| ARTS COUNCIL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR BANDS TO PERFORM
Houmapalooza, a free, outdoor music festival that showcases original music, will be held in Courthouse Square in downtown Houma, on Saturday, April 14 and Saturday, November 3, 2012. The all-day festival will feature ten independent bands performing their own original music starting at noon and ending at 10pm. The Arts Council is asking for interested bands from all genres across South Louisiana and beyond to apply for a performance slot. The two major goals of Houmapalooza is to provide musicians from across South Louisiana an opportunity to perform original pieces of works for public benefit, and to carry on a cultural tradition of community festivals in South Louisiana. Organizers at the Arts Council are excited to continue the festival in 2012, and Glenda Toups, Executive Director, says “We are certain this is growing into a trademark music festival for South Louisiana musicians, and music lovers” Houmapalooza was held in April and November of 2011 and featured twenty bands (over 115 musicians) showcasing their own original music.
Interested bands and musicians should contact the Arts Council, or visit www.houmapalooza.com for more info and an application form.
If any local business is interested in becoming a sponsor of Houmapalooza, they should contact the Arts Council at (985) 873-6367.
The Houma Regional Arts Council was founded in 1984 and its mission is to promote and provide arts and cultural events through a partnership of public and private funding based on the needs of individual communities. The Arts Council serves Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne Parishes and distributes over $250,000 annually to nonprofit organizations in the region to support arts and cultural endeavors for public benefit. Programs of the Houma Regional Arts Council are supported in part by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council. Funding has also been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Please visit www.houmaterrebonne.org for more information.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: FFEBRUARY 10, 2012
The Houma Regional Arts Council invites musicians and bands of all genres to submit applications to perform at the Houmapalooza Music Festival to be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from noon-10pm.
Houmapalooza is a bi-annual, all-day outdoor music festival that showcases original, independent musicians and bands from across South Louisiana held in Courthouse Square in downtown Houma, LA. This quickly growing festival was created to give unsigned bands that perform original music the opportunity for public exposure in a South Louisiana festival setting.
Ten bands will be selected to each perform for one hour during the 10-hour festival. No performance fees will be paid to the selected bands, however, the bands selected will receive professional development opportunities and will be invited to attend exclusive musician workshops free of charge that include topics such as music copyrighting, creating press kits, and managing contracts. In addition, bands selected will be a part of highly visible marketing for the festival, targeting music lovers from across Louisiana and surrounding states.
Please note the following:
• Bands must be unsigned by a major label.
• Each band must be able to perform at least one hour of their own original material.
• Music for performance must be suitable for all audiences (no profanity.)
• An application form must be filled out completely and turned in by the deadline date of noon, February 10, 2012.
• Three samples of music that best exemplify the band’s material is required. We prefer a link to an online location (Reverbnation, Myspace, band website, etc.) No videos or live performances.
• If selected to perform, each member of each band will enter into an entertainment contract with the Houma Regional Arts Council committing them to perform for the date and time scheduled.
• Bands are responsible for bringing all equipment and instruments needed. Houmapalooza will provide the P.A. system, stage monitors, vocal microphones, drum microphones, microphone stands, and electrical outlets.
For more information or assistance with completing the application (attached), contact Glenda Toups at arts@houmaterrebonne.org, (985) 873-6369; or Rusty Bouvier at grants@houmaterrebonne.org, (985) 873-6367.
Applications can be mailed to: or hand-delivered to:
Houma Regional Arts Council Houma Regional Arts Council
P.O. Box 3678 upstairs suite in the Bayou Terrebonne Waterlife Museum
Houma, LA, 70361 7910 Park Avenue
Houma, LA 70364
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