Vashon Island Strawberry Festival 2012
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Thank you for your interest in performing at the 103rd annual Vashon Island Strawberry Festival. The dates for the 2012 Festival are July 20th, 21st & 22nd.
Entertainment is an essential part of Strawberry Festival. With over 50 acts in all, there is always something for everyone's listening pleasure. There are 6 outdoor entertainment stages featuring all genres of music with local and national entertainment located all over the Strawberry Festival grounds.
How Does Your Band Play Strawberry Festival?
Musicians/bands should submit their Performer Applications (found on this web site) to the Vashon Chamber of Commerce. We would prefer that they are sent electronically to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We greatly prefer an electronic Performer Application via email because it is more environmentally conscious and is easier for us to manage, but bands can still submit via snail-mail by sending hard copy submissions to:
Strawberry Festival Musician Application
c/o Vashon Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 1035
Vashon, WA 98070
Due to the large interest of performers we will only be able to respond to selected participants. They will be notified of their status directly by someone on the Strawberry Festival staff by the end of May. Please do not call or email the Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce office to check on the status of your applications—please wait for us to contact you.
Every year we review hundreds of applications for musicians. We thank all of the acts who submit each year. We simply do not have enough slots to book all the acts that we'd like to, so please understand that we are doing the best we can to accommodate everyone.
Do bands get paid for playing Strawberry Festival?
Rarely. Staffed completely by volunteers, Strawberry Festival is free to attend and has no admission fee. Therefore most of the acts that perform each year do so without compensation, as a contribution to the Vashon community. There are rare exceptions when we pay a top headliner their benefit fee. Otherwise, we operate on a shoestring budget.
We are working hard to bring in more revenue so we can pay our world-class acts that make us so proud, but we're not there yet. Music is a huge part of any culture, and ours is no exception. We really want to thank all of the great artists who have supported our community by playing from our stages in past years. We enjoy a diverse selection of world-class music, and that makes us proud. We are looking forward to more of the same this year!
Thank you for your interest in performing at the Vashon Island Strawberry Festival!
Sincerely, the Strawberry Festival Music Committee