
Lilith Fair was a groundbreaking concert tour and travelling music festival where the line-up consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands. It was founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, Nettwerk Music Group's Dan Fraser and Terry McBride, and New York talent agent Marty Diamond. The majority of featured acts were from Canada and the United States.
Lilith Fair took place during the summers of 1997 to 1999, and was revived in the summer of 2010. In its initial three years, the festival raised more than $10M (USD) for charity.
Initially mocked by detractors for daring to emphasize women in music as more than mere pop stars, the line-up is now considered to be among the great tours, and many of the headliners continue to be both critically-acclaimed and commercial successes.
Who to Add
Please add all of the women who performed at any Lilith Fair show. A comprehensive list is available at Wikipedia.
Please help with the lists below by identifying the names of women in bands.
1997 Tour
Main stage artists
- Sarah McLachlan
- Sheryl Crow
- Tracy Chapman
- Jewel
- Paula Cole
- Suzanne Vega
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Fiona Apple
- Joan Osborne
- The Cardigans
- Nina Persson
- Emmylou Harris
- Lisa Loeb -- private profile, not added to project
- Indigo Girls
- Amy Ray, Emily Saliers
- Shawn Colvin
- Meredith Brooks
- Tracy Bonham
- India.Arie
- Natalie Merchant
Second stage
- Jenny Labow
- Cassandra Wilson
- Suz Andreasen
- Leah Andreone -- private profile; not added to project
- Mudgirl
- Kim Bingham
- Wild Colonials
- Angela McCluskey
- September '67
- Kristin Asbury, Shannon Worrell
- Tara MacLean
- Victoria Williams
- Autour de Lucie
- Valérie Leulliot
- Holly Cole
- Juliana Hatfield
- Once Blue
- Susanna Hoffs
- Abra Moore
- Kelly Willis
- Katell Keineg
- Mary Black
- Davina
- Davina Bussey
- Madeleine Peyroux
- Patty Griffin
- Yung Chen Lhamo
- Dayna Manning
- Lhasa de Sela
- Wild Strawberries
- Roberta Carter-Harrison
- Dar Williams
- Mary Jane Lamond
- Morcheeba
- Skye Edwards
- K's Choice
- Sarah Bettens
Village stage
- Fleming & John
- Fleming McWilliams
- Dido
- Pat Benatar
- Kinnie Starr
- Lauren Hoffman
- Kim Fox
- Garrison Starr
- Lori Carson
- Joy Askew
- Jill Sobule
- Alana Davis -- private profile; not added to project
- Beth Orton
- Michelle Malone
- Holly McNarland
- Elise Knoll
- Love Child
- Dayna Manning
- Catherine Kidd
- Oh Susanna
- Suzie Ungerleider
- Camille
- Camille Henderson
- Billy Maning Q.
- Alisha's Attic
- Shelly McErlaine, Karen Poole
1998 Tour
Main stage artists
- Sarah McLachlan
- Angie Delight
- Angie Delight Carr
- Bonnie Raitt
- Chantal Kreviazuk
- Cowboy Junkies
- Margo Timmins -- private profile; not added to project
- Des'ree
- Desiree Annette Weeks
- Diana Krall
- Emmylou Harris
- Erykah Badu
- Indigo Girls
- Amy Ray, Emily Saliers
- Joan Osborne
- Lauryn Hill
- Lisa Loeb -- private profile, not added to project
- Liz Phair
- Luscious Jackson
- Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, Kate Schellenbach, Vivian Trimble
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Meredith Brooks
- Me'shell Ndegeocello
- Missy Elliott
- Natalie Merchant
- Neneh Cherry
- Paula Cole
- Queen Latifah
- Shawn Colvin
- Sheryl Crow
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Suzanne Vega
- Tracy Bonham
Second stage
- K's Choice
- Sarah Bettens
- Mono
- Siobhan de Maré
- Sister 7
- Patrice Pike
- Heather Nova
- Morcheeba
- Skye Edwards
- Rebekah
- Lucinda Williams
- Victoria Williams
- Abra Moore
- Neneh Cherry
- Elise Knoll
- Mary Lou Lord
- Tuesdays
- Linda Gustafsson, Veslemøy "May" Hole, Laila Samuelsen, Hege Solli, Kristin Werner
- Billie Myers
- N'Dea Davenport
- Martina McBride
- Litany
- Stephanie Bourke, Frances Evans, Suzannah Pearce, Melanie Schmidt
- Paris Hampton
- Davina
- Beth Orton
- Holly Cole
- Diana King
- Chantal Kreviazuk
- Eden a.k.a.
