{"id":19457,"date":"2023-10-23T10:52:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T09:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=19457"},"modified":"2023-10-23T09:22:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T08:22:26","slug":"battle-of-the-folk-bands-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/battle-of-the-folk-bands-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of The Folk Bands 2024 – Closing date 29th October"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2024 competition to be held at Glasgow\u2019s Celtic Connections Festival\u00a0on Saturday January 20th 2024 at 1pm. ENTER HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\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. 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 20th 2024. 1 winner will be chosen at the concert. If you are having trouble uploading MP3s \u2013 don\u2019t worry. Fill in the form and contact Hands Up for Trad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The prizes are: performances at Celtic Connections and one day recording at GloWorm Recording in Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline for submissions is Sunday 29th October 2023<\/strong>. Bands will be informed on the week of 6th November if they have made it through to Battle of The Folk Bands Final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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