Dame-Nation
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Dame-Nation is an annual rock and metal music festival with editions held in Chicago
, Illinois
. The music festival is dedicated to rock and metal bands with female lead vocalists. Dame-Nation is a registered trademark of Deadcenter Entertainment. Since Dame-Nation Redux 2010, the festival has been sponsored by United Kingdom based Femme Metal Records.
In February 2010, Dame-Nation featured Ambre Lake (a winning contestant from VH1
's Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
, as well as a cast member of Reese Witherspoon
's Sweet Home Alabama
), High Gloss Black, SAGE4, F.H.O.D., Deadmanswake, Whiskey Blonde, Losing Scarlet, The Hannah Ford Band and The Pain-Kurst Girls at the Portage Theatre
.
In October 2010, Dame-Nation featured Metal Sanaz, A.D.D., Circle of Fate, Deadmanswake, F.H.O.D., Wicked Soul and Beneath the Stares.
In July 2011, Dame-Nation 2011 featured returning bands Deadmanswake and Losing Scarlet as well as new performances by Avariel, Angelical Tears, Shield of Wings, A Sound of Thunder, Solarsphere, and Lindz Riot of Mary and the Black Lamb at Reggie's Rock Club.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. The music festival is dedicated to rock and metal bands with female lead vocalists. Dame-Nation is a registered trademark of Deadcenter Entertainment. Since Dame-Nation Redux 2010, the festival has been sponsored by United Kingdom based Femme Metal Records.
In February 2010, Dame-Nation featured Ambre Lake (a winning contestant from VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels
Rock of Love with Bret Michaels is an American reality television dating game show. It stars Bret Michaels, the lead singer from the band Poison. The show closely resembles its sister show Flavor of Love. The first season featured 25 women competing to be Michaels' girlfriend. Each week, the women...
, as well as a cast member of Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...
's Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002.-Plot:...
), High Gloss Black, SAGE4, F.H.O.D., Deadmanswake, Whiskey Blonde, Losing Scarlet, The Hannah Ford Band and The Pain-Kurst Girls at the Portage Theatre
Portage Theater
Located at Six Corners in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago's Northwest Side, the Portage Theater is one of the oldest movie houses in Chicago. Designed by Mark D. Kalischer and Henry L. Newhouse, the Portage Theater opened on December 11, 1920 as the Portage Park Theatre...
.
In October 2010, Dame-Nation featured Metal Sanaz, A.D.D., Circle of Fate, Deadmanswake, F.H.O.D., Wicked Soul and Beneath the Stares.
In July 2011, Dame-Nation 2011 featured returning bands Deadmanswake and Losing Scarlet as well as new performances by Avariel, Angelical Tears, Shield of Wings, A Sound of Thunder, Solarsphere, and Lindz Riot of Mary and the Black Lamb at Reggie's Rock Club.
July 29, 2011 - Chicago, IL
- Avariel
- Deadmanswake
- Losing Scarlet
- Angelical Tears
- Shield of Wings
- A Sound of Thunder
- Solarsphere
- Lindz Riot of Mary and the Black Lamb
October 16, 2010 - Chicago, IL
- Metal Sanaz
- A.D.D.
- Circle of Fate
- Deadmanswake
- F.H.O.D.
- Wicked Soul
- Beneath the Stares
February 20, 2010 - Chicago, IL
- Ambre Lake
- High Gloss Black
- SAGE4
- F.H.O.D.
- Deadmanswake
- Whiskey Blonde
- Losing Scarlet
- The Hannah Ford Band
- The Pain-Kurst Girls