A night at Girl Noise, an NYC festival ‘for girls by girls’
Inspired by the likes of Lilith Fair, 21-year-old founder and artist Simone Lipkin's punky new festival blends women-fronted music with meaningful activism

On a damp Sunday night, October 4, Lower Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom was transformed into a teen girl’s bedroom – well, sort of. The venue’s main area was cast in a warm pink glow, with star-shaped garlands draped around the balcony and zine-making booths, friendship bracelet-making stations and tables selling T-shirts with slogans like “rockstar in training” downstairs. But what were the hordes of attendees leaving their actual bedrooms for? The answer was
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