Liberation Weekend is again for a second yr. Laura Jane Grace, Ekko Astral and mates, and Illuminati Hotties (enjoying Free I.H.) will headline the competition benefitting trans liberation and mutual support on the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., from April 24 to 26. Ezra Furman, Pool Children, and Pissed Denims are additionally among the many first wave of artists. Lineups will quickly be introduced for the competition’s nightly afterparties at Transmission.
Others on the invoice embrace Fairly Bitter, Bambara, Ragana, Pinky Lemon, Snowing, Gladie, Spring Silver, Thisdogllhunt, Eevie Echoes & the Areas, Mx Lonely, and Grownup Human Females. The competition will mark Ekko Astral drummer Miri Tyler’s final performance with the band. You possibly can take a look at the lineup posters under.
Ekko Astral launched Liberation Weekend in 2025 alongside the Gender Liberation Movement, a grassroots collective preventing for trans individuals’s rights to bodily autonomy and self-determination on a nationwide scale.
