INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE PERFORMERS

Thanks for asking about performance opportunities at the 2009 Champlain Valley Folk Festival, which is scheduled to take place on July 31, August 1 and 2, 2009 at the Kingsland Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, Vermont.

As you are probably aware, the Champlain Valley Folk Festival, which is organized entirely by an all-volunteer staff with a distinctly limited budget, focuses primarily on folk-related music and dance with roots in Vermont’s Champlain Valley – Celtic, French-Canadian, English, old-time, traditional songs and ballads, etc. – but when possible tries to present other types of music, including bluegrass, blues, Cajun, contemporary folk and international.

To be considered as a performer, please send a press kit and sample music addressed to:

Programming Committee
Champlain Valley Festival
PO Box 3
Ferrisburgh, VT 05456-0003

or, if all your material is in digital form send the information (or, preferably, links to your website) to info@cvfest.org

Due to the large number of submissions we receive, we are not able to respond individually to those performers not selected. If you have not been contacted by March 15, 2009, please assume that we were not able to fit you into the 2009 Festival lineup. Thank you for your interest.

Cordially,
Pete Sutherland, Artistic Director, Champlain Valley Festival