Call for young N.I. Bands to take to the stage in an Open Air Concert!

Young at Art
19 March 2010 - 12:21pm
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• Arts
• Belfast Children's Festival
• Children and families
• concert
• music
• Young at Art
• Young Bands
• Young people

Some of Belfast’s hottest arts and music businesses have come together to offer the opportunity for young acts / solo artists to
share the bill with established bands at ‘Festival goes to the Waterworks’ - a
large scale, outdoor family event in the Waterworks Park, North Belfast on 22
May 2010 from 12pm – 8pm. The event will be part of the citywide Belfast
Children’s Festival.

Curated by Oh Yeah (patron Gary Lightbody) on behalf of New Lodge Arts,
Young at Art – organizers of the Belfast Children’s Festival and Westland
Community Group, successful acts will have the opportunity to play to up to
10,000 people in the live music arena at this free family event in May.

The successful candidates will have the exciting opportunity to perform
alongside well known local acts like the Inishowen Gospel Choir, Cara Cowan, A
Plastic Rose and many more.

Stuart Bailie, CEO of the Oh Yeah music centre says: "We're
constantly being surprised at how many hidden musical talents there are in
Belfast. This is the perfect opportunity to take those skills and to bring them
out to the public.”

Olga Gallagher, Director of Programmes for the RDC who manage the
Integrating Community Organisations programme on behalf of the International
Fund for Ireland said “We are delighted to support the groups coming together
to work in partnership on this project, which will encourage the  building
of a positive perception of the Waterworks Park as being a ‘shared’ space, by
bringing people from different cultural backgrounds together for many
activities in and around the park, including this exciting music event”.

So if you’re in a band or you’re a singer/songwriter under 25 years of
age and you want your talent to be recognised, enter this open call and you
could be selected to perform to thousands of people live on stage

To enter you must be under 25 years of age and able to perform music up
to a reasonably acceptable level, you must complete an application form -
available from www.belfastchildrensfestival.com
and provide a 15 minute demo track.

Deadline for all entries is 31 March 2010.