Award Winning Folk Rocker Ani Difranco Confirms Missoula Concert

Award winning singer songwriter Ani DiFranco will headline the Wilma on August 7, 2019 with special guest Pieta Brown.

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As an iconic songwriter and social activist, she has been the inspiration for woman artists and entrepreneurs for over two decades. She has been featured on the covers of SPIN, Ms., Relix, High Times, and many others for her music and activism. She was one of the first women to embrace the “DIY” culture in music and started her own label Righteous Babe Records in 1990 on which her most recent album Binary was released in 2017. She’s planning to release her memoir No Walls and the Recurring Dream on May 7, 2019 by Viking Books.

She’s shared the stage with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Franti, and many more. After recording with Ani in 1999, Prince described the effects of her independence, saying “We jammed for four hours and she danced the whole time. We had to quit because she wore us out. After being with her, it dawned on me why she’s like that – she’s never had a ceiling over her.”

Ani has received many honors and awards. She’s been Grammy nominated nine times and won Best Recording Package for Evolve in 2003. She’s received the Woman of Courage Award from the National Organization for Women, the Gay/Lesbian American Music Award for Female Artist of the Year, and the Woody Guthrie Award. At the 2013 Winnipeg Folk Festival she received their prestigious Artistic Achievement Award, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Winnipeg. In 2017, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from A2IM (a nonprofit trade organization that represents independent record labels) and the Outstanding Achievement for Global Activism Award from A Global Friendship.

“The world needs more radicals like Ani DiFranco: wry, sexy, as committed to beauty and joy as revolution.” – Rolling Stone 

Tickets go on sale Friday, May 3rd at 10AM at The Top Hatonline or by phone at 1 (800) 514-3849. Logjam presale tickets will be available on May 2 (details below). Reserved premium balcony seating, reserved standard balcony, and general admission floor tickets are available. All ages are welcome. Additional ticketing and venue information can be found here.

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