{"id":14312,"date":"2020-03-05T10:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=14312"},"modified":"2023-11-20T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:35:48","slug":"battle-of-the-folk-bands-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of The Folk Bands 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2021 competition to be held at Glasgow\u2019s Celtic Connections Festival\u00a0in January 2021.<\/p>\n

If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven\u2019t tried out yet this could be for you! We want musicians to take a chance and make a band that you might never have thought of! Your band can have as many as 5 members and as little as 3. it can be a song band or instrumental or a mixture of the two. You don\u2019t need to have performed any gigs yet. All you have to do is upload 2 demo mp3s (no bigger than 4MBs each) and a brief resume using the form below<\/b>. These will be listened to by a selected panel of musicians who are looking for musicality and originality and the 4 best entries will get through to perform at battle of the folk bands at Celtic Connections on January 2021. 1 winner will be chosen at the concert. If you are having trouble uploading MP3s – don’t worry. Fill in the form and email Hands Up for Trad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read about and watch the 2020 winners S\u00e9amus \u00d3 Baoighill & Kenny Rankin<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

The prizes are: performances at Celtic Connections, Skye Festival, One day recording at Caribou with Mattie Foulds.<\/p>\n

Deadline for submissions is Sunday 13th September 2020<\/b>. Bands will be informed on the week of 16th September if they have made it through to Battle of The Folk Bands Final.<\/p>\n