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Brandi Carlile’s ‘Girls Just Wanna Weekend’ Has Sisters Doing It for Themselves — and Doing a Mindful, Immersive Festival Better Than Anybody
Brandi Carlile and friends talk about a mindful music festival spotlighting exclusively female artists, including Shania Twain, Muna and Maren Morris.
As complaints stack up every year about the atmosphere at many high-profile music festivals, If anyone ever wants to go to one that is nearly 100% free from toxic masculinity, one candidate comes closest to being able to meet that guarantee, and it’s Brandi Carlile ’s annual Girls Just Wanna Weekend gathering in Mexico. The 2025 bill included stars Shania Twain, Maren Morris and Muna along with perennial favorites Brandy Clark and Lucius and the rising talents Brittney Spencer, Jensen McRae, Allison Ponthier, Tish Melton and SistaStrings. During the day, there were talks and seminars, like Brandy Clark teaching a songwriting class in which she and a volunteer wrote a new song about reaching across the sociopolitical divide, or Jensen McRae co-leading a discussion on journaling with “radical vulnerability,” plus a screening of a new documentary, “ALOK,” about challenging binary divisions.
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