To Raise Awareness and Empower Women
By Byron Harris | Observer Contributor
Sylvie Abate is a local musician out of Fitchburg. Along with being a multi-talented musician, Abate also shares a passion for helping others and creating a stronger community. Abate will be putting together a benefit music concert to celebrate and empower women.
Abate is managing the Out of the Fog Festival to raise awareness for domestic and relationship abuse. The term Out of the Fog come from patterns of behavior associated with emotional abuse which promote Fear, Obligation, or Guilt (F.O.G). The Out of the Fog Festival will be an all-inclusive, feminist fundraising event for musicians, friends, families, and supporters of all genders.
The Out of the Fog Festival is seeking to raise funds for Safe Passage. Located in Northampton, Safe Passage is dedicated to creating a world free of domestic violence and relationship abuse. And it is important to know that Safe Passage is for all survivors–women, men, transgender and gender non-conforming survivors, folks of no gender, and people of all sexual identities.
“It’s all about the community,” Abate said, as she went on to talk about how many members of the community are coming together to help her with the event. All members of the community are invited celebrate and contribute.
From a very young age of 12, Abate was immersed in music. She studied classical guitar at the HART School of Music then later on attended New England Conservatory. Sylvie later went on to form multiple bands that were all successful and played for many large groups. These experiences set the stage for Abate’s passion for music.
The festival will take place on Saturday, October 14 at Lyman Hall (First Churches) in Northampton, from 7:30 – 11:00 p.m. All proceeds after expenses from the event, and the full amount of every ticket sold, will go directly to benefit Safe Passage.
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