FemFest celebration concert of women scheduled for Nov. 16 

FemFest is a celebration concert of women musicians and DJs holding its first event at Main Stage, at 1 S. Main St., in Cottonwood, on Saturday, Nov. 16. Gioia Quisumbing, fourth from left, and Deborah Williams, sixth from left, are organizing the inaugural event. Courtesy photo

When you showcase many talented Verde Valley women musicians on stage all at once, you get the FemFest. 

Coming to Cottonwood’s Main Stage on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m., FemFest is a celebration concert of women musicians and DJs sure to get you flying on a sonic journey, dancing and enjoying the wide variety of music that will be offered. 

Join for this inaugural celebration of women in music, where the participants are fostering an artistic, collaborative, supportive environment for women in music, art and business to shine and share their gifts with one another and with the community. 

The evening will include three different collaborative bands, plus the long established all-lady band Sugar Moon, switching off throughout the night, with a side stage showcasing soloists offering their original music as inbetween sets from 5 to 10 p.m. 

Female DJs will finish off the evening between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. 

The FemFest will be featuring a marketplace where vendors will be selling items such as beautiful jewelry, artist merchandise and clothing. 

There will be an ongoing raffle throughout the night, and attendees can enter to win gifts, restaurant gift certificates from donors in Old Town Cottonwood and Sedona and other prizes. The Sedona International Film Festival is also contributing as a sponsor. The FemFest event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16, beginning at 5 p.m. It will be held at the Main Stage, located at 1 S. Main St., in Cottonwood. Please contact Deborah Williams at (928) 821-2288 for further information. There will be a $10 cover charge.

Joseph K Giddens

Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epithet newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.

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Joseph K. Giddens grew up in southern Arizona and studied natural resources at the University of Arizona. He later joined the National Park Service in many different roles focusing on geoscience throughout the West. Drawn to deep time and ancient landscapes he’s worked at: Dinosaur National Monument, Petrified Forest National Park, Badlands National Park and Saguaro National Park among several other public land sites. Prior to joining Sedona Red Rock News, he worked for several Tucson outlets as well as the Williams-Grand Canyon News and the Navajo-Hopi Observer. He frequently is reading historic issues of the Tombstone Epithet newspaper and daydreaming about rockhounding. Contact him at jgiddens@larsonnewspapers.com or (928) 282-7795 ext. 122.
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