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RULES AND CONDITIONS TO TAKE PART IN FERRARA BUSKERS FESTIVAL 2024 (21st -25th August)
2024 Ferrara Buskers Festival’s selection application form.
Ferrara Buskers Festival is a non-competitive event, and all artistic formations are chosen after an accurate selection. It includes two main sections: INVITED and FRINGE artists. Both sections give life to the festival.
INVITED:
- Food, accommodation and travel costs will be covered by the organisation.
- INVITED receive hospitality (board and accommodation) from the organization and will be refunded for their travel expenses.
- The artists that are selected as invited participants will receive an official invitation letter.
- In case the artists need amplification, these must be adequate to street performances with respectful volumes appropriate for busking.
FRINGE:
- They can benefit from special conventions for food and accommodation proposed by the organisation, but they will receive no cost refund.
- Based on the artists’ availability, organisation will choose which and how many days to assign to the fringe formations.
- The exhibitions’ number of fringe artists will vary from day to day and according to the availability of the streets’ spots.
- In case the artists need amplification, these must be adequate to street performances with respectful volumes appropriate for busking.
The Festival gives the possibility to street artists to perform in the city’s streets, allowing them to pass the hat for donations and selling cds. Thus, following the busking spirit, no invited or fringe artist receive remuneration or cache.
No artist or groups receives compensation or cachet.
All buskers can "pass their hat”.
RULES AND CONDITIONS TO TAKE PART IN FERRARA BUSKERS FESTIVAL 2024 (21st -25th August)
2024 Ferrara Buskers Festival’s selection application form.
Ferrara Buskers Festival is a non-competitive event, and all artistic formations are chosen after an accurate selection. It includes two main sections: INVITED and FRINGE artists. Both sections give life to the festival.
INVITED:
- Food, accommodation and travel costs will be covered by the organisation.
- INVITED receive hospitality (board and accommodation) from the organization and will be refunded for their travel expenses.
- The artists that are selected as invited participants will receive an official invitation letter.
- In case the artists need amplification, these must be adequate to street performances with respectful volumes appropriate for busking.
FRINGE:
- They can benefit from special conventions for food and accommodation proposed by the organisation, but they will receive no cost refund.
- Based on the artists’ availability, organisation will choose which and how many days to assign to the fringe formations.
- The exhibitions’ number of fringe artists will vary from day to day and according to the availability of the streets’ spots.
- In case the artists need amplification, these must be adequate to street performances with respectful volumes appropriate for busking.
The Festival gives the possibility to street artists to perform in the city’s streets, allowing them to pass the hat for donations and selling cds. Thus, following the busking spirit, no invited or fringe artist receive remuneration or cache.
No artist or groups receives compensation or cachet.
All buskers can "pass their hat”.
RULES
Respecting the figure of the street musician / artist, it is specified that (READ CAREFULLY):
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No connections to the electricity are allowed.
02
Generators are not allowed, only silenced and next-gen generators.
03
Excessively powerful amplifiers are not allowed (max 50/100 w dry battery systems allowed).
04
During the registration phase, checks will be carried out to verify the systems.
05
Complete drum sets are not allowed (max 3-piece sets of which bass drum with mute or soundproof cloth are allowed).
06
Audio CDs and video DVDs are kindly required for the selection and archive of the festival (to be sent by ordinary mail).
07
Incomplete applications without audio or video material will not be considered.
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The selected artists are included in the official program of the festival and, confirming their availability to participate, they undertake to be present for the assigned days.
09
The artists, invited or fringe, must respect the times and places indicated by the organization. The positions and spots are published in the festival guide, by QRcode, and available at the Information Point.
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The artists perform every evening (21.00 - 24.00) following the rotation of the assigned positions.
The organization may invite artists or groups on its own initiative even after the deadline for particular artistic merits and if it believes that the presence of the chosen artist / group can help raise the quality level of the event.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1st, 2024.
Forms, showreel, presentations, images and video / audio files uploaded by the selected artists/bands will be published on the festival website.