Last summer, Beats By Girlz took over City Hall Plaza for a free festival celebrating the talents of local female and gender-expansive artists. The fest was a hit and is back for another installment. But this edition comes with a name change reflecting the depth of these contributors to the greater Boston music scene.

“Every time we said the name we had to explain some caveats like, ‘It’s not just for girls’ and ‘We don’t just make beats,’” organizer Naomi Westwater told the Herald. “We wanted to showcase that we’re working with adults and that gender identity is changing and we want to be ahead of that. I think that the new name, We Make Noise, captures the spirit of the event and the organization.”

We Make Noise aims to create an inclusive space for celebration, community, and artistic expression for girls, women, and gender-expansive people — the totally free, one-day festival runs noon to 8 pm on Aug. 24 across three stages in Downtown Crossing.

Now, to be clear, many of these artists do make beats, they make ferocious, infectious, awesome beats. Boston hip hop champs Oompa and Cakeswagg appear at the top of the We Make Noise bill.

Westwater, who runs the Boston chapter of We Make Noise, a global non-profit that uses music to advance gender equality, is a folk artist with deep connections to that world. But the singer-songwriter has long admired the city’s hip hop stars.

“Boston has an incredibly rich hip hop scene, and that hip hop scene, I believe it’s on the shoulders of so many incredible Black women and I wanted to make sure they are getting their flowers,” Westwater said. “But there is so much this city has to offer. I feel so strongly that Boston is an arts city, and a music city, and should be on the map next to Atlanta and Nashville and New York.”

To add few exclamations on that point, Westwater booked a huge range of genres. Some of the artists Westwater went directly after, others came through an open call process that ensured lesser-known acts made it onto bill. That means singer-songwriter-harpist Dogtailcorners and r&b powerhouse Lisa Bello, spoken word ace Amanda Shea and the-absolutely-uncategorizable Gabriella Simpkins, all get space to do their thing.

The event will be rounded out by art galleries spread across a vendor area organized by the Boston Women’s Market. It’s an expansive fest and an ambitious expansion on last year’s installment.

“People are hungry for this and excited by it,” they said. “I’m Black, multiracial, and queer. I’m non-binary. I’m an artist. All those identities are very difficult to have and one of the things I realized is that I had to make this festival myself. There isn’t going to magically be a festival that comes along and fits what I want. I have the skills as a curator and events producer to do it, so we’re doing it.”

For details on the festival and the We Make Noise Boston chapter, visit wmnboston.org