{"id":28025,"date":"2014-02-14T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=28025"},"modified":"2014-02-13T18:26:54","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T00:26:54","slug":"20th-annual-farmers-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2014\/02\/14\/20th-annual-farmers-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Annual Farmer&#8217;s Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Presented by KJHK 90.7 FM and Student Union Activities<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>KJHK\u2019s 20th annual Farmers\u2019 Ball<\/strong><br \/>\nSemi-final concert:\u00a0Saturday, April 19, 2014\u00a0at the Bottleneck<br \/>\nFinal concert:\u00a0Saturday, April 26, 2014\u00a0at the Bottleneck<br \/>\nTickets\/show: $5 general public, $3 KU students with valid KUID, free for KU students with SUA Student Saver Card<br \/>\nFor more information:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kjhk.org\/farmersball\" target=\"_blank\">www.kjhk.org\/farmersball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now in its 20th year, KJHK\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Ball is a chance for bands from the Lawrence area \u00a0to revel in the glory of bragging rights, new fans and cash prizes. A staple in the Lawrence music scene for two decades, this annual battle of the bands is a mega showcase of local music talent. The event is being co-presented by KJHK 90.7 FM and Student Union Activities.<\/p>\n<p>This year, KJHK and SUA will be blowing up Farmers\u2019 Ball beyond recognition. THE WINNING BAND RECEIVES $2,000, SECOND PLACE WINS $1,000, and the runners-up receive great promotional prizes as well.<\/p>\n<p>All eligible bands must submit their music online, at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kjhk.org\/farmersball\" target=\"_blank\">www.kjhk.org\/farmersball<\/a>, by<b>\u00a0March 2, 2014.<\/b>\u00a0In a band or know someone who is? Submit your music today! Go to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kjhk.org\/farmersball\" target=\"_blank\">www.kjhk.org\/farmersball<\/a>\u00a0for all relevant rules, regulations and submission information.<\/p>\n<p>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 on<b>Monday, March 24.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Online voting to narrow down the field to 8 semi-finalists will open a<b>t\u00a0noon Monday, March 24<\/b>\u00a0and close on\u00a0<b>Friday, April 4<\/b>. The 8 semi-finalists for Round 1 of Farmers\u2019 Ball will be announced on<b>\u00a0Sunday, April 6<\/b>. Those bands will compete for audience votes at the live semi-finals show on<b>\u00a0Saturday, April 19<\/b>\u00a0at the Bottleneck.<\/p>\n<p>Based on audience voting during the semi-finals show, 4 bands will advance to the final Farmers\u2019 Ball round on\u00a0<b>Saturday, April 26\u00a0<\/b>at the Bottleneck. An audience vote during that show will determine the winner and runner-up of the 20th annual KJHK Farmers\u2019 Ball.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes for the winner and runner-up, announced at the Farmers\u2019 Ball finals on\u00a0Saturday, April 26:<br \/>\n<b>1st place: $2,000<br \/>\n<\/b><b>2nd place: $1,000<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Farmers-band.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-28026\" alt=\"Farmers band\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Farmers-band-300x225.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by KJHK 90.7 FM and Student Union Activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":28026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2208,1712],"class_list":["post-28025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-on-kjhk","tag-2208","tag-farmers-ball"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Farmers-band.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}