About

About the festival

Voix De Femmes is a multidisciplinary festival founded and organised by its eponymous association, taking place every other year in October in Liège, Belgium.

Since its inception in 1991, it has showcased the work of women artists (people identifying as such). A positioning which remains necessary, but also rooted in an understanding of gender inequalities of the time. Perspectives have since evolved, and Voix De Femmes has broadened its awareness to the visibility and representations of gender minorities.

The festival is flexible in its approach and welcomes all artistic forms. Creating spaces where these can meet, be confronted, and respond to each other, but also allow them to cross with other fields such as social sciences and activism, and much more!

An overview of previous editions can be found on the association's website.

Our 17th festival sets out in search of a brighter tomorrow. One that dances. And thinks. And shares. And resists. And frees Palestine.

We've named it “Sorties De Secours” (Emergency Exits): three weeks of a multidisciplinary and curious programme, seeking solutions (and joy!) in this dead-end atmosphere.

We've built it with great care and many people:

  • the Collective Voix De Femmes drew up the broad outlines;
  • the Collective Sourde (Deaf Collective)thought of a bilingual program (LSFB/FR), accessible to all during the Nous aimons les dimanches (We love Sunday) event;
  • the Coalition Genre has put together an Autre Foire (Another Fair) : a cabaret, a fair, and an unusual tourist office, focusing on feminist and LGBTQIA+ issues;
  • and the Collective femmage has planned moments of reunion and transmission, in memory of Brigitte Kaquet (1952-2024), founder of the Festival.

The artists who will show us the way have different practices and cultural backgrounds. We love their courage, their determination, their poetry, their energy, their passion, and their humor too.

A few exit routes:

  • Local and international fights and solidarities - in the past, present, and forseeable future;
  • Mémoires Vives / Living Memories: exploring issues of heritage and transmission through the memories, archives, and workshops of Voix De Femmes;
  • Workshops, meetings, and parties: for ever-broader perspectives;
  • And three great premieres! With L’Autre Cabaret, Mel Moya & Céline Chappuis, and Farida Amadou. 

Among all this, you will find moments designed for and/or with kids. We try to make physical accessibility clear and prices as affordable as possible.

As always, our small team has worked together with invaluable partners, without whom we would not be able to do this—you are, quite literally, our first responders.

See you at the nearest Exit !