• The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF) was a week-long annual event created by and for women that held space for lesbian and women’s culture in the United States and beyond for four decades. The last MWMF was held in 2015. Through its longevity, the MWMF provided respite and sanctuary for generations of women, while showing girls the power that they possess to change the world. WWTLC seeks to honor this 40-year legacy.
  • The MWMF was completely built, staffed, run, and attended by women. Throughout its 40-year history, the Festival occupied a central and powerful place in lesbian history, embracing and creating space for the vast diversity of the female experience. It provided space for women to share and learn skills including carpentry, plumbing, sound engineering, stage production, and community organizing. For many women, it expanded and transformed their understanding of what it means to be a woman.
  • As the former location of the MWMF, The Land is considered by many to be a site of historical significance, one that remains a meaningful, deeply connected space for women and girls who gather there.
  • While WWTLC is grateful for the foundation provided by the MWMF, and we thankfully acknowledge that many of the skills needed to form WWTLC as an organization were taught to us via our MichFest experiences, the organization does not seek to recreate or resurrect the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival event.