Applications are now being accepted from artists interested in performing in this year’s Falcon Ridge/Grassy Hill Emerging Artist Showcase.  Slots are available for 24 artists to play two songs/10 minutes on the Mainstage on Friday afternoon, July 27, as part of the four-day Falcon Ridge Folk Festival at the foot of the Berkshires in Hillsdale, New York.

Any performer who has not showcased or appeared as part of a feature act at Falcon Ridge during the past two years and won’t be appearing in any other capacity during this year’s festival is eligible to apply.  Artists will be selected based on high-quality performances of interesting, well-crafted, acoustic-based material that need not be original.

The Emerging Artists Showcase is not a contest, and artists won’t be judged per se, although the audience is surveyed as to which three showcase artists they’d like to see return the following year to participate in a Most Wanted Song Swap.

All showcase artists will appear in the festival’s program book and will receive full festival admission (including meals and on-site camping).

For further information and to apply online, visit www.sonicbids.com/frffemerging.  The application deadline is May 1.