Feature article: Glastonbudget Festival 2012

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Information from Artsin about the Glastonbudget Festival 2012.

The web address for the Glastonbudget Festival page has changed to www.glastonbudget.org. If you want to apply to play at the festival, however, see below.

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Update: 17th January 2012

Auditions for the 2012 Glastonbudget Festival

The Glastonbudget Festival web site states: 'The auditions for 2012 begin on 26th June 2011 at The Shed in Leicester, with our other venues in Burton (The Whetmore Whistle ) and Nottingham ( The Maze ) starting in August. Many bands missed out this year due to late auditions and some bands did not get an audition at all. To avoid disappointment, contact us as soon as possible to arrange your auditions for 2012. We need the best of the best and if thats you, book your audition today.'

Bands and other artists wishing to take part in the 2012 Glastonbudget festival are advised to register on the official web site and to follow the instructions about how to set up a profile and request an audition. The only way to get to play at the festival is to register your act on the official web site. The auditions are run by festival staff and the auditioning process is not contracted out to third parties.

To register for an audition, first register on this web site:

Glstonbudget.net

When you have registered, log in.

When you are logged in, go to the page to add an act

add an act page

Once you have created the profile for the act (band, singer, artists), go to the page to request an audition

audition requests

This applies to original bands, solo artists and all other kinds of acts wishing to play at the next festival.

Tribute acts: festival organises have told us they are not accepting any more tribute acts for the 2012 festival.

If you get an audition slot at THE SHED Leicester, let us know and we will add it to our Gigs Listings and possibly come down to review your set, if you email us with the date of your performance.

The 2011 event

Our full review of the 2011 Festival is online now.

Glastonbudget is a festival that takes place in Wymeswold, near Loughborough, each year, over the May bank Holiday weekend. It is the biggest live music event in Leicestershire and Europe's largest Tribute Bands Festival. The festival is run by an independent group of people. Arts in Leicestershire works with them to publicise the event and to help bands to get an opportunity to play there.

Bands that play (mainly) their own original music are referred to as "New Acts". Even if they have going for years, this term distinguishes them from covers bands and tribute acts (also called "original bands, in that they play their own music.)

See below for our tips on how to get your band to play at Glastonbudget.

How to get your band to play at the Festival

Glastobudget organisers told us: "As many of you may have noticed, we've improved the way in which bands can get to play Glastonbudget. Now all bands, whether New Acts, Tribute, Acoustic Acts, Cover Bands or even Classical Ensembles can add themselves to our Band Directory.

Bands listed can be voted upon by you, the general public as well as being noticed by the Glastonbudget team. All a band / act has to do is be registered / logged-on to the website"

Artsin's tips on how to get to perform at Glastonbudget.

If your band writes its own music (original act) you will be auditioned as a "new act" for the new acts stages at the festival. Even if you have been playing original music for 50 years you will still be classed as a new act.

Bands normally play a 30 minute set at the auditions gigs. You should make sure that you bring with you all the equipment that you will need to play. The Shed has a built-in sound system and supplies mics and mic stands and sometimes can provide a core drum kit. The Shed does not provide amps and cymbal stands.

Judges from the festival decide which acts they wish to invite to perform at the festival and the judges attend all of the auditions. It is the festival judges alone who decide which acts will be invited to play at the festival. Unofficial auditions organised by third parties are not valid.

Your band needs to be registered on the Glastonbudget web site before you play the audition (see above for the link.)

Plan your audition well in advance. You will need to demonstrate your band's musical ability to the judges as well as its popularity. To show the judges that yours is a popular band, you should be able to bring at least 10 fans to your audition. If you can bring more fans you should do so.

If your band is from outside Leicester, let us know you are playing and we will list your audition date on our gigs list.

What ever type of music your band plays, it is still necessary to register and to follow the steps above.

There are also opportunities for solo artists and acoustic acts to perform at the festival. Same procedure applies: register and request an audition.

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