is the expression of their unique experience as humans who refuse to conform to any one identity alone.
About Haley Heynderickx
The voice of Portland artist, Haley Heynderickx (pronounced Hendricks), is distinctly unique, with a sweet power and beauty that makes her music almost familiar to the ear. Her lyricism is raw and true. Reminiscent of the styles of Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom and Jessica Pratt, Heynderickx is not one to miss.
About Courtney Noe
"Courtney Noe, Grammy's 2017" is written in red lipstick on her bathroom mirror. "I literally envision myself rising out of the stage in Madison Square Garden before I go to sleep." Courtney's sound embraces the soul of Motown with the additive character of pop. Big band horns, orchestra strings and piano are heard throughout her music; the lyrics dripping with sass.
About My Voice Music
My Voice Music is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon that engages youth in music and performance in order to promote self-esteem, social skills and emotional expression. MVM's student band opened Girl Fest in 2016, and we are excited to welcome these extraordinarily talented girls back to our stage for the 2017 event!