How to Get A Winterfolk Gig

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Winterfolk X – Feb 17 – 19, 2012

This year, Winterfolk will hire about 120 artists. The artistic selection process will be similar to previous years, and below is a description of how we select our artists.

What Winterfolk brings to our Artists

We supply an audience  – Great to break in new territory!

  • Typically, we try to offer artists 2 – 3 paid performance opportunities during the Winterfolk weekend.
  • Remuneration will be based on budget considerations, which varies every year.
  • Sets may be scheduled as a combination of 45 minute sets, and additional shared spot as part of a workshop or seminar
  • Your products and CD’s will be offered for sale at the Winterfolk store.
  • Inclusion in Festival publicity and promotion such as -
  • Consideration for interviews and coverage on Radio, TV
  • Magazine and Newspaper Ads Flyers
  • Winterfolk Program Guide – 40,000 copies
  • Website Listings – bios and pictures posted on our website, and included in media releases
  • Press and industry will be alerted to your set time
  • Full access to Stage, Backstage, Hospitality privileges valid for the entire festival
  • Pass to attend private Artist parties and information session.

Three Ways to Get a Winterfolk Gig – How we Select Our Talent

1.

Artistic Director Committee

About 100 Artists Will Be Selected by AD Team

We have a team of three people on the AD committee, Beverley Kreller, Laura Fernandez, and Brian Gladstone, who decide on the talent as a group. The AD committee will select and hire approximately 100 known artists based on a variety of criteria, for which the top level consideration is artists that best fit the festival programming themes. (This varies every year). Although we hire artists from at least four provinces or territories outside Ontario, our focus is on southern Ontario talent. We look for topical artists who are working hard to perfect their artform, and especially those who are creating a ‘buzz’ within the roots community, filling their calendars, generating some publicity, and getting their name out there. Other considerations include emerging talent, creativity, originality, potential draw, etc. Artists of interest will be contacted prior to Nov 30, 2011. 

 
2.

Apply online or by mail

10 Artists will be Hired from Submissions

Local Artists Can Apply at No Cost:

Artists residing in Southern Ontario can email their Press Kits to [email protected] , or mail to Winterfolk X Submission, The Association of Artists For A Better World, 182-4936 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N-6S3, and mark the envelope with 'Winterfolk Submission'.

Not Local Artists:

ONLINE: Artists can apply for auditions online through Sonicbids . ( If you don't have a Sonicbids account, you can open a free account when submitting to this opportunity). 

BY MAIL:  Send press kit to – Winterfolk X Submission, The Association of Artists For A Better World, 182-4936 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N-6S3, and mark the envelope with 'Winterfolk Submission', accompanied with $15.00.

 
3.

Live Auditions

8 Artists will be hired from 4 live auditions.

Live Auditions

 

 

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