- Atlanta Coogan, Karen Eden, Anne McCue
- Wild Strawberries
- Roberta Carter-Harrison
- Patty Griffin
- Lhasa de Sela
- Angélique Kidjo
- Imani Coppola
- Lucy Gamelon
- Kacy Crowley
- Holly McNarland
- Ebba Forsberg
- Catie Curtis
- Letters to Cleo
- Kay Hanley
- Neko Case
- Fisher
- Kathy Fisher
Village stage
- Tara MacLean
- Sinéad Lohan
- Autour de Lucie
- Valérie Leulliot
- Ana Gasteyer
- Garrison Starr
- Emm Gryner
- Anggun
- Anggun Cipta Sasmi
- Kacy Crowley
- Bic Runga
- Melanie Doane
- Abra Moore
- Joaelle Ndine Romero
- Tia Texada
- Jenny Bird
- Sherri Jackson
- 1/2 Mad Poet
- Anita Chase, Sheela Reddy
- Mono
- Siobhan de Maré
- Thornetta Davis
- Julie Kryk
- Lori Amey
- Fontaine
- Fontaine Weyman
- Donna Martin
- Abba Rage
- Deni Bonet
- Jabber
- Victoria Hogg
- Eden White
- Antigone Rising
- Cathy Henderson, Kristen Henderson, Dena Tauriello, Jen Zielenbach
- Paris Hampton
- Nancy Falkow
- Dead Girls and Other Stories
- Melissa Lou, Marilyn Older, Nancy Tarr
- Love Riot
- Lisa Mathews
- Trish Murphy
- The Nields
- Katryna Nields, Nerissa Nields
- Glassoline
- Kym Fields
- Roadie Ray
- INHOUSE
- Evi Weintraub Scapellati, Gin Weintraub Blische
- Audra Jost
- Clandestine
- Gordian Knot
- Cling
- Frankly Scarlet
- Sixpence None the Richer
- Leigh Nash
- Robyn Ragland
- Rose Polenzani
- Alexis Antes
- Amy Rigby
- Erin Echo
- Syd Straw
- Laurie Geltman
- Melissa Ferrick
- Lenni Jabour
- Ali Eisner
- Swamperella
- Alison Pipitone
- Nina Storey
- Julianne Blue
- Idina Menzel
1999 Tour
Main stage artists
- Sandra Bernhard
- Shawn Colvin
- Deborah Cox
- Sheryl Crow
- Dixie Chicks
- Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison
- Indigo Girls
- Amy Ray, Emily Saliers
- Queen Latifah
- Lisa Loeb
- Luscious Jackson
- Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, Kate Schellenbach, Vivian Trimble
- Martina McBride
- Sarah McLachlan
- Natalie Merchant
- Monica
- Mýa
- Me'shell Ndegeocello
- Liz Phair
- The Pretenders
- Joanelle Romero
- disappear fear
- Suzanne Vega
Second stage
- Battershell
- Cibo Matto
- Kacy Crowley
- Dance Hall Crashers
- Dido
- Melanie Doane
- Patty Griffin
- Emm Gryner
- Innocence Mission
- Joan Jones
- Elise Knoll Band
- Jennifer Knapp
- K's Choice
- Sarah Bettens
- Sinéad Lohan
- Tara MacLean
- Aimee Mann
- Melky Sedeck
- Medieval Baebes
- Morley
- Trish Murphy
- Bif Naked
- Beth Orton
- Kendall Payne
- Bijou Phillips
- Samsara
- Sixpence None the Richer
- Leigh Nash
- Splashdown
- Susan Tedeschi
- Wild Strawberries
- Victoria Williams
- Kelly Willis
Village stage
- Christina Aguilera
- Coco Love Alcorn
- Badi Assad
- Bertine Zetlitz
- Toni Blackman
- Diana Braithwaite
- Cowlily
- Kacy Crowley
- E.G. Daily
- Keren DeBerg
- Anne E. DeChant
- Jennie DeVoe
- Eden a.k.a.
