Local Noise Philadelphia, an old fashioned Battle of the Bands competition will be staged over two nights at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia in August.
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Bands or individual artists of all pop genres — from rock to hip-hop, R&B to country — have until July 24 to apply to be one of the acts selected to compete at the Fishtown venue on Aug. 13 and 14.
Each act must submit a video performance of an original song through an application portal that can be no shorter than three minutes and no longer than five minutes. That means no 10 minute jams, jam bands!
The ground rules: Applying acts must not already be signed to a record label, either currently or in the 9 months prior to July 6, 2026. All band members must be at least 18, and applications must be in by July 24.
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Applicants to the Live Nation contest will have their work assessed by a panel of radio and music industry professionals who will judge them on “originality, musicianship, and presentation.”
Those that make it through that screening process will then compete in the Local Noise semifinals on Aug. 13 and 14, and will be graded and rated by a panel of judges and the live audience. The winners will move on to a final competition at Brooklyn Bowl on Aug. 20 where a winner will be crowned.
The Local Noise Philly champion will receive $5000, and perform on a side stage during an as yet undetermined “major concert” at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden in September. Among the acts playing in the capacious amphitheater that month are Lil Wayne on Sept. 11, Bryson Tiller on Sept. 18, Jason Aldean on Sept. 19, Mt. Joy on Sept. 25 and Gorillaz on Sept. 27.
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Applications can be entered here.