Announcement! (Fall 2009)

CIYH is now booking guerilla showcases for FAR-West, SERFA and NERFA conferences. We will only have night showcases, on friday and saturday nights, with time slots ranging from 15 to 20 minutes. This opportunity is provided for free to members of CIYH.Folk Alliance Conference Snapshots

Please do not apply for a night where you already have 2 or more showcases. To be considered, please send (here) your current late-night schedule like this:

Name of Act/Artist:

Name of Conference: SERFA, NERFA, or FAR-West….

Preferred day: ______
unavailable times between 10:45pm and 1:40

Second Choice day:_______
unavailable times between 10:45pm and 1:40

If you are not a member of ConcertsInYourHome.com, but feel that house concerts are an important part of your future, we encourage you to have a look here.

These conferences are a great opportunity to connect with good people (venues, hosts and artists) and to forge friendships that could lead to great music/business opportunities. Join us.

Best,

Fran Snyder

PS - I will not attend Far-West this year because of a festival performance in Arkansas. Please join me in thanking Jack Brown for running our showcase room and our booth in the exhibit hall.

PPS - What is a guerilla showcase? Each conference sets aside late night hours and a block of hotel rooms that can be used for showcasing. The people (hosts/artists/organizations) who rent those rooms schedule artists to perform unplugged in a casual format, and they allow conference attendees to come in and out to check out the performances. Fun, hectic, challenging, and sometimes very productive!