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We will definitely let the good people of Drama Queer FC speak for themselves, but having struggled to find a good space for women and trans people to play in the male dominated Marseille football scene they made their own. They take us through the ins and outs, the challenges they faced and their hopes for the future of inclusiveness in sport.
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In June 2023, Tristan and Seb traveled from Berlin and Bristol via Marseille to the small, picturesque village of Correns in the Var to explore Encore Encore Festival for Cashmere Radio. We have lived and met in rural southern France, so a party behind the village hall in a place better known for wine and drunk driving than music is back to basics for the Eggmen.
But Encore Encore is something very different to the ska punk of Festibaloche or the medleys of Abba and Jonny Halliday from the Fete de La Musique. Established by a group of young locals and their compatriots from Marseille, it is all about modern attitudes and modern music. Markedly queer positive, the acts and entertainment range from a transfeminist football team getting most of the festival to play 5-a-side, to 80s inspired pop via French cutting edge RnB and ending most evenings with punishing trance and techno sets. The echo bouncing between the cliff face behind the stage and the salle polyvalente in front can sometimes be a bit disconcerting. But it's undeniably a whole world of fun in an environment that encourages you to be yourself, whoever you are.
Over the period of three days, we interviewed several of the acts that were at the festival, and here we bring you our interviews on Cashmere Radio.
