LadyFest, the annual music festival that raises money for the Island’s domestic violence prevention program, will not be returning to Oak Bluffs this year as the organizers focus on planning for 2025. 

Organizers behind the event, which is a fundraiser for Connect to End Violence, announced Friday that it will now take place inside the Ritz Cafe and Dos Mas.

The seventh annual Ladyfest takes place this Saturday, Sept. 30 from 5 to 11 p.m., featuring 10 bands and two DJs on two stages, and numerous Island food and retail vendors.

Ladyfest, a music festival that benefits an Island domestic violence prevention program, received Oak Bluffs select board approval after an organizer promised to keep the festival smaller than years past.

Women took to the streets on Saturday not in protest but in celebration for the fifth annual Ladyfest music festival.

Ladyfest, the female-centric music festival, is expanding from performances on just the lower half of Circuit avenue to the whole block. That means more acts and more vendors.

When asked how many bands will be performing at this year’s LadyfestMV on Saturday night, co-founder Rose Guerin answered: “A million.”

Neither global pandemic nor autumn storm could keep the organizers and musicians of LadyFest from their annual mission: to help Island victims of domestic violence.

A sold-out performance at the Martha's Vineyard Museum Oct. 29 will stream live on Facebook.

In just two years, Ladyfest has gone from Oak Bluffs debutante to belle of the ball. The female-centered live music festival began as a showcase that overflowed the bar in 2017 and took over Circuit avenue in 2018.