2009 Fairbridge Festival

Friday 17 to Sunday 19 April

Performer's Application Form

Closing date 30 Sept, 2008
 

The Festival appreciates your interest in participating in this great weekend of handmade music, dance and entertainment.

We have been heavily oversubscribed with applications for the last several festivals, and competition is likely to be even tighter this year. Please note that we are especially interested in performers offering shows not only for an adult audience, but for children and youth also; in acts which can broaden the cultural diversity of the festival; and in new and innovative performances which have not appeared previously at Fairbridge.


We require that you read our TIPS FOR APPLICANTS before submitting your application, thanks!

As a general rule, we do not book the same act more than two years out of three, unless they fill a particular niche or are offering something particularly new or interesting, and we generally don't book the same interstate or international act more than one year out of three. In especially highly subscribed areas of the program, we tend not to book the same acts on consecutive years.

Australian applicants from outside Western Australia - please read this section first

Overseas performers: please be advised we can only accept applications from an agent within Australia. More...

Applications will only be accepted online - please fill in the form below.

 

We encourage you to make support material available online via website, YouTube or MySpace. If on-line material is representative of the act you are offering, then there is no ned to mail addtional material. If you should want to mail additional material (demo recording, photos etc) it must be postmarked not later than Sept 30 2008.

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM Fairbridge Festival 2009

Please carefully read and fully complete this form. Please see instructions below for submission of demos and other material, and please keep publicity material to two pages maximum. Interstate applicants - please fill in Contact Info, Type of Act, Act Description and Performance Fee sections only for now and do not send further material unless we ask for it - we will contact you if we require demo materials and further details.

All applicants will be notified by mail of the result of their application by mid December 2008. (End November 2008 for interstate/international applicants). Notification for interstate acts will be by EMAIL ONLY. The programmers' decision is final, and we are not able to enter into correspondence about unsuccessful applications.

Please retain a copy of your application and be sure to notify by mail or email any changes to the supplied information. We suggest you print out this form after completion to ensure you have a hardcopy of your application.

Please fill in a separate form for each act you would like listed separately in the program book. If you are offering a number of workshops or thematic performances by essentially the same act, please just send in one application.

Use uppercase and lowercase letters as you normally would, but please avoid using carriage returns (line breaks) within text boxes, thanks.

Please don't type in ALL CAPS or all lowercase (we have to do lots of fiddly editing if you do).

Contact

Info

 

Name of act      

Contact name
Given name        
Surname             

Address              
Town/Suburb     
State                    
Postcode            

Email*                  

Website. http:// 
MySpace site. http:// 

Ph h                      

Ph bus                 

Ph mob                

Fax                        

 

Type of act offered

 

What sort of performance or show are you offering? make sure all these options would be appropriate to list under you act's name in the programme book. if not, you might need to make separate application under another name.

  (please tick whichever boxes apply - you can tick as many boxes as you like):

Concert Act
Yes No

Theme presentation
Yes No

Participative workshop*
Yes No

Dance band
Yes No

Dance display
Yes No

Children's craft activity*
Yes No

Children's concert/workshop
Yes No

Street activity/busking
Yes No

Spoken word
Yes No

Comedy
Yes No

Suitable for Chapel
Yes No

 

Aboriginal content
Yes No

Theatrical performance
Yes No

Compere/MC
Yes No

Venue or stage manager
Yes No

Children's or Youth concert/workshop/activity*:

Please indicate target age group(s): 

Under 6  Yes No              6-10  Yes No             
10-14  Yes No             14-18  Yes No

 

* please   provide a brief description under “workshops” below.

Description of act

(For program and promotional purposes)

Please provide one paragraph of thirty to fifty words suitable for publicity purposes and for inclusion in the Festival program. This is what the public will read about you if you are included in the program. Please mention where you are from (if not the Perth metro area), and write in the third person. Please make it a single paragraph with no line breaks.

Support material to be sent


Please ensure your demo is representative of the live performance you are offering.

If you are applying from outside WA, please don't send support materials unless we contact you and ask for them, thanks.

If your material is available online there is no need to send hardcopy or CD-ROM.

