A New One-day Event Celebrating Feminist Punk History Is Coming To Melbourne

Melbourne's Yarra City Council, Sonic aGender and Creative Victoria have announced a new one-day event, Rah Rah Retrospective, a "feminist punk retrospective of Melbourne music, from the Wet Ones to Wetfest".

The event will see a daytime sessions, including talks, panels and intimate performances, at the Melba Spiegeltent, and a show at The Tote that evening. 

Speakers and panellists include Wet Lips' member/Wetfest organiser Grace Kindellin, Girls Rock!'s Shannon Driscoll, The Wet Ones/Girl Monstar's Sue Shaw, Sleater Kinney/99's Laura Macfarlane, High Tension's Karina Utomo and more.

There will be performances from Lazertits, Moody Beaches, Porpoise Spit and more, as well as a reunion from Mace.

The event takes place on Saturday 12 January, with tickets on sale now. Head here for more info.