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Sad Grrrls Fest Drop Amazing All-Lady Line-Up For 2016

Featuring Camp Cope, Le Pie, Coda Conduct and heaaaps more

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Sad Grrrls Club have dropped two incredible line-ups for this year's lady-led Sad Grrrls Fest, with Le Pie, Coda Conduct (who just today dropped a cheeky new video) and Twin Caverns at the helm in Sydney and Jaala and Jess Ribeiro leading the Melbourne leg of the festival.

As Australia's largest festival committed to showcasing the art of female and non-binary musicians, the two events will see market stalls, three stages, delicious food and DJs all focusing a spotlight on Australia's incredible local talent.

Melbourne's festival on 1 October at the Reverence Hotel boasts punk kids Camp Cope, Simona Castricum, Miss Destiny, Dark Fair, KT Spit, Claws & Organs, Beloved Elk, Beatrice, The Girl Fridas, Chelsea Bleach, Shiny Coin, Denim Owl, Dogood, Stellar Addiction, Rachel Maria Cox (who also founded and manages Sad Grrrls Club), Samara Cullen, Sandy Hsu, Eli Cash and Jo Neugebauer.

At Sydney's festival on 8 October at the Factory Theatre, you can also catch Missing Children, Bad Bitch Choir, DJ Claire Knight (Fingertips), Bow & Arrow, Julia Why?, Dawn Laird, Ego, Astrid Zeman, Jackie Brown Jr., La Vif, Morning TV, Annais Paris, ClewsYon Plume DJs, Emma Dean, Stellar Addiction, Hannah Robinson, Ess-Em, Fruit, Fingermae, Tess Killalea and Dog Dirt.

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As one of very few festivals working to fix the lack of female representation in the music industry today, with a line-up like this Sad Grrrls Fest is definitely one to get behind.