By Sean P. Ray | Managing Editor

NORTH SHORE — A new festival celebrating women and providing a safe space for them to make new friends is coming to the Northside in June.

The inaugural Babesburgh Bash will take place at Allegheny Landing and along Isabella Street on June 29, from 3 to 8 p.m. The festival intended to be the first big annual celebration for Babesburgh, a women-focused organization which launched last summer. The group has held multiple events over the past year, including self-defense classes, networking events and even a brewery crawl.

“We’d like to do this every year,” said Cat Burno, executive director of Babesburgh. “Every summer we want to have this kind of summer celebration, where we have a great time and celebrate all the people we worked with throughout the year.”

The Bash will feature multiple activities for attendees, including various fitness classes such as yoga and meditation, an artist alley with many female and non-binary artists doing demonstrations, a farmer’s market and more. There will also be representatives from many community organizations fit for a women’s festival, including Planned Parenthood and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

Check out the June issue of The Northside Chronicle for the full story.