Festivals
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There's a festival for every type of music. Yours is out there and you should try to get in it. Music festivals provide pooled (and usually bigger) audiences. Some pay while others pay in street cred ("Hey, we're playing MusicFest this year!"). They're also great places to network, not to mention they're a blast to play. There are a ton of festivals out there for you to get into and plenty of services to help you get connected to them.
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A festival listing site. There is a music category that lists all festivals that have live music, similar to this site's festivals page.
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A conference held in Atlanta, Georgia every year dedicated to helping aspiring artist through panels of industry professionals and demo critiques. There is also an accompanying music festival to s...
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This conference in Toronto offers panels and workshops for digital music, music executives, radio networking, and business information for musicians. There is also a music festival featuring up an...
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An aggregator of event and entertainment listings so anyone can see live shows happening near them. You can submit all of your concerts to this site so people will find out about them.
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A database of festival information and reviews. If you host a fest or are part of a music festival you can add it to the database. Search for fests near you and join the festival going community o...
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Located in Texas Hill Country, Kerrville hosts folk and country music festivals.
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A festival featuring independent artists that takes place annually in New York City in the fall. The performances take place at music venues all over the city. Submissions are taken through ...
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A conference and music festival held in Portland, Oregon. The festival has many performances for both local and regional acts as well as ample networking and promotion opportunities with Portland ...
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A music business conference held every year in Chicago. Over three days there are business seminars with A&R and record label executives, and every night there is a showcase of live music.