Statement Festival (original) (raw)

The Statement Festival is a music festival in Sweden for women, non-binary and transgender persons. It took first place in Gothenburg in 31 August to 1 September 2018 and aims to be held annually. The organisers stated that the festival would be held "without men", in practice meaning men who are not transgender, as neither visitors nor artists. The festival organisers use the gender studies term cis men. The festival's backstage area was jokingly dubbed a "man-pen" (Swedish: manshage) by organisers, in reference to male technicians, managers and members of artists' entourages who would generally reside there. For visitors there is an 18 year age limit.