The Ogdenite presents ‘Femme As Folk,’ a new multi-genre music series featuring women, transgender, and nonbinary musicians at Lighthouse Lounge every Friday and Saturday in March. It is also an awareness campaign promoting full gender equality in the music industry: Book More Womxn!
Tickets are $10, cash or card at the door. Shows start at 8 p.m. Doors at 7. ALL PROCEEDS go to the artists and Rock Camp SLC. Venue is ages 21+.
GINGER AND THE GENTS
Chandra Marie of Ginger and the Gents has been writing and singing nearly her whole life. In the words of her late father, “She came out singin’ and swingin’!” In her early 20’s she rocketed from karaoke stages into original music projects, and has been honing her craft ever since. If you’ve ever seen her perform you know you’re there to feel and witness an artist who commands the stage with passion and movement.
As a queer, teenage mother in Utah County in the late 90s, Chandra’s love for the Indigo Girls wasn’t something she could have imagined would eventually turn into a life-fulfilling moment just last year. As she performed at the Equality Utah Allies Gala, two of her heroines, Amy and Emily of the Indigo Girls, met Chandra with compliments and kindness. With tears in her eyes, she thanked them both for presenting a full circle moment to the inner young queer kid inside— the young Chandra who sang “Closer to Fine” like a rally cry all those years ago surrounded by patriarchy and people who didn’t know what would come of her musicality.
With the Gents in tow, this rock ’n roll band has cut their performance teeth at all things Utah and then some, even venturing to LA’s famous Whisky a Go Go. The lyrics Chandra weaves into their heavy-hitting songs are pulled from her own life’s story as well as intertwining sentiments from the great women who have built the road that leads to the present.
In this Femme As Folk performance, prepare to feel as if you, too, are on stage, full of exuberance, pensive in moments, yet always enmeshed in the frisson that comes with powerhouse vocals and thoughtful songcraft.
SALDURO
Salduro is a 4-piece rock band from Utah’s Siberia (Logan) that has been bringing “face-melting rock” for the past 8 years; experience the ragtag team of rockers led by Maggie Regnier’s wild stage persona.
Thank you to Lighthouse Lounge, and Paddy Teglia, for supporting Femme As Folk and providing the iconic PBR stage.
Thank you to our amazing sponsors: KRCL 90.9FM, Hive Realty Group, OFOAM - Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music/ Ogden Music Festival, Lavender Vinyl, and Just James Photography. If you would like to be a sponsor please reach out: deann@theogdenite.com.