Utica Music Fest is NOW ACCEPTING BAND/PERFORMER APPLICATIONS. Visit our site for more info.
http://www.uticamusicfest.com http://www.myspace.com/uticamusicfest Utica Music Fest will feature 150+ bands performing live in over 20 of Utica’s best venues September 18-20, 2008. The Utica Music Fest is the city’s first 3 day music festival held in Utica, NY. The festival will showcase some of the best unsigned bands and talent in the world, along with the city’s hottest attractions. The UMF works with musicians, performers, and artists by providing networking opportunities, workshops, information and showcase opportunities. Hundreds of performers will showcase their music in clubs all over the city. The event center will be held in downtown Utica. There will be local businesses, music and art workshops in the event center. Concerts/Showcases will be held at the event center and various venues through out the city.
We accept all genres of music including acoustic, alternative, Americana, bluegrass, blues, country, folk, funk, jam band, pop, reggae, rock, world and others. There will be recording studios, advertising companies, booking agents, college and local radio stations, and more vendors set up right in the conference center for easy access. Bands will be able to personally shop their music to the participating recording studios to be chosen to record for free, compliments of our sponsors. Every performing artist gets a complimentary registration.
Please visit
http://www.uticamusicfest.com for more info.
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Not sure where The Breakfast will be around this time of the year, but I\'m pretty sure tjey could land a killer slot at this festival. Depending on what bands get booked for this gig, I will probably be hitting this up, as long as I\'m in still in the area.