Who: Outsidelands When: August 10-12, 2018 Where: Golden Gate Park/ San Francisco, CA With: A large number of children who now love their drunk Auntie Jen Of Note: Oh Outsidelands, I'm so glad I can't quit you. Day 1: Lauv, Perfume Genius, Caleborate, Carly Rae Jepsen, Lucy Dacus, Chelsea Peretti, The Weeknd Day 2: Jessie Reyez, Freya Ridings, Jonathan Van Ness, CHVRCHES, Tycho, Bon Iver, Florence + The Machine Day 3: Janelle Monae, Portugal. The Man, Salt & Peppa, Janet Jackson I could give you my usual, "Oh look, I'm probably too old to be doing this but am going to cling to my youth until I am so old and decrepit that the arthritis in my knuckles won't let me cling anymore," but I won't. Instead, I want to talk about how Outsidelands 2018 was all about the ladies. I spent a weekend in the park and was completely uplifted by messages of love, compassion, inclusion, and change - (almost) all of which came from amazing female artists.