First timers read this

Thanks very much for your interest in bringing music to the gathering. Here are some things we want you to know:

• This isn’t a paid gig. All performances at all the gatherings are gifts to the community. 
• We will do everything we can to make attending the gathering affordable for you.  We administer a travel fund that may be able to help. More info below. Even if you don’t qualify for the fund, we’ll do what we can.
• Each stage will provide some performance gear, but it differs by stage. For example, we aren’t planning on having turntables outside, so if you only play vinyl, don’t bet on playing the pool.

All performers please read this

• Your submission will be reviewed only by the stage producer you submit to. You can submit to more than one stage, but they must be separate submissions. 
• Your gig history isn’t as critical to us as whether or not your submission fits the stage concept this year. So please read the stage info carefully.
• We will have time for sound checks on Thursday. Don’t expect that our engineers will be able to accommodate you wanting sound check at random times. They are working all night every night. If you aren’t arriving Thursday, coordinate your sound check with your stage producer well before the gathering.
• Our policy regarding playing the gathering two years in a row:
  • If you DJed in 2019, we won’t invite you to DJ again in 2020.
  • This applies to DJs only, not to live performers.
  • If you were a live performer (ie you performed your own compositions, a hardware or improv set) in 2019, we encourage you to submit again for 2020.
  • If you DJed in 2019 but want to submit a live performance for 2020 or vice versa, we encourage you do so.
  • In the growing gray area between live performance and DJing, the stage producer will make the call. When in doubt, send in your stuff!
  • We want everybody interested to have a chance to experiment on the yurt quad system, so we’re going to consider 4-channel sets to be a special kind of live performance. In other words, if you DJed last year and want to experiment with a 4-channel set in the yurt, please go ahead and make a submission.
• Last year we were able to find play slots for roughly 30% of our submissions, and expect a similar situation this year.

Summary

Important things to know about how we administer the travel fund.

• It’s for our performers. You must submit a mix and have received confirmation that you will play in order to be eligible for the fund.
• It’s for people of color, women, trans and non-binary and gender non-conforming folks who need the financial assistance first. If there’s money left over in the fund this year after we assist those people we may be able to extend help to performers who identify as cisgender white gay males. We are committed to doing whatever we can to make the gathering affordable for all our performers
• We will ask you to calculate your travel-related needs before making you an offer.
• Accepting the offer comes with strings, namely that you will show up to the gathering and play. If you do not show at the gathering you are required to return your allocated money to the fund.
• You will be responsible for providing receipts and/or invoices to us.
• There are parameters and priorities per person re: what we will allocate for, specifically in this order:
  1. First - Reducing or covering the cost of your registration up to the full price
  2. Then - Covering the cost of renting and transporting camping gear for you
  3. Then - Up to $300 toward flight, car rental, shuttle bus and/or gas

Submission info & process

When you make your submission below you’ll be able to indicate that you’d like to access the travel fund. 

As each stage producer makes decisions about their lineup they will reach out to you to let you know about the status of your submission and will start talking to you about calculating your needs for the travel fund. Even if you think you don’t qualify for the fund, please talk to your stage producer about any financial hurdles that might keep you from coming.

The stage producer will be your main point of contact all the way through the process and you should feel free to ask them any questions you have.

Timeline

Lineup decisions will take a while to finalize, and that we know that in some cases you might not be able to commit to coming without travel fund access. In general, we won’t start confirming lineup invitations until a few weeks after submissions close.

On the submission form below, you’ll able to indicate that fund access is critical to you being able to attend and we’ll keep that in mind so we can get responses to you as quickly as possible.

What's the difference between the promo mix and the submission mix?

Your promo mix probably already exists. It's the general thing that you use on your Soundcloud etc account, and it's the mix we'll link to as we promote the lineup. The submission mix may be the same thing, but it might be something you select that's more directly in line with the stage you want to play. That mix won't be public. 

I'm not sure which stage(s) to submit to. What do I do?

Please feel free to ask around on Discord or take a listen to past gathering recordings to get a feel for what happens at each stage. You can also check in with the producers on Discord.

Do I need to be queer-identified to play at/attend the gathering?

We care a lot more about what you think than who you have sex with. Regardless of how you define (or decline to define) your gender or sexuality, if you're supportive of and want to contribute to a queer-focused community building event, we'd love to have you join us. And any of our campers are welcome to submit to play music.