FINGER LAKES METAL FEST is a FREE, ALL AGES, annual metal event that takes place in upstate New York’s northern Finger Lakes region on Memorial Day weekend. Hosted by local metal band SPATER. This event features many of the very best unsigned metal bands from around the region.
Each year this event grows bigger and better than the last. 2010 will be no exception. FLMF-2010 is going to be a two day event with an on-site professional tattoo booth, vendors, camping, and 10 bands performing each day. This event will again take place at DONSELAARS on RT 31 in Clyde NY on Memorial Day weekend, MAY 29th & 30th, 2010.
If you would like your band to be considered, just drop us a line. All you need is to be a metal band
(of some sort), with at least a ½ hour of original material and at least one tune we can listen to, either online or on CD.
We expect plenty of bands to want to perform at this event. We would love to have every band that wants in to be able to play a set, but it will not be possible to have every band that wants in to perform.
Bands will be selected based on original material among other factors. No cover bands! (it will be o.k. to play a cover tune or two, but we expect each band to showcase their original material) We wish to have a variety of different styles of metal bands perform at this event. In other words, we don’t want to hold an event where every band sounds the same, which is often the case with multi band shows these days. Ours should be unique and have something for all types of metal heads of all ages. This will be a no-clone show.
We are ready to begin band submissions now, and expect to begin the selection process in January 2010. We hope to have all bands confirmed by the end of January. Stay tuned for announcements as details become available
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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PROMOTING.
We will be promoting this event to the best of our ability. Newspapers, internet, posters, flyers, radio, magazines, etc.
We will be putting out a sampler CD in which each band may submit a song. This is optional. The CD will have respectively one song from each band that will be performing, who give consent. The insert will have the event info as well as each bands name, song title and web address.
Anything that you can do to help promote this event will be greatly appreciated, even if its just posting the flyers online to your myspace friends lists. The more people we can all bring in, the more fun we all have, and the greater the chance of this thing growing into something bigger.
There will be T-shirts available with each band's name or logo on it to commemorate this event. Band members will receive one t-shirt each, free. All other shirts will be available for sale at $10 each.
You can bring any merch you like to this gig. Promote yourself any way you like as long as no one gets hurt or has any conflicts with it.
If
your band is not one of the bands selected, show up anyway, throw down some support, you may be selected for the next time and being remembered might be helpful in getting called for other such events. Support is key to success..