Equal Rights at Festivals: How More Women Are Performing on Stage – Culture

Gender parity on concert stages? Impossible, says the industry. “You just have to do it,” says festival director Elke Kuhlen. So does she. a conversation

The “c/o pop” festival in Cologne has achieved something that the industry has long dismissed as a dream: At the public concerts (20th to 24th April) this year there are more bands with women members than purely male groups on stage . How it works? Festival director Elke Kuhlen in an interview about female role models, the hardships of big festivals – and female artists who are too expensive.