In just one week, the Bay Area will be hosting the inaugural Doll Fest. The two day festival will take place at the Cornerstone in Berkeley, CA and is “a celebration of the feminine energy, friendship, and community gathering together in support of one another.”
The lineup is a jaw dropping list of rad bands all with a femme energy to them along with multi-genre artists. Doll Fest will feature artists such as The Iron Roses, The Darts, Tsunami Bomb, Dog Party, Tess & The Details and many more on March 1st and 2nd along with a pre-show party on February 28th.
We wanted to get in on the action, so we’ve asked the amazing bands a handful of questions about the festival including who they’re stoked to be playing with and what they think a festival of this caliber means to our scene.
We chatted with Portland, OR-based band The Wild Jumps. The punk band serves up high-energy shows and kick-ass original songs and they will – of course – be playing Doll Fest! Check out our interview below and grab your tickets to Doll Fest now via their website here!
Interview
Tell us a little about yourself and why you’re excited to play Doll Fest.
Which bands are you most stoked to see or play alongside?
The Vaxxines! Gotta love a band with a theme. We love their old school punk style.
This is a tricky one for me (Allie/frontwoman) because I grew up in Marin county. So I know the bay area as the place of my childhood and a place I don’t like to visit. I do think if I had found the punk and music scene when I was younger I would have a more favorable outlook about the bay area.
I know there’s so much that’s great about it, but I was never exposed to diy music and a culture that valued being genuine when I lived there. In that sense, it has influenced many of our songs, fueling a source of frustration about the materialist and NIMBY culture I was most confronted with. I know that will not be the culture at Doll Fest! I am excited to see a different side to the bay area.
How do you see events like Doll Fest contributing to greater representation and empowerment of women in the music industry?
Connecting people is more crucial than ever right now. Doll Fest is a real opportunity to grow a community of musicians and fans who are putting in the effort to be better than their surroundings. You put that much energy in a room and its bound to explode into some force for good.
I’ve found that all the run-of-the mill microaggressions and Joan Jett comparisons stopped when I learned how to tell people to fuck off.
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