A rock camp for ladies is about to happen this December, with somewhat assist from Coronary heart’s Nancy Wilson, Nita Strauss, Lita Ford of The Runaways, and extra trade greats.

That is the third 12 months of the annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp for ladies, the place 80 campers will kind as much as 14 bands, with every participant matched with others on the identical expertise stage.

Every band is assigned a counsellor who will mentor them all through the 4 day occasion, and assist them put together for a closing live performance on the Viper Room on the Sundown Strip in West Hollywood.

Amongst observe for the large closing occasion, campers can even attend masterclasses, Q&As, jam periods, and stay reveals. This 12 months’s occasion can even embrace a panel of high ladies music executives offered by Billboard, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp’s media sponsor.

Rockstars in attendance additionally embrace Rhonda Smith (Jeff Beck) and Sheila E. (Prince), plus a spread of profitable counsellors like Roxy Petrucci (Vixen), Eva Gardner (P!nk), Jennie Vee (Eagles of Dying Steel), Julia Lage (Vixen), Jennifer Oberle (Sarah McLachlan), and Britt Lightning (Vixen).

Attendees will get to play by hits comparable to The Runaways’ Cherry Bomb, Hearts’ Barracuda, and Alice Cooper classics comparable to Faculty’s Out and I’m 18, simply to call a number of.

“Rock Fantasy Camp for ladies is a significant gathering of girls collectively. As a army brat I by no means felt constrained by my gender,” says Wilson (through Billboard). “Encouraging ladies to wield their energy outdoors confining gender expectations is all the time a contented job for me.”

Producer David Fishof, who has been working Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camps for greater than 28 years, says that the Ladies’s Rock Camps have been “a few of the most supportive and uplifting camps” of all.

“The way in which these ladies are in a position to bond and be utterly open about matters with out judgement permits everybody to go away with a lot pleasure and elevated confidence,” he says. “After observing it, I realised it could be a disservice to not proceed producing annual Ladies’s Rock Camps.”

Camp runs from 5-8 December this 12 months. A variety of packages are on sale, together with choices for junior rockers, those that’d like to return alongside as crew, or for family members desirous to accompany and assist individuals.

Head to Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp for all additional data.