has announced the line-up for its third annual Women-Only camp. This December’s camp will take place December 5-8, 2024 in Los Angeles and feature guitarists Nancy Wilson, Lita Ford, Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper), with percussionist Sheila E. (Prince) and bass player Rhonda Smith (Jeff Beck).
Attendees at the camp are placed in a band and coached by an all-star, all-female cohort of counselors, and for this camp, they include Roxy Petrucci (Vixen), Eva Gardner (P!nk), Jennie Vee (Eagles of Death Metal), Julia Lage (Vixen), Jennifer Oberle (Sarah McLachlan), Britt Lightning (Vixen, Musical Director Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp, Vixen) and more. Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy Camp has been running since 1997, has been featured in , and is the subject of , a documentary streaming free on Amazon Prime. This women-only camp is open to female instrumentalists and vocalists of all ages and playing levels.
Over four days of camp, attendees are thrown into band rehearsals, jam sessions, masterclasses with rockstar counselors, Q&A sessions and cap off the experience by performing live at The Viper Room on the Sunset Strip. Sponsored by Billboard, the camp will feature a panel of music executives led by Melinda Newman, Billboard’s Executive Editor. For more info, .
Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Tom Poak has written for the Hull Daily Mail, Esquire, The Big Issue, Total Guitar, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and more. In a writing career that has spanned decades, he has interviewed Brian May, Brian Cant, and cadged a light off Brian Molko. He has stood on a glacier with Thunder, in a forest by a fjord with Ozzy and Slash, and on the roof of the Houses of Parliament with Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham (until some nice men with guns came and told them to get down).
He has drank with Shane MacGowan, mortally offended Lightning Seed Ian Broudie and been asked if he was homeless by Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch. Dreams really do come true: Every Electric Light Orchestra album ranked, from worst to best "Angus Young may be a silver-topped 69-year-old, but he's still the blueprint of what a rock'n'roll guitarist should be": Back on the road with AC/DC “I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials..
. now they flaunt them.
