Looking back on performances by The Queen Bees in 2023-2024

The Queen Bees are three North Carolina-based multimedia artists: musician and journalist Molly McGinn on guitar and vocals; creative producer and musician Kate M. on violin, vocals and drum; and electronic music producer and anthropologist Quilla on keys, beats and vocals.

2023

09/05 | The Queen Bees: live performance, Fox 8 WGHP-TV. High Point, NC.
09/10 | The Queen Bees at the North Carolina Folk Festival. Greensboro, NC
11/04 | The Queen Bees at The Flat Iron. Greensboro, NC
11/08 | The Queen Bees at NCCJ Triad’s Gala. Greensboro, NC.

2024

01/20 | The Queen Bees at Sounds of the Mountains Series, Willingham Theater. Yadkinville, NC. 
02/08 | The Queen Bees at The Ramkat’s Gas Hill Drinking Room. Winston-Salem, NC.
03/20 | The Queen Bees at Triad City Beat’s 10th Anniversary Celebration. Greensboro. NC
04/04 | The Queen Bees on The Martha Bassett Show at the Reeves Theater. Elkin, NC.
5/10 | The Queen Bees at Natty Greene’s. Greensboro, NC
5/12 | The Queen Bees & The Piedmont Wind Symphony at Tanglewood Park. Winston-Salem, NC
5/15 | The Queen Bees at “Music in a Bottle” Series at LeBauer Park. Greensboro, NC.
5/30 | The Queen Bees & CATH at Cat’s Cradle Back Room. Chapel-Hill, NC
6/01 | The Queen Bees at Eastern Music Festival’s 8th Annual Chamber Crawl. Greensboro, NC
6/22 | The Queen Bees at The Summer Solstice Festival. Greensboro, NC
06/25 | The Queen Bees at Elon University’s National Mentoring Summit. Elon, NC
07/05 | The Queen Bees at The Town of Carrboro’s 4th of July Celebration. Carrboro, NC.
07/19 | The Queen Bees at ART CRUSH. Winston-Salem, NC
07/20 | The Queen Bees at GrampyFest. Boone, NC
08/03 | The Queen Bees at Downtown Greensboro & NC Folk Festival’s collaborative City Sunsets Concert Series. Greensboro, NC.
08/24 | The Queen Bees open for Flock of Dimes at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
09/06 | The Queen Bees open the North Carolina Folk Festival. Greensboro, NC

“You Belong Here” – officially selected for four film festivals!

2024 was a big year for the music video for “You Belong Here”! It was officially selected to be screened in four film festivals:

Bronx World Film Cycle in the US (2024)
The Europe Music Video Awards in Košice, Slovakia (2024)
Women’s Film Festival in the US (2024)
Big Fridge International Film Festival in the UK (January 2025)

The song “You Belong Here” is a collaboration between Quilla and two North Carolina artists: electronic music producer Treee City and vocalist Kate M.

This track is now available on all streaming platforms (find it on Spotify and Apple Music).

This song was released by Ritual Fire Records and distributed by The Orchard in 2024. It was produced and recorded with support from the North Carolina Arts Council & ArtsGreensboro in 2023, and was a featured song in Quilla’s live musical, ANCESTRAL. This music video was filmed at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Department of Media Studies in 2023. Thank you to everyone involved in the production of this project, especially director Jennida Chase and her team of student production assistants at UNCG. 

SONG CREDITS

Lyrics, music and vocals by Quilla

Vocal arrangement and harmonies by Kate M.

Beats by Treee City 

Electronic production and mixing by Quilla and Treee City

Vocal recording and production by Quilla and Mike Garrigan

Mastering by Holger Lagerfeldt

PERFORMANCE

Choreography by LeDarius Parker

Dancers: LeDarius Parker and Elijah Grady

VIDEO CREDITS

Filmed at the UNCG Department of Media Studies

Director: Jennida Chase

Producers: Jennida Chase and Quilla

Director of photography: Hassan Pitts

Art direction and set design: Jennida Chase

Lighting direction: Jennida Chase

Camera operator(s): Yisell Pena Ortiz, Emma Kilduff, Ben Casteen

Set construction: Milo Kiandost, Emily Merchant, Michael-Michell Pratt

Production assistants: Sarah Groban, Fatima Njie, Skyler Foy, Kiara Harris, Zoie Chambers, Austin Holder, Evan Winney, Emma Kilduff, Spencer Millsaps, Yisell Pena Ortiz, Michael Smith, Ben Casteen, Ian Wilson, Milo Kiandost, Emily Merchant, Michael-Michell Pratt, Tyler Lucia, Rayne Addison, Cameron Brosnan, Brianna Foster, Carvis Moncref