March 21st, 2018
Wednesday, March 21. (Asheville, NC) – LEAF Community Arts (LEAF) and NewSong Music announce the launch of the 5th annual LEAF Festival Singer-Songwriter Competition.
With a mission to identify and celebrate exceptional performers and songwriters from across North America, the competition aims to bring some of the continent’s most accomplished emerging artists to showcase, network and compete at the 46th LEAF Festival, which takes place May 10-13, 2018
Festival headliners include Snarky Puppy, Ani Difranco and 2017 LEAF Contest finalists Ordinary Elephant, who return to LEAF as the festival’s most requested act by last spring’s festival attendees.
The LEAF Festival Competition is accepting song submissions now throughApril 8.
Judges will select eight finalists from the pool of entries, who will perform in the live showcase and competition finals at the Spring LEAF Festival onSaturday, May 12, 2018. A panel of music industry judges there will select the overall winner of the competition.
The folk duo Ordinary Elephant, performing as finalists in the 2017 LEAF Contest.
The GRAND PRIZE winner will be awarded a paid, featured performance (including lodging & accommodations) at the Fall 2018 LEAF Festival, heldOctober 18-21 in Black Mountain, NC (near Asheville). The winner will also advance to perform and compete later this year in the live performance finals of the 17th annual, international NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition.
