Eqalwe ngo-1975 kunye nenye yeziganeko ezithatha ixesha elide kunabo bonke kwihlabathi, i-Michigan Womyn's Music Festival yayithandwa ngokugqithiseleyo iminyaka engama-40 ngo-2015; abaququzeleli bemithendeleko bavakalisa ukuba oku kuza kuba ngumnyaka wokugqibela womthendeleko.
Njengoko igama lichaza, umculo wawunxulumano oluqhelekileyo olwaluthatha amawaka abantu abaye kwiindawo ezizimeleyo ze-acre 650 kwisiqendu saseManistee.
Imisebenzi apha ivela kumaconon folk acoustic ukugungqa ama-grrrl. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, uluhlu oluninzi lwezenzo ezenziwa kumthendeleko, phakathi kwabo uMarga Gomez, uSista Otis, uFerron, iBitch, iToshi Reagon, uPatty Larkin, uMelissa Ferrick, uIssa (owayekade uJane Siberry), u-Chix Lix Flix, uPoppy Champlin, iDrumsong I-Orchestra kunye no-Ubaka Hill, uHolly kufuphi, uCris Williamson, uRuth Barrett, uAnis Mitchell, uBetty kunye ne-Indigo Girls. Uya kuba nethuba lokubukela umdlalo, i-theatre, kunye nezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo, izinto ezivusa amadlingozi.
Ngomthendeleko kunyaka walo wokugqibela, abaculi baquka uCcar Carter, uMarga Gomez, uLaura Uthando kunye noGina omkhulu, uJill Sobule, uBetty, Medusa, Reina Williams, uCris Williamson, uHolly kufuphi, u-Elvira Kurt, i-Bitch, u-Ferron, uMelissa Ferrick, I-Lix, uSteceyann Chin, uHanifah Walidah, kunye nabahlaziyi-ke u-Gonzalez, uJulie Goldman noKaren Williams.
Lapha nje kwimikhosi enjalo, ithuba lokubukela abaculi liyingxenye yolonwabo.
Umthendeleko wawuninzi lweendibano zocweyo ezibandakanya ingqondo-ukuguqula ubuncwane bezihloko - umculo kunye nemihlangano yezobugcisa yathintela kuyo yonke into esuka kwiidrama kunye nodansa ukudansa ukucula kwingqungquthela engcwele, kodwa ungabhalisela iindibano zocweyo ngeendidi ezahlukeneyo ezifana nokubethelwa ngokuba ngumfazi wombala, abatsha abahlola iincwadi zenkwenkwezi, i-Amazon yokudubula, ukukhwabanisa iindawo zokuhlala, ukuxela umonakalo, kunye ne-Yoga kunye ne-massage yaseThai.
Kwakukho umthendeleko wefilimu, imidlalo ehleliweyo, kunye nemveliso yezentengiso ezimele iimpahla ezili-150 zobugcisa.
Umtya waseMichigan wawubanjelwe ngaphandle kwaye kwiintente kwaye ugijime njengomshini olinamatye omninzi - abathathi-nxaxheba babeka iintente zabo, iivolontiya enye okanye ezimbini kwiiyure zomsebenzi weeyure ezine (kuxhomekeka ukuba ngaba baya kwixesha leentsuku ezimbalwa okanye lonke ixesha), kwaye kunikwa izilwanyana ezintathu (yonke imifuno) ngosuku. Kukhona inkonzo yokuncedisa kunye neenkonzo zoncedo kubantu abanokukhubazeka, kunye neenkampu zemini yabantwana abancinci, abafana abaneminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwe-10 ubudala, kunye namantombazana ama-5 nangaphezulu. Umthendeleko wekhasi le-FAQ eliwusizo kakhulu kwiimviwo zexesha lokuqala ziphendula malunga nombuzo onokuze ube nawo malunga nokuya.