- Ana Egge
- Essence
- Nancy Falkow
- Amy Fairchild
- Fleming and John
- Nelly Furtado
- Fuzzy Comets
- Glassoline
- Grace in Gravity
- Greta Gaines
- Kitty Gordon
- Nina Gordon
- Kay Hanley
- Noella Hutton
- Jarah Jane
- Brenda Kahn
- Jennifer Kimball
- Nikol Kollars
- Nicol Lischka
- Ginger Mackenzie
- The Marty Winkler Group
- Melissa Mathes
- Lori McKenna
- Tiffany Shea
- The Murmurs
- Leona Naess
- Juliana Nash
- Kari Newhouse
- Leslie Nuchow
- Maren Ord
- Ginny Owens
- Deborah Pardes
- Adrienne Pierce
- Melissa Reaves
- Renann
- Doria Roberts
- Loni Rose
- Rachael Sage
- Tegan and Sara
- Summer Sage
- Lisa Sanders
- Stephanie Schneiderman
- Bree Sharp
- She-Haw
- Shelley Doty X-Tet
- Alexandra Sleightholm
- Soul Miner's Daughter
- Sozzi
- Surrender Dorothy
- Kinnie Starr
- Melanie Susuras
- Swati
- Kashi Tara
- Tekla
- Too Cynical to Cry
- Deborah Vial
- Victoria White
- Wendy Woo
- zoebliss
- Xolie Morra & The Strange Kind
2010 Tour
Main stage artists
- Ann McNamee / Ann Atomic
- Anya Marina
- The Bangles
- Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson
- Beth Orton
- Brandi Carlile
- Cat Power
- Charlyn Marie Marshall
- Chantal Kreviazuk
- Colbie Caillat
- Court Yard Hounds
- Emmylou Harris
- Erykah Badu
- A Fine Frenzy
- Alison Loren Sudol
- Gossip
- Heart
- Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson
- Indigo Girls
- Amy Ray, Emily Saliers
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Janelle Monáe
- Jenni Rivera
- Lights
- Mary J. Blige
- Metric
- Miranda Lambert
- Missy Higgins
- Rosie Thomas
- Sara Bareilles
- Sarah McLachlan
- Serena Ryder
- Sheryl Crow
- Sugarland
- Suzanne Vega
- Tegan and Sara
Second stage
- Anjulie
- Ash Koley
- Donna De Lory
- Erin McCarley
- Jasmine Chadwick
- Jennifer Knapp
- Kate Miller-Heidke
- Kate Nash
- Kina Grannis
- Marina and the Diamonds
- Nikki Jean
- Nneka
- The Submarines
- Susan Justice
- Vedera
- Vita Chambers
- The Weepies
Village stage
- Xolie Morra & The Strange Kind
- Sierra Noble
- Airplanes
- Amanda Lucas & Audrey Cecil
- Bella Ruse
- Butterfly Boucher
- Cara Salimando
- Corrin Campbell
- Darrelle London
- Elizaveta
- Jes Hudak
- Jesca Hoop
- Jetty Rae
- Joy Ike
- Jill Hennessy
- Julia Othmer
- Kate Tucker
- Katie Todd
- Kitten
- Lissie
- Lucy Schwartz
- Marié Digby
- Meagan Smith
- Melissa McClelland
- Molly Jenson
- Sara Swanson
- Steph Macpherson
- Tara MacLean
- Terra Naomi
- Winterbloom
- Antje Duvekot, Anne Heaton, Meg Hutchinson, Rose Polenzani, Natalia Zukerman
- Zee Avi