Book More Women is using data and community to expose and combat systemic inequities AND empower under-represented artists

WHAT IS BOOK MORE WOMEN?

Founded in 2018, Book More Women is an arts service organization that works to advance gender equity in the music industry through research, education, industry partnership, and direct support programs.

Using data and lived community experience, Book More Women is:

revealing inequities and building practical solutions to support organizations in making effective changes
shifting narratives surrounding representation
directly supporting underrepresented artists and independent events

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Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2025

Since 2018, Book More Women has used social media to make the data revealing inequity in festival lineups visible, accessible, and impossible to ignore.

With over 500 edited posters shared, the project has sparked industry-wide conversation and been featured in outlets like Rolling Stone, The Boston Globe, and Nylon.

In 2025, Book More Women formally organized and became a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas.

Now, we're moving from awareness to action: relaunching with a mission to put the data to work and change the numbers for good.

WHY BOOK MORE WOMEN?

The music industry consistently underrepresents women and gender-diverse artists and professionals. Festival lineups, industry leadership, and network infrastructure lack gender equity due to systemic bias, gatekeeping, and lack of support.

As a result, women and gender-diverse artists and professionals are at a disadvantage, and must overcome continual barriers to start, grow, continue, and thrive in their careers. This negative impact is multiplied for those with additional marginalized identities.

Bar chart showing gender breakdown of major festivals in 2025

gender breakdown of artists booked for major fests in 2025

Book More Women means more for everyone. Gender equity isn’t a zero-sum game. Removing systemic biases benefits all. When the music industry becomes more inclusive, it benefits artists, organizations, audiences, and the culture as a whole.

WHY NOW?

After 8 years of tracking a slow improvement in gender equity in music, momentum has plateaued. Systemic inequity continues to push women, nonbinary, and trans artists out of the field. Finances, caregiving imbalance, and harassment act as exit points that silence voices and end careers. At the same time, the platforms that most support these voices (public radio, nonprofit programs, local festivals) face immediate threats as federal arts funding is slashed and threatened. Without intentional action, we risk losing these critical voices and the spaces that uplift them.

On top of this, the music industry is in a moment of immense change. Shifting power structures, technology, and data are reshaping music in real time. We must use this window to reform the system into something human-centered. What we do now will determine whether this transformation concentrates power or builds a more equitable and sustainable ecosystem.

The industry is being reshaped - which is exactly when we can really change this system.

Book More Women is challenging the status quo in the music industry — elevating underrepresented voices and shaping a more equitable ecosystem through data-driven advocacy, narrative change, and community-centered support.

OUR MISSION

We envision a music industry built on transparency, accountability, and care – where gender equity is expected, representation is intentional, and artists and professionals of all identities have equal opportunities to thrive.