ABout Babestock

The story of Babestock began with an epiphany and call to action by our director, DJ Hip Stir. After studying various Big Fest™ lineups, she realized that 70%-90% of the names booked were those of white, cisgender men. The severe gender inequality and lack of diverse cultural representation found in the electronic music scene propelled her to bring forward a NEW way of doing things, centering POC, women, and gender-expansive artists. It took one girly to speak up and put her foot down, but the vision of creating a space where femmes and thems of diverse cultural identities can flourish is a shared core value amongst the BABE community. Babestock Music Festival has come into fruition through a collective effort FROM women and gender-expansive visionaries FOR women and gender-expansive artists and allies.

our Mission

Cultivate safety, freedom, and authenticity for FLINTA+ (female, lesbian, intersex, trans, agender+) DJs/producers and their supporters through a communal and inclusive music festival.

Supporting this mission means you are making history with us!

our VISION

We envision a future where electronic music lineups reflect the diversity of its audience. We are the antithesis to Big Fest™: a grassroots, community-oriented, diverse (in both represented identities and genres), intimate festival with creative, high-quality performances; a festival that is sustainable in every sense of the word and leaves everyone involved feeling inspired, joyful, and FREE.

OUr 2025 IMPACT

who did we serve?

  • 60% local to austin

  • 62% bipoc

  • 60% lgbtq+

40

Flinta+ creatives

local, women-owned, queer-owned bar

1

local, women-owned/queer-owned small businesses

7

ecstatic attendees

  • majority women and queer folks

  • 10% tourists

600

what did we do?

  • Created a safe, fun, unique cultural attraction for 600-1000 attendees

  • Created a workspace free of predatory behavior and gender bias for FLINTA+ creatives

  • Paid $12,500 to FLINTA+ creatives

  • Gave free high-quality professional photos and videos of performers’ festival work for use in social media, press kits, resumes, and other career-boosting items

  • Brought in bar sales to female-owned queer bar Cheer Up Charlies

  • Gave festival production experience opportunities that would otherwise be difficult to come by for FLINTA+ folks

  • Provided sales/lead generation opportunities to local women-owned/queer-owned small businesses

  • Offered open decks opportunities for crucial festival experience and professional content

  • Facilitated networking and community building opportunities between FLINTA+ performers from all over the United States and Mexico

  • Raised awareness about gender inequity in the festival industry

From Our Founder

"After seeing most electronic festival lineups rocking 70-95% male lineups, I thought that was a shame and thought it would be cool to throw an electronic music festival with 100% women and gender-expansive artists on the lineup! Already we are seeing more and more interest from artists wanting to play the festival, people wanting to get involved, and more people wanting to attend. This is only our second year. So, I'm excited to see it grow!"

- Kelsea Pinkston, Founder of Babestock

Babestock recognizes that it was founded on the homeland of the Coahuiltecans, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Lipan Apache peoples. We acknowledge and pay respect to the Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, Comanche, and Lipan Apache communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. Babestock was founded upon the exclusions and erasures of Indigenous peoples, including those on whose land our festival is located. This acknowledgement demonstrates a commitment to continuing the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism. We are moved into action by the need for liberation.