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- The women behind the LadyGang podcast have announced an IRL event celebrating everything from friendship to wellness to nostalgic pop music
- Speaking to PEOPLE, entertainment journalist and LadyGang pod co-host Keltie Knight says LadyWorld will offer something for everyone
- “I’ve been to all the getting-to-know-you, networking, wearing a suit events. Those are great but at some point, I want to just not wear a bra and be in flip-flops, sitting in a cove, eating a churro and watching Mark McGrath sing the songs he sang to me on my CD player when I was a teenager,” she says
- PEOPLE can exclusively announce that comedian and Giggly Squad podcast co-host Hannah Berner and the comedy podcast duo behind Girls Gotta Eat are the newest additions to the weekend’s lineup
Millennials, podcast-lovers and fans of ’90s boy bands rejoice — now, there’s a way to fully immerse yourself in the world of the LadyGang.
Actress Becca Tobin, entertainment journalist Keltie Knight and branding entrepreneur Jac Vanek — the trio behind the LadyGang podcast — have announced a three-day, nostalgia-fueled event that covers everything from yoga with your girls to early aughts pop music.
Held September 26-28 in Miramar Beach, Florida, LadyWorld, presented in partnership with e.l.f. Cosmetics, offers a chance for fans of the pod to get together in real life via daytime and nighttime events like beachside soundbaths, pilates, appearances by reality show personalities like Stassi Schroeder — plus concerts by the likes of Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, O-Town, LFO and BBMak.
The trio also announced two new additions to the LadyWorld lineup exclusively to PEOPLE — comedian and Giggly Squad podcast host Hannah Berner and the comedy podcast duo behind Girls Gotta Eat, Rayna Greenberg and Ashley Hesseltine.
“Literally we had a lineup change in our group chat we thought, ‘What about Hannah Berner?’ ” Knight says. “Hannah wrote back in ten seconds and was like, ‘Duh I’m in, doesn’t matter.’ ”
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And to be clear: A traditional networking event, this is not.
“LaydWorld is a vacation,” Knight, who launched the podcast with Tobin and Vanek in 2015, tells PEOPLE with a laugh. “This is not a place that you’re going to go to figure out how to ask your boss for a raise.”
She continues: “I’ve been to all the getting-to-know-you, networking, wearing a suit events. Those are great but at some point, I want to just not wear a bra and be in flip-flops, sitting in a cove, eating a churro and watching Mark McGrath sing the songs he sang to me on my CD player when I was a teenager.”
The flip-flop-and-churro vibe will be abundant at LadyWorld, which takes place beachside, with attendees offered the option to reserve a condo just a short walk from the ocean, venue and event activities. As Knight explains, there will even be a food delivery service, so participants can order guacamole directly to their seats.
“We all need a vacation but we don’t want to plan a vacation,” says Knight. “I loved summer camp when I was a kid for that reason — you get there, they tell you what time to wake up, what time to go to sleep… You know you’ll have friendship and fun, but it’s very low lift.”
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While “low lift,” LadyWorld also offers plenty of fun in the form of pickleball and beach yoga, gifting suites and horoscope readings, and live podcast recordings.
The LadyGang podcasters — who tout over 250 million downloads, 163K Instagram followers and one New York Times best-selling advice book — recently headlined their “You Never Forget Your First” tour, filled with costumes, contests, trivia, plus dancing and singing.
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This event adds even more to the mix, spreading the fun into three full days, Knight notes. The beauty, though, is that activities are pick-and-choose.
“It’s a one stop shop,” she adds. “Friday, Saturday, Sunday, you can do as much or as little as you want. But from 9 AM to 10 PM, something is going on — makeup tutorials with E.L.F. Cosmetics, cocktail-mixing classes, yoga and pilates on the beach. It’s everything you could ever want and you come to the festival grounds at night and just sit in a chair. I am frankly too old to be in the hot weather in an uncomfortable outfit standing all day at Coachella. But a chair on the beach, I can do.”
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Tickets to the event start at $300 for a three-day pass.
Says Knight: “For $300, you get a choose-your-own-adventure summer camp for millennials. Plus, one member of *NSYNC.”