  • Support material available on website (URL above) ( Yes No )
  • Support material available on MySpace (URL above) ( Yes No )

    Material to be sent by mail/email:
  • Current, professional quality photograph for media and for inclusion in program. Electronic copy is fine, but should be at least 1500 by 1500 pixels, jpg format. ( Yes No )

  • CD ( Yes No )

  • DVD ( Yes No )

  • Other: 


  • Additional bios and relevant material to support your application. ( Yes No )

Availability

The main program will come on line from late aftrenoon Friday, and finish about 9 pm Sunday.

Please specify availability from 10am Friday to 9 pm Sunday. This is on the understanding that you may be programmed at our discretion at any time within these limits. It is sometimes necessary to adjust program times at short notice.

Personnel and overlaps

We need to know individual names as far as possible to avoid programming clashes.

If you can't give exact names please list all you can, or at least indicate total number. This is important, as we have limited accommodation available for artists and it is essential that we know how many people we need to find space for..

We regret that no additions can be allowed later than 2 weeks before the festival.

Please specify any overlaps with other acts possibly applying:

Names of all people involved in act. (Please don't use paragraph breaks within the box).

Performance fee and GST/ABN status

*If you are not quoting an ABN, you will need to fill in an ATO Statement by Supplier to indicate why – otherwise we will have to deduct tax at source.

You can download the ATO form HERE

We attempt to pay reasonable fees to professional performers, but our budget is limited, and we recognise that hobby or part-time performers
may wish to quote lower fees to enhance their chances. We will guarantee a fee to all performers, along with free accommodation on the festival site for performers and immediate family (partners and/or children), if you are performing over more than one day.

We are NOT usually able to offer free tickets for accompanying family members or partners, except in the case of acts including perfomers under 18, in which case we will provide a free ticket for one accompanying adult from each family involved. Other acts will have the option of purchasing additional tickets for family members at discounted prices. If this is a major obstacle to you, please email to discuss ways of working this into your quote. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF TICKETS YOU REQUIRE AT THE OUTSET, as we are limited in the number of performers tickets we offer.
Please indicate your requested fee here - this should be inclusive of all costs.

Please note - we will regard this as a firm non-negotiable figure. Please don't expect us to get back to you to negotiate a lower fee. We will make our decision based on the fee you quote here.

Total package fee for Festival $ 
for up to  performances

 including travel and GST if applicable.


  GST registered   Yes No

Have ABN?           Yes No

If no, is an ABN pending? Yes No

ABN

Hobby Performer* Neither

Payment cheque to be made in name of    

*Tick this box if   you carry on this activity without expectation of profit, and do not have an ABN – you will need to complete and sign an ATO declaration. We will advise further on selection.

 Accommodation

Camping or cottage accommodation requirements.

This is important, as we have limited accommodation available for artists and it is essential that we know how many people we need to find space for..

Cottage accommodation at the Village is strictly limited, and priority will be given to performers from overseas and interstate. Unfortunately cottage beds cannot be guaranteed to all who ask for them. Most cottage rooms are shared, and single and double rooms are very scarce. You will probably be asked to share a room if offered cottage accommodation.

For those performers who perform on more than one day of the festival, but are not offered cottage beds, the festival will provide free camping to artists and immediate family (max 2 adults, 2  children) in the designated Artists Camping Area, as far as possible within budgetary constraints. Please indicate your preference:

( Yes No)       Would prefer to perform on one day only and do not require accommodation

( Yes No)      Willing to camp. Camping required for  adults and  children, on  sites (6x6 m sites, one car per site).

( Yes No)       Willing to camp but would prefer cottage accommodation for  people. (Please indicate camping equirements on line above in case cottage accommodation is not available for you).

( Yes No)       Cottage accommodation required for  people as a condition of performing at the festival. Tick this box if you will not accept a booking unless you are offered cottage accommodation.

Stage and sound requirements

 

INTERSTATE and INTERNATIONAL acts - please note the requirement to let us know about backline hire requirements at the time of application, thank you.

Please also note that we need to know at the outset if you have any additional production requirements.

PA system is supplied in all venues (except for some workshop venues).

