Curated by Future Front, The Front Festival is an end-of-summer celebration, platforming women and LGBTQ+ artists, across Austin and Texas.
Over the weekend’s music and film showcases, we celebrate the power of creative community and fundraise for Future Front’s Creative Future of Texas Fund. Formerly known as BABES FEST, the festival has welcomed 15,000+ guests and showcased 500+ women and LGBTQ+ artists since 2016, including Dorian Electra, Jessica Williams, Lizzo, Alok V. Menon, Madame Gandhi, Juliana Huxtable and Katja Blichfeld.
We believe in a good show. We believe in supporting new talent. And we believe that women and LGBTQ+ artists, musicians, filmmakers, producers, entertainers, cultural organizers and performers deserve space to see themselves to reflected. To discover new sources of inspiration, To support each other’s work. And to learn more about our industries.
Homegrown in Austin, Future Front is a community space and exhibition series—with women and LGBTQ+ creatives at the front.
As an arts and culture nonprofit, we’re mother to The Front Market, The Front Festival and The Work Conference. Beyond our flagship exhibitions, we host year-round shows, gatherings and workshops at our creative community space in East Austin. Everybody and every body are welcome. You can learn more about how it all works, our team and what we do: futurefronttexas.org
Citing statistics about the gender pay gap and the paltry number of acts including women typically booked a festivals, Hervey explained that they wanted Babes Fest to be a “symbol of what a festival could be if it was entirely women inclusive.” — Texas Monthly
“The powerhouse networking and artist-bolstering collective presents a three-day event celebrating music, film, art, comedy and more from female and non-binary artists.“ — Austin360
“It’s really inspiring to go to a festival and see other people who look like me who are doing incredible work in all aspects, whether it’s filmmaking or crafts or music.” — Madame Gandhi via KVUE