Applications
Musicians & Performing Artists
Read below for more information on our various venues & programming capacities, and then submit to be considered to be a part of it all.
Due to the high number of applications we receive, we do not contact artists whose submissions are not currently chosen to perform. It’s not that we don’t like you, it’s just there’s no way to get back to everyone.
All submissions will be presented to ArtsQuest’s Performing Arts Department as well as our Music Arts Committee and evaluated based on type of programming, quality, content, diversity and potential appeal to our audiences. Based on the committee recommendations, someone from the Performing Arts Department will be in touch with artists and groups we are interested to engage in one of our opportunities.
So yeah, that’s the basics. Here comes the fun stuff…
Performing Artist Submission Forms
If you’re ready to submit to be considered for one of the opportunities below, then please take a moment and fill out our handy-dandy form thingy.
Festival Opportunities
Musikfest
Musikfest presents over 400 different artists from nearly every conceivable genre be it country or Cajun, Bach or blues, rock or folk. Musikfest 2023 runs August 4-13.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
Food Vendor Application
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
Festival Vendor Application
ArtsQuest presents several different festivals and events each year including, Musikfest, Oktoberfest, and Christkindlmarkt. This application is an event vendor application for those events and other events presented by ArtsQuest. Dates and rates for each event are located within the application. Application deadline for Musikfest, Oktoberfest, and Christkindlmarkt is April 7, 2023. All other events have a deadline for application of thirty (30) days prior to the event.
Comedy Shows
Fill out the following form in order to submit an idea for a half hour comedy show (sketch, improv, etc.) that you would like to produce in conjunction with ArtsQuest.
Standup Submission Form
If you’re ready to submit to be considered to perform on SteelStacks Standup Shows, please take a moment and fill out our handy-dandy form.
Artisans
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The Blast Furnace Blues Festival
The Blast Furnace Blues Festival presents more than 30 of the nation’s finest blues performers at venues throughout the SteelStacks campus.
¡Sabor! Latin Festival
¡Sabor! Latin Festival features numerous local, regional, and national Latin ensembles performing at the SteelStacks campus.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest presents more than 50 local, regional, and national polka bands, party bands, and schuhplattlers that embrace the spirit of Oktoberfest!
Performance Venues
The Musikfest Café
The Musikfest Café is a cabaret/club style performing arts venue, with highly flexible configurations available to entertain. The venue can be set for 450 cabaret seats (tables & chairs); 680 theater style (just chairs); and 1,000 GA style (Standing Room Only – no tables or chairs). The venue is open a few nights a week with national and international touring headliners.
The ArtsQuest Center’s Creativity Commons & Town Square
The dual stages of the Capital BlueCross Creativity Commons (inside) and Air Products Town Square at SteelStacks™ (outside) are programmed on a weekly basis with local and regional entertainers. These free-to-the-public shows are presented on the stage which features the best weather on a case-by-case/day-by-day basis! Full bands and solo/acoustic musicians are encouraged to submit to be considered to perform on one of these two stages.
Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks
Free music for all people is at the core of the Levitt Pavilion’s mission. The outdoor amphitheater with lawn seating for 2,500 presents 50 free-to-the-public concerts over the course of Memorial Day to Labor Day each summer. The performances connect nationally touring artists to diverse audiences.
