Oklahoma has seen a number of music festivals springing up in recent years with a focus on female-identifying artists. From OKC’s AMP Fest to Tulsa’s MisFEST
The latest of these is Slay the Stage, a new event from a ACM@UCO student organization called Women in the Studio. The first of what is intended to be a yearly music festival rocked downtown Oklahoma City in late March, and we were on the ground to catch a snapshot of the proceedings.
Featuring three stages at ACM@UCO establishments in the heart of Bricktown, Slay the Stage featured a who’s who of up-and-coming and established female performers from a variety of music styles.
In part one of our video coverage below, we interview event organizer and artist manager Stefani Heller. Part two features interviews with singer-songwriter Keathley and rock band Elecktra and the Annihilation Carousel.
aka Jarvix, the Chief Executive Weirdo of Make Oklahoma Weirder. His out-of-the-box music coverage has been published by the Oklahoma Gazette, KOSU, and The Oklahoman among others. He also makes DIY music as a solo multi-instrumentalist live looper in his spare time.