The Songbird Collective, a group made up of local Annapolis musicians and founders, LauraBrino, Danah Denice, Jeanette Lynn and Meg Murray, is excited to announce the 3rd Annual
Songbird Festival, taking place at Maryland Hall on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 from 10am-4pm.
The festival aims to connect all women by providing a platform for storytelling and artistic
expression, and a safe space to find commonality and community in the shared female
experience. The Songbird Festival is committed to reflecting the diversity and multicultural
reality of the women’s community in regard to race, ethnicity, religion, age, physical ability,
gender identity, and sexual orientation, and strives to reflect that diversity in the programming
team, participants, performers, presenters and vendors.
This 3rd year will feature a diverse group of performers and presenters, along with a number of
women artists, women owned businesses, support services and resources for women and
more. While providing a platform for presenters and performers to address issues common to
the women’s experience like domestic violence, sexual trauma, access to healthcare, birth
trauma, trans rights, discrimination and more, the festival will also uplift women in the arts and in
business and celebrate the inspiring work being done in the community.
“The thread that runs through all women, whether it is a silent thread or bright and empowered,
is one that ties us together through experience. There are cycles of trauma that our mothers and
our grandmothers have faced and as artists, it is our responsibility to bring to light the stories so
that the very cycle that we are a part of, may break and our daughters and granddaughters can
live freely, equally and safely,” said Laura Brino, one quarter of the festival founders, the
Songbird Collective. “We believe that the Songbird Festival will offer something for everyone
and will become an important community mainstay for years to come. Whether you are a
woman who has experienced hardship or a partner, family member or friend who is open to
becoming educated and learning how to support, there is a place for everyone. Our vision is to
make the Songbird Festival a leading example of how the community can come together to share stories, heal, and make change.”

Registration is available through Eventbrite and is free.

For more information, visit the Songbird Collective website and follow the festival’s Instagram page!

Anyone interested in donating in support of the production of this free community festival can do so at wearesongbirdcollective.com/sponsors.