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Welcome to our 27th Newsletter!
The busy summer season is drawing to a close so let’s take a look at what we’ve been up to since June and what we’ve got planned for the rest of the year!
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| (P.S! If you happen to be at London PLASA over the next few days, do come and find us at stand A5!) |
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We truly appreciate our members for taking the time to send us postcards and update us on their activities! 💌 You can send us a postcard via email or you can post it in our private Facebook Group!
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Our postcard this time comes from Sideways Festival in Helsinki back in June 🇫🇮
Peppi Lotta Arrimo writes:
“Close to half of the main stage crew were non-male this year! 👯♀️✨
From top right to left: Stage Manager (myself), Stagehands Anniina Kumara, Veera Karhu, Verna Rask & Katja Tsykarev, Technical Producer Ella Janatuinen, Stagehand Anette Annala, Stage Tech Iida Kallioniemi & Audio Tech Iina Onerva Souru 💖”
Photo: Sari Soininen.
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The Wellbeing report 📊
The first results of our survey that we started last year in November will be released today at PLASA show in London. We will discuss the outcome with an amazing panel, consisting of Lynne Maltman from Music Support, Coach and Production Coordinator, Lara Cullen and the main author behind the Wellbeing Report, Thea Tukjaer.
The panel will be moderated by WILM and will take place in Theatre 3 today, Sep.1st at 15.45.
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What we’ve been up to since our last newsletter:
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Walk & Talks!
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From top left to right: 30 Seconds to Mars in Glasgow, Doja Cat in Amsterdam, The National in Copenhagen and Peggy Gou in London.
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Our Walk & Talk events have really taken off this year! 🚀
We’ve had backstage tours with big productions all over Europe including:
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Ovo Hydro, Glasgow – June 6th 🏴 30 Seconds to Mars
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – June 19th 🇳🇱 Doja Cat
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna – June 25th 🇱🇻 The National
Royal Arena, Copenhagen – Aug 6th 🇩🇰 The National
Gunnersbury Park, London – Aug 16th 🇬🇧 Peggy Gou
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When we organise our Walk & Talk’s with touring productions, we are hoping to inspire our members to go big. No matter which part of the industry they are interested in, they can learn from those at the top of their game in their respective fields. At the same time it is a great way to learn how all the different departments are connected, and working together as a team.A HUGE thanks to everybody who helped make these wonderful events happen.
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You can read more about WILM’s Walk & Talk’s in TPi Magazine 🗞️
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Psst! If you are touring in Europe with a larger production and would like to offer a Walk & Talk, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the WILM team: info@womeninlivemusic.eu
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Meet & Greet at Way Out West, Gothenburg – August
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WIL, Ayrton and WILM get together in Gothenburg
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Last month we were so fortunate to be invited to the Swedish festival Way Out West by Women In Lighting Entertainment to co-host a joint Meet & Greet.
We got to meet Ayrton’s sustainable specialist Muzi Liu, and had an excellent and inspiring talk with Lighting Designer Louisa & Monitor Tech El from the PJ Harvey crew about their career paths and the touring world. |
| A special Thank you to Linnea Ljungmark from Topstage AB for facilitating the event. |
SFX-Pyro Camp with FX Team, Copenhagen – August
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All WILM attendees & owner Christian Kitter. FXteam has Scandinavia’s largest store of prop weapons
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We were super thrilled to host our first ever four-day SFX and pyro camp last week in Copenhagen with FXteam. During the camp, we got to see the different day-to-day tasks FXteam do with special effects, set carpentry and props in the film industry!
We got to see all of their different props — like the ‘gun room’ above — and an advertisement in the making. Furthermore, we got an introduction to Pyro where everyone was allowed to try it out as well!
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Amazing Nanna Brovang has the biggest love for pyro, and shared her passion with the WILM’ers
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Our attendees also visited the Royal Opera House and make-up department, where they got to see how they do ‘special effects’ makeup.
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Owner Christian Kitter explained what to use and what not to use when building props
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Finally, our attendees got to experience Copenhagen a bit with a joint BBQ and a visit to Copenhagen Distillery (as shown below). It was so great to put on such a unique and varied event. Thank you to FXteam for facilitating this amazing workshop!
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The WILM’ers got an exclusive ‘backstage tour’ at Copenhagen Distillery
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…So what’s coming up next?
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Meet Us At PLASA, London – 1st – 3rd September 🇬🇧
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Come find us at stand A5
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Once again we will be at Olympia in London for PLASA – the UK’s market-leading trade event for live entertainment technology.
Here you can meet peers from all across the event industry, and attend a bunch of great seminars and talks. Not to mention all the latest gear to check out if you are a tech nerd! Come and meet us at our booth – we are always up for a chat!
You can find us at stand A5.
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You will also be able to meet Gabi Kielich, who wrote ‘The Road Crew – Live music and Touring’ at our booth as well as Tom Campbell, who will do a Q&A on touring life. Check out our Facebook page for more info
If you are there on Monday 2nd, then why not come and join us at the Lounge Meet-up by Ayrton x Women In Lighting at 4.30pm?
