Night + Day

Tuesday
June 23
This One's for the Ladies Me'Shell Ndegeocello has replaced Sheryl Crow, and Missy Elliott will not be performing; that's the latest bulletin from the local edition of the Lilith Fair, now in its second year. In other local news, singer Noelle Hampton and spoken-word artist Beth Lisick represent San Francisco on the fair's Village Stage, which is looking from here like the liveliest spot on the bill. People told Lilith organizer Sarah McLachlan at the outset that it couldn't be done, but McLachlan was having none of it, and box office receipts backed up the bankability of an all-woman folkie-acoustic tour featuring artists on heavy VH1 rotation. McLachlan, who has recently launched her own catalog of Lilith merchandise, shares the main stage with Erykah Badu, the Indigo Girls, Ndegeocello, and Natalie Merchant, all good news for fans of gentle melodic pluckiness and sisterly goodwill. (It's a good place, too, for sufficiently persuasive sincere boys to meet lots of girls.) Angry feminists who want to rock can start their own fair. K's Choice, Billie Meyers, and Lhasa play the second stage. The show begins at 3:30 p.m. (also Wednesday) at the Shoreline Amphitheater, 1 Amphitheater Pkwy. (at Rangstorff), Mountain View. Admission is $28-53; call (510) 762-2277.