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Alaska Folk Festival Performer
FAQ
Here are answers to the questions we commonly get about
applying for and performing at the Alaska Folk
Festival:
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- 1) When/where/how can I get a Performer
Application? When is the deadline?
- 2) Do I have to send an audition
tape?
- 3) How much will I get paid to
perform?
- 4) How can I get to be a guest artist?
Should I send you my promo pack?
- 5) Am I guaranteed a spot if I send in
my application?
- 6) Do I have to be an Alaska Folk
Festival member to perform?
- 7) What happens after the Performer
Application due date? When do I know anything about the
performance schedules? What is the Tentative
Schedule?
- 8) I'm bummed. I didn't get in to the
schedule. Why did I get put on Standby? I put in for two
acts, but one got put on Standby. What happened?
- 9) How can I maximize my chances of
getting in the schedule?
- 10) OK. I'm on standby. What happens
next?
- 11) How many acts will cancel?
- 12) Who gets taken off the Standby List
and offered chance to play?
- 13) I'm a solo act, a
singer/songwriter. I can play any time. Can't you fit me
in?
- 14) What's the point of coming to the
Alaska Folk Festival if I don't get a chance to perform
on stage?
- 15) How long will my set be?
- 16) What do you mean "15 minute set
counting set-up?" What if I have a big act that takes a
long time to set-up?
- 17) I wrote these really great songs
and want to describe them to the audience. Is that
OK?
- 18) So, how many songs can I actually
play in my set?
- 19) Why this rigorous time
limit?
- 20) What happens if I end up going
overtime?
- 21) I'm performing at the next
Festival, what happens when I get to the concert hall?
How does this performing thing work at the Alaska Folk
Festival, anyway? Where do I go? What do I do?
- 22) Where do I find the Stage
Manager?
- 23) What is the purpose of the Stage
Diagram Form?
- 24) How will I know when I should go on
stage?
- 25) What should I do while the stage
crew is setting up?
- 26) The Stage Crew had a problem with
my set up. Will that count against my 15 minutes of stage
time?
- 27) How will I know when my 15 minutes
is up?
- 28) What does it cost to attend the
Festival?
- 29) Can you help me find
lodging?
- 30) Where can I get more information
about the Alaska Folk Festival?
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