[OhioLBA General] OLF Press Release

[Holly Rast]

Hello Ohio Lesbian Festival Friends
 
As past attendees and supporters of the festival,  the OLF 
committee is asking for your help.  As you know this year is the 20th 
anniversary of the festival and we are going all out to make this a great 
year.  You also know the festival has struggled with low attendance 
the past 2 years (in part related to weather.)  The 2009 festival must be a 
success if this event is to continue - and this is where we need your 
help!
 
Please send the following press release to as many womyn as possible - we 
are asking you to take a moment and go through your address book and help us 
spread the word.  Because we are including camping this year - we hope to 
draw womyn from neighboring states and all around Ohio - so be creative in who 
you send it to!!  
 
This year we are pulling out all the stops and producing a rockin' weekend 
to celebrate 20 years - so get your tickets early and please help us get the 
word out so that this vital icon of womyn's community can continue to provide  precious womyn-only space for all womyn!
 
Thanks for your continued love and support!
 
Chris Cozad, Festival Co-chair
Pia Farrell, Festival Co-chair
The entire OLF Committee
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Media 
Release
 
2 Day Festival Now Includes 
Camping
20th Anniversary Promises Many Other 
Changes
 
For Immediate 
Release
July 2, 
2009
 
Contact:  Chris Cozad, Co-Chair 
614-578-1764

Columbus: The Ohio Lesbian Festival (OLF) 
marks its 20th Anniversary this year with many new and exciting 
changes.  The September 19 & 20, 
2009 event will be the first time the festival will be held over 2 days and 
includes free camping for attendees.  
 
The OLF, began in 1988 and has been held each 
year at Frontier Ranch just east of Columbus, features local, regional and 
nationally known womyn’s music performers and includes a merchant / indie craft 
market, workshops, an after hours dance and a relaxing and fun-filled weekend 
for womyn.  The addition of camping 
on Saturday promises to make the Festival more accessible to more womyn, many of 
whom travel from neighboring states to attend.
 
In honor of the 20th Anniversary, festival organizers have committed to making changes and 
improvements in the festival to enhance attendees’ experience.  In response to feedback from past 
participants, a new expanded and improved food concession will include old 
favorites (Pat’s Chili) and many new menu items.  Corn on the cob and a variety of 
vegetarian options are being added.  Because the event is 2 days long, there will be breakfast foods 
available on Sunday morning and the concession stand will stay open later in the 
evening to meet the needs of those late night snackers. 
 
The Frontier Ranch property has also 
undergone renovations that make festival production easier and camping more 
appealing.  A newly remodeled shower 
house and improvements to the stage area and the concession stands will make for 
a pleasant experience for everyone.    
 
Festival headliners include: Cris 
Williamson, Alix Olson and God-dess & She as well as numerous other 
performers.  A full list of 
performers, many other details and ticket information, including the ability to purchase tickets are all available on the 
website  www.ohiolba.org

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The OhioLesbian Festival is a 
not-for-profit, volunteer driven womyn only event designed to promote womyn’s 
community and art.  The Festival was 
founded on the premise that lesbians and queer womyn need opportunities and 
spaces to recognize and support each other, to define our culture, to find our 
own strengths and to be empowered.  The Festival is open to all womyn.


      
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