Register for the meetup here. |
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Join Us For A Couple Of Days In Stockholm 17th & 18th September
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| Stockholm, have we got a treat for you! Later this month we will be hosting two workshops back-to-back in this gorgeous city. Why not attend both and make a trip out of it? |
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Workshop 1 – ZacTrack – Hamburger Börs, Sep.17th
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| Curious about the future? Are you moving on to immersive events? Then this workshop is for you if you are working with sound, lights or video in the live event industry! |
| On Sept.17th at Hamburger Börs, we would like to invite you to a session that will give you an introduction to automated systems to use at concerts, theatre, corporate gigs etc. This workshop is conducted by Daniel Löfgren from GOBO Sweden in association with WILM. |
| For more info and registration head to Eventbrite. |
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Workshop 2 MA3 – Gobo AB, Sep.18th
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We are inviting all upcoming and experienced lighting designers to a MA3 workshop in Stockholm Sep.18th! 💡
We are delighted to announce our second MA3 workshop with Gobo Sweden in association with esteemed Lighting Designer, Kamilla Bjellsäter (Senior Lighting Supervisor of the Opera House in Stockholm).
The training will be a run-through of the MA3 software with the guidance of Kamilla, who will show us the versatility of this desk.
We recommend that for this particular workshop, you already have some experience with the MA and that you bring your laptop with you.
During the day we will also run a session on GDTF, hosted by Vectorworks.
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Aaaand Last but not least: On the night between the 17th & 18th We will be organising a network session with drinks, snacks and an interesting panel discussion with some good friends. You are very welcome to join us at The Node at 18.00.
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*Know-Your-Cable* Copenhagen, 25th September 🇩🇰
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| This is a workshop for both crew and musicians in association with our good friends from Kinovox. |
Always wanted to know everything about the cables you are working with? And how to solve when there is a problem with your connection? In this workshop we will be going through all the different types of cable and how they work.
Bring your own broken cable to this workshop if you need to fix it!
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| Registration will be open soon – stay tuned! |
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Other things coming up are:
- Arctic Sounds – a festival camp for young women in association with the Arctic Sounds Festival
- Music In Africa – a festival camp for young women in Rwanda in association with the Acces Festival & M.I.A.F
- LLB Stockholm – We will be having a stand at Sweden’s best trade show
LeaT Con in Hamburg, Germany – We will be having a stand at Hamburg’s best convention on live and entertainment
- Future of Festivals together with Roadie Medic in Berlin, Germany
Join us in Berlin Nov.28th – 29th 🇩🇪 We are hosting a panel ‘Women In Live Music Come Together’ on 28th Nov 10.15 am where we will be discussing topics relevant to women in the live music industry.
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Monthly WILM Yoga
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Our representative for the Balkans & Austria, the multi-talented Nika Brunet Milunovic will be heading a group of WILM yoga instructors for special community sessions every month – Keep an eye out for the next session whether you are on the road or just at home and feel like you need some bodily relaxation and stress relief!
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Instagram Takeovers are back!
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Our Instagram Takeover is now in full swing, and we’re thrilled to see the amazing stories being shared from behind the scenes! We kicked things off with Valerie Gard, one of our dedicated WILM team members, who gave us an inspiring look into her day as a System Engineer at a gig in Cologne.
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Coming up next, we’ll have Gracie Finch, who will be diving into the world of audio on tour. Following Gracie, we’ll hear from Georgia Dix-McGrath, who will share her experiences as she heads to Lollapalooza in Berlin with her band. And that’s just the start—there’s plenty more to come, so stay tuned!
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If you’d like to join our Takeover series and share your day at work, we’d love to have you! Just reach out to us at team@womeninlivemusic.eu.
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Enter our Tshirt Competition!
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The WILM webshop will soon be displaying a new t-shirt design… but we need your help! We want your best/most empowering/funniest slogans for the back print. The writer of the chosen will receive a free t-shirt 👕
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WILMAwards
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It will soon be that time again!… The first round for WILMA 2024 begins in November when you can nominate a colleague or even yourself to be a WILMA 2024 winner!
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Here’s the Time Schedule 🗓️ :
1st of Nov. Nominations starts
17th of Nov. Nominations ends
24th of Nov. Voting starts
1st of Dec. Voting ends
🎉 11th of Dec. The WILMA Ceremony in London 🤩
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| WILM is a non-profit organisation working for a sustainable level of more diversity backstage, but we can’t do it without the support from all of you out there: Festivals, Artists and other stakeholders in the live music industry – Please get in touch with us if you or your company wish to become a WILMAmbassador: info@womeninlivemusic.eu |
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That’s all for now!
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The WILM Team
(Malle, Hannah, Olive, Huld, Valerie, Catherine, Daniela, Laura, Fie & Tia)
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Women In Live Music is a non profit organisation and we highly appreciate any donations in order for us to continue our work for minorities backstage. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to make a donation.
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