The WOW Foundation announces WOW SOUNDS line-up to celebrate International Women's Day

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The WOW Foundation have announced a series of specifically filmed musical performances curated for the WOW Festival UK 2021 streaming 1-21 March.

WOW Sounds will be available as part of the WOW - Women of the World Festival’s programme of In Conversations. The programme will shine a light on women, girls and non-binary artists from around the world that use their music as a form of activism, provoking intersectional conversations around gender inequality and more.  

The performances have been filmed from The Royal Albert Hall, where the festival was initially planned to be hosted from this year. Other acts will be showcased from the Akshara Theatre, a concert hall in New Delhi and in artists’ living rooms all across the globe. 

Some of the line-up includes UK based artists such as sitarist shredder, composer, producer and six-time Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar, singer-songwriter and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson whose recent release Rise Up, featuring Akala, has become a revolutionary anthem for young Black people; genre defying artist Anaiis whose breakthrough song Nina is a liberation chant and reclamation of freedom; soul singer and all round force of nature Miss Baby Sol who will be performing a heartbreaking track called She Cries; and rising star Nubya Garcia who is changing the landscape of the UK Jazz scene, a genre historically dominated by men. There is the added extra of incredible international artists from across the globe too. 

WOW Sounds will also give audiences a chance to revisit some of their favourite performances from artists that performed at last year’s Global 24 Festival.

This will be the first time the WOW Foundation’s flagship UK festival has presented events online. The 2021 programme will take a look at the new obstacles women, girls and non-binary people now face. There will be lots of challenging and fantastic discussions taking place throughout the 21-day festival. 

All events of the festival will be BSL interpreted and captioned, with tickets starting from £1 or audiences can buy a pass to watch the whole season from £25. For more information and the full WOW Festival 2021 programme, please click here or you can book tickets here.

The WOW Foundation is proudly supported by its Global Founding Partner Bloomberg, and Global Partner Mastercard.