FARM 2024 Official Showcase Artist Applications
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There will be fourteen juried Official Showcases at the 2024 FARM Conference on Friday and Saturday evening, October 25 & 26.
Official Showcase Coordinator: Smitty Smith at [email protected]
Please note that if you performed an Official Showcase at either the 2022 or 2023 FARM Conference, you are not eligible to apply for an Official Showcase this year. You cannot perform both an Official Showcase and a DJ Showcase, nor Performance Lane, in the same year.
Deadline for applications is midnight, end of day, Eastern time, June 3, 2024.
Applications for the FARM 2024 Official Showcases are scored by active venue and house concert presenters, folk DJs, previous FARM Official Showcase artists (during the time they are ineligible to apply) and other industry professionals from around the FARM region.
Timeline for showcase applications, scoring, notification and the FARM Conference:
March 18, 2024 Official Showcase Applications Open
June 3, 2024 Official Showcase Applications Close at Midnight Eastern Time at end of day
July 1-14, 2024 Showcase artists and alternates notified and confirmed privately
July 15, 2024 Showcase artists and alternates announced publicly, all submitting artists notified of final status
October 24 - 27, 2024 FARM 2023 Conference in Naperville, IL (Chicagoland).
There will be fourteen juried Official Showcases at the 2024 FARM Conference on Friday and Saturday evening, October 25 & 26.
Official Showcase Coordinator: Smitty Smith at [email protected]
Please note that if you performed an Official Showcase at either the 2022 or 2023 FARM Conference, you are not eligible to apply for an Official Showcase this year. You cannot perform both an Official Showcase and a DJ Showcase, nor Performance Lane, in the same year.
Deadline for applications is midnight, end of day, Eastern time, June 3, 2024.
Applications for the FARM 2024 Official Showcases are scored by active venue and house concert presenters, folk DJs, previous FARM Official Showcase artists (during the time they are ineligible to apply) and other industry professionals from around the FARM region.
Timeline for showcase applications, scoring, notification and the FARM Conference:
March 18, 2024 Official Showcase Applications Open
June 3, 2024 Official Showcase Applications Close at Midnight Eastern Time at end of day
July 1-14, 2024 Showcase artists and alternates notified and confirmed privately
July 15, 2024 Showcase artists and alternates announced publicly, all submitting artists notified of final status
October 24 - 27, 2024 FARM 2023 Conference in Naperville, IL (Chicagoland).