Original Selection
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You can help choose who will open the Caloundra Music Festival on the main stage this year! Attend the Festival's Original Selection Band competition where your ticket is your vote and your chance to win a double season pass to the festival in October.
GRAND FINAL
6th August from 7.30pm
King Beach Tavern
Entry $5
Featuring: Pocketlove, The Lyrical, The Roshambos, Stryder, The Benedicts
$5 entry and 5 amazing bands to choose from, you get to join the team and vote for your favourite band on the night.
Heat One
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Grand Final winner receives:
Main Stage spot opening the Caloundra Music Festival!
$3000 contract with Caloundra Music Festival
$5000 Recording package at Heliport Studios, produced and engineered by Tony Byrne Music
Crowd Choice winner receives:
Break stage spot on the opening night of Caloundra Music Festival!
$1000 contract with Caloundra Music Festival
FAQ - For the Bands
Will we get paid?
The industry panel will chose the best band on each night of the Original Selection events and they'll get the highest pay package and tickets.
The pay rate of the remaining 3 bands will be determined by the vote of your fans, friends and family.
What are the prizes on offer?
At each of the four heats, the following will be chosen...
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Industry Winner - chosen by an industry panel
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Crowd Choice - chosen by popular vote
Here are the goodies each will receive:
Industry Winner
Plays in the finale at Kings Beach Tavern for the chance to open CMF on the main stage
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$500
4 season tickets to CMF
Crowd Choice
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$400
4 season tickets to CMF
Runners Up
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$200
4 season tickets to CMF
**Please note for the Youth Heat, the prizes are slightly different, see below!
Industry Winner (Youth Heat) 1st
Plays in the finale at Kings Beach Tavern for the chance to open CMF on the main stage
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$300
3 season tickets to CMF
Industry Runner up (Youth Heat) 2nd
Plays in the finale at Kings Beach Tavern for the chance to open CMF on the main stage
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$200
3 season tickets to CMF
Crowd Choice (Youth Heat) 3rd & 4th
30 minute set on stage at CMF
$100
3 season tickets to CMF
What's the Grand Industry Prize?
Bands that win 1st place at the Original Selection heats will go on to perform at the Grand Finale at Kings Beach Tavern, 7.30pm Saturday 6 August 2011 . The winner of the Grand Finale will score the following:
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Main Stage spot opening the Caloundra Music Festival!
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$3000 contract with Caloundra Music Festival
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$5000 Recording package at Heliport Studios, produced and engineered by Tony Byrne
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Radio interviews
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Street Press interviews
What are 'Showcase' bands?
In addition to the 16 bands selected to go through to the heats, a 'showcase' band will be invited to perform at each heat also. These bands have been awarded the opportunity to perform in hope to blow your socks off! If socks are indeed flying across the room then the industry panel may well give them the nod for a gig at CMF!
For all Original Selection enquiries please contact Book a Band Direct.
Sharna Kriikku - Event Seamstress at Book a Band Direct
Email bookabanddirect@gmail.com
Phone (07) 5444 6598
Address PO Box 732, Mooloolaba QLD 4557
Grand Final winner receives:
Main Stage spot opening the Caloundra Music Festival!
$3000 contract with Caloundra Music Festival
$5000 Recording package at Heliport Studios, produced and engineered by Tony Byrne Music
Crowd Choice winner receives:
Break stage spot on the opening night of Caloundra Music Festival!
$1000 contract with Caloundra Music Festival