Bands: Submit to the 2015 Farmers’ Ball by March 5 for a chance to win up to $2,000 in cash prizes.
Submissions are open until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2015 for this year’s Farmers’ Ball, the annual battle of the local bands presented by KJHK and Student Union Activities (SUA).
Entry form, full rules and more information are available at www.kjhk.org/farmersball.
KJHK and SUA continue efforts to make Farmers’ Ball an epic event. THE WINNING BAND RECEIVES $2,000, SECOND PLACE WINS $1,000. New this year, the finals round runners up will receive cash prizes, too. THIRD PLACE WINS $500, FOURTH PLACE WINS $250.
All eligible bands must submit their music online, at www.kjhk.org/farmersball, by March 5, 2015.
KJHK and SUA student staff will listen to and review all submissions, and narrow down the field to 16 acts selected for a preliminary online voting round. Those 16 bands will be unveiled at noon on Monday, March 23.
Online voting to narrow down the field to 8 semi-finalists will open at noon Monday, March 23 and close on Friday, April 3. The 8 semi-finalists for Round 1 of Farmers’ Ball will be announced on Monday, April 6. Those bands will compete for audience votes at the live semi-finals show on Saturday, April 18 at the Bottleneck.
Based on audience voting during the semi-finals show, 4 bands will advance to the final Farmers’ Ball round on Saturday, April 25 at the Bottleneck. An audience vote during that show will determine the winner and runners-up of the 2015 KJHK Farmers’ Ball.
To learn more about how to enter this year’s battle of the bands and to hear from past winners, watch this video: