Eqala ngo-1975 futhi enye yezenzakalo zabesifazane ezinesikhathi eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni, lo mcimbi odumile waseMichian Womyn's Music Festival wagubha iminyaka engu-40 ngonyaka ka-2015; abahleli bemikhosi bamemezela ukuthi lokhu kuzoba ngumnyaka wokugcina womkhosi.
Njengoba igama liphakamisa, umculo wawuyisibopho esivamile esenza izinkulungwane zabantu abazofika endaweni eyimfihlo yamasayithi angasese angama-acre 650 e-Pristine Manistee National Forest.
Okwenziwe lapha kuhluke kuma-acontic folk crooners ukugubha ama-grrrl amaqembu. Eminyakeni yamuva, izenzo eziningi ezenziwa emcimbini, phakathi kwazo uMarga Gomez, uSista Otis, uFerron, u-Bitch, uToshi Reagon, uPatty Larkin, uMelissa Ferrick, u-Issa (owayekade uJane Siberry), u-Chix Lix Flix, uPoppy Champlin, uDrumsong I-Orchestra ne-Ubaka Hill, i-Holly Near, i-Cris Williamson, uRuth Barrett, u-Anais Mitchell, uBetty, kanye ne-Indigo Girls. Uzothola nethuba lokubuka amahlaya, indawo yaseshashalazini, kanye nezinye izinto ezivame ukubukeka, izenzo ezivusa amadlingozi.
Ngomkhosi phakathi nonyaka walo wokugcina, abadlali bahlanganisa uCcar Carter, uMarga Gomez, uLaura Love ngeGina elibi kakhulu, uJill Sobule, uBetty, Medusa, Reina Williams, uCris Williamson, uHolly Near, u-Elvira Kurt, u-Bitch, uFerron, uMelissa Ferrick, u-Chix U-Lix, u-Staceyann Chin, uHanifah Walidah, nabahlaziyi bomculo u-Mimi Gonzalez, uJulie Goldman noKaren Williams.
Lapha njengemikhosi eminingi enjalo, ithuba lokubuka abaculi laliyingxenye yomnandi.
Lo mkhosi wabamba ama-workshops amaningi ahlanganisa ingcebo yokuguqula ingqondo yezihloko - umculo kanye neminyuvesi yobuciko yathinteka kukho konke kusuka kumdubhu nokudansa ukucula kumbuthano ongcwele, kodwa ungase ubhalisele ama-workshops ngezingqikithi ezinhlobonhlobo ezifana ne-breast casting for womyn umbala, intsha ehlola ukubhula ngezinkanyezi, ukudubula i-Amazon, imikhosi yomphakathi yokuhlaziya, ukuveza ukuhlukumezeka, kanye ne-yoga yomlingani no-massage waseThailand.
Kwakukhona nomkhosi wefilimu, imidlalo ehleliwe, nokudayiswa kwemikhiqizo emele izinto ezidayiswa abadwebi abangaba ngu-150.
I-Michigan fest yayibanjwe ngaphandle nasematendeni futhi igijimela njengomshini oyile kahle - abahlanganyeli babeka amatende abo, bavolontiya eyodwa noma emibili imisebenzi yehora elilodwa (kuye ngokuthi ngabe bayaya emkhosini izinsuku ezimbalwa noma lonke isikhathi), futhi kunikezwa ukudla okuyisithathu (yonke imifino) ngosuku. Kukhona isevisi yokuthutha kanye nokusiza kwabakhona abakhubazekile, nemikhumbi yosuku lwamasosha, abafana abahlanu kuya kwengu-10 ubudala, namantombazane ama-5 nangaphezulu. Ikhasi le-FAQ eliwusizo kakhulu lomkhosi lezimpendulo zesikhathi sokuqala cishe yonke imibuzo ongayithola mayelana nokuya.