Sheryl Crow's female festival

Sheryl Crow and Avril Lavigne are organising an all-female music festival which they will headline.

The musicians have teamed-up with fellow solo artist Fiona Apple to launch the GirlFrenzy festival, which will take place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, on October 27.

The concert will last all day and feature chart-topping female acts as well as emerging talent.

Rising stars Sara Bareilles, Antigone Rising and Colbie Caillat, who has built up a dedicated following on social networking website MySpace, are all expected to perform.

The concert comes as 45-year-old Crow returns to music after taking a short break following the adoption of her four-month-old son Wyatt Steven in May.

She will prepare for the event with two performances in Atlantic City the week before.

Lavigne, 22, will appear at the all-girl extravaganza off the back of three concerts in Mexico in October.