Note: Any special requirements beyond the normal P.A. facilities are the responsibility of the artists. We will not be in a position to supply projectors, screens, T.V's etc. See below for requirements for workshop presenters.

No. of voice microphones             
No. of instrument microphones  
No. of D.I's                                        
No. of radio/wireless mics             (please don't ask for these unless absolutely essential)

List your own backline and/or PA equipment being used   - we need to know if you use a drum kit, or on-stage guitar or bass amps, or if you will be providing your own microphones or other gear.   We don't need a full list of all the instruments you play.

   

Minimum set-up time                     mins
Minimum break-down time            mins

(Please note that most concerts at the festival only allow for ten minutes set up time for bands, five for solo acts; we can only book a limited number of acts requiring longer set-ups).

IMPORTANT:
Please list any special requirements (e.g. phantom power, radio mics), or if you would require the festival to provide drum kit, bass amps, guitar amps, keyboard or other backline equipment (please note that the festival will only do this for acts flying in from interstate, we will not provide backline or keyboard for local acts). This is essential to ensure that you have the equipment you need. If you do not request this equipment here we cannot guarantee that we are able to provide it. Please don't use paragraph breaks within the box.



Please let us know in the box below if you have any additional production requirements than you need us to supply - e.g. additional PA systems for outdoor performance. We may or may not be able to comply, but we won't know unless you ask.

Stage plan : Please send us a stage plan if your act is a group with more than three members, or if you have specific requirements. Please send this in electronic format if possible - scanned as a jpg is fine.
Children's or Youth presentations, workshops or concerts

If you are working with under-18s you will be asked to sign a confidential declaration. 		If you are offering a performance or workshop intended for any under 18 age group, not covered by your general act description above, please enter a description here, with an indication of the target age group. Continue in the same box if offering more than one. Please don't use paragraph breaks within the box.

Description:

 

Workshops/

Presentations

 

Workshops involve some degree of audience participation and typically teach a skill; presentations are concerts or performances on a particular theme.

Please give us a brief description of your workshop and/or presentation(s), as you would like it to appear in the program book. Please continue in the same box if you are offering more than one. Please don't use paragraph breaks within the box.

Description:

Workshop requires amplification?  Yes No

Please Indicate if you need to play   CDs Yes No         Cassettes Yes No

Dance display acts only

Pleas indicate if you:

Perform with live music? Yes No

Need to play cassettes? Yes No

Need to play CDs? Yes No

Can perform unamplified? Yes No

Use loud percussion which may spill into nearby venues? Yes No

Declaration by

applicant

I acknowledge in returning this form that I have read the notes on this form, that I understand that this application does not guarantee selection, and that if selected, the Festival programmers have the sole right to determine the act's position (within the specified availability). I also understand that the festival does not provide free tickets to partners and family of performers unless specifically agreed before the contract is signed, and that additional tickets to performers not listed on this application will not be issued later than two weeks before the festival. The programmers' decision is final and correspondence will not be entered into.

 Date 

Submit Form

Please check all details carefully and return form no later than Sept 30 2008 by clicking Submit button below. Support materials (demos, photos, press kits etc) must also be postmarked not later than Sept 30th.

We strongly recommend that you print out and keep a copy of this form.

Click the button below to submit completed application – PLEASE don’t click more than once .

You should get an acknowledgment web page right away, and an acknowledgement email within a few minutes. If you don't it will be because the email address you entered is incorrect.
If you spot any errors on the confirmation, please email program@farbridgefestival.com.au to let us know.

Again, PLEASE don’t click more than once .

Mailing support material

If you have suitable audio or video clips available on line there is no need to mail us anything else.

Support material, demos and publication quality photos should be mailed to

Fairbridge Festival Programmers
PO Box 2023,
Marmion, WA 6020

postmarked not later than Sept 30 2008.

Please do not send email attachments larger than 1 MB in size - no MP3 clips, photos as jpgs only, thanks.

We regret that we are unable to return application materials.


Enquiries:   program@fairbridgefestival.com.au

Thanks again for your interest in our festival and for taking the time to complete this form!

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