Please note - Deadline for EVNT Competition extended to 10th May,
following server problems which prevented some people accessing the
website last week. EVNT Showcase deadline the same 22nd May.
Also - list of participating venues now online
http://10.futuresonic.com/venues/
Drew
....Please pass this on to anyone you think might be
interested..................
*CALLOUT FOR FUTURESONIC EVNTS!*
Futuresonic 2006 International Festival
Announces EVNT Showcase and Competition
20-23 July, Manchester, UK
Deadlines-Competition: 10 May(*extended*); Showcase: 22 May!!!
Learn more and submit a proposal: http://10.futuresonic.com/evnt
"They’ve got it, we want it."
London Timeout
Futuresonic, is the UK’s leading electronic music and media arts
festival, this year is our tenth anniversary year!!
To make this year the biggest and best yet we are proud to announce
the launch of our competition open to artist groups, promoters,
labels, musicians, programmers and curators anywhere in the world who
want to submit events to the Futuresonic EVNT Showcase.
The Futuresonic EVNT Competition offers cash prizes for events of GBP
2,500 and GBP 1,000 as well as three smaller amounts of GBP 250 for
runners up.
Is This For You:
Are you an artist or group working with new technologies?
Do you represent an act or musician producing art music, post rock,
electronica or dance?
Are you an experimental AV / VJ outfit?
Do you want the opportunity of showcasing your act to an informed
audience at an internationally renowned festival?
The Futuresonic EVNT Showcase
Is a Manchester city-wide programme of events, which forms a major
part of the Futuresonic festival, enabling new and ground breaking
events, artist groups, labels and musicians from around the world to
appear within the festival. Futuresonic is looking for innovative
events of international calibre, and will help ‘matchmake’ promoters
to venues.
Deadline: 22 May 2006
Submissions now open via: http://10.futuresonic.com/evnt
The Futuresonic EVNT Competition
Is open to any programmer, curator, promoter, label or artist group
from any where in the world. Focusing on ground breaking and new
events as well as one-off or adventurous events by established
groups. Proposals will be judged by an independent panel of music,
arts and industry figures and even if you are not one of the winners
don’t worry you can still stage your own event as part of EVNT showcase.
Deadline extended: 10 May 2006
Submissions now open via: http://10.futuresonic.com/evnt
Links
Frequently Asked Questions:
http://10.futuresonic.com/faqs.html
Participating Venues:
http://10.futuresonic.com/venues
Use this Online Form to submit a proposal:
http://10.futuresonic.com/evnt
Contact:
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"Futuresonic is now recognised as the flagship of the digital "nu"
wave."
Manchester Evening News
Futuresonic is an annual 3-day festival of electronic music and media
arts that is urban, cutting edge, international, inclusive, and in
Manchester with our 10th anniversary this year.
We present live music performances focusing on the best and up-and-
coming music. We also commission unique one-off projects and artist
collaborations, with a special emphasis on projects using emerging
technologies.
Our audience...
Is around 10,000 attendance city-wide, made up of restless types, who
want something more edgy.
Music policy...
From art music to post rock, electronica and dance.
Previous Futuresonic festivals have featured the likes of
Ladytron, Jamie Lidell, A Guy Called Gerald, Luke Vibert live, Zero
7, Mouse On Mars, Susanna & The Magical Orchestra, Matthew Herbert,
4hero, Robert Lippok, Philip Jeck, Lee Ranaldo, Coldcut, Barbara
Morgenstern, Akitsugu Maebayashi, Daniel Wang and RJD2...... and
many, many more......
Learn more about Futuresonic: http://www.futuresonic.com
or contact: [log in to unmask]
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