Hands Up for Trad are inviting new bands to send in a demo to take part in Battle of The Folk Bands competition to be held at Edinburgh’s TradFest on Sunday May 7th 2017.
If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried out yet this could be for you! Your band can have as many as 5 members and as little as 2. it can be a song band or instrumental or a mixture of the two. You don’t need to have performed any gigs yet. All you have to do is upload 3 demo mp3s and a brief resume using the form below. These will be listened to by a selected panel of musicians who are looking for musicality and originality and the 5 best entries will get through to perform at battle of the folk bands at Tradfest on May 7th 2017. 1 winner will be chosen on the night.
The prizes are: performances at Celtic Connections, TradFest 2018, Skye Festival and a days recording at Caribou recordings (Scottish Borders).
Deadline for submissions is Friday 4th November 2016. Bands will be informed on the week of 12th December if they have made it through to Battle of The Folk Bands.
- Battle of the Folk Bands is for new bands or bands not making their living from music
- Bands can have between 2 and 5 members inclusive
- Bands must play music based on the Scottish tradition
- 50% of the band members must be Scottish or live in Scotland
- Deadline is Friday 4th November 2016
- Any questions please contact Hands Up for Trad at info@handsupfortrad.scot
- Hands Up for Trad’s decision is final