And it does so in a host of ways. One dollar of every ticket sold will go to female-oriented charities, for instance. Corporate sponsors also approached McLachlan, eager to be associated with the festival. Still, choosing partners was a tricky decision. The Lilith festival also will include a traveling marketplace for products and ideas, with booths manned by Planned Parenthood, Amnesty Inter-national, Rock for Choice and others.
Borders plans to provide a third stage at some venues for local and spoken-word artists.
Choosing corporate sponsors was a piece of cake compared to organizing the musical lineup. That, says McLachlan, has been a logistical nightmare. McLachlan started with a wish list of all her favorite female artists. Then music came in in droves from people we'd never heard of before. To get the big names she hoped to draw and to make the festival schedule as appealing as possible to the artists, McLachlan offered everyone their choice of dates so they could work it into their already busy schedules.