Sarah McLachlan founded the tour and coined its name. She got Lilith from the legend that Lilith was Adam’s first wife and fair as a way to cultivate an image of beauty and equality. McLachlan got the idea for the tour by looking at Lollapalooza, a summer tour done entirely by men. Using this as a model, she thought this would be good to do a tour of all women using the same format. ([1])
At each Lilith Fair venue, one dollar for each ticket sold was given to a women’s charity in that community. However, Lilith Fair was criticized by some people for glorifying a pagan figure. ([1])
Some artists that performed at the 1999 Lilith Fair were: