McLachlan, reminiscing about what prompted her to start the event, told Glamour in 2017 that while looking at the festival scene, she thought: “Wow, they’re just full of men. And yet there’s all this amazing music being made by women right now. So why is that not being represented?”

Last year, as a rallying cry against festivals where reports of assaults and rapes were widespread, the Statement Festival in Sweden billed itself as the world’s first music festival exclusively for women, transgender and nonbinary people — a “safe space” festival, if you will.

But separating female acts from mainstream events is not the answer, some say. And demand for gender balance has been building.

Starting last year, more than 100 festivals have agreed to aim for 50/50 gender parity by 2022 as part of an initiative called Keychange, introduced to address gender inequality at festivals.

Here’s a look at how gender disparities played out on stage in 2018.

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19 percent

That’s how many female acts made up the average lineup in 19 festivals, according to an analysis by Pitchfork. That’s an increase from 14 percent in 2017. The percentage of groups with at least one female or nonbinary member, held relatively steady at 11 percent.