Posted By: C. Harrison\/September 8, 2015<\/p>\n
Last year a pilot program for musicians to perform-play, at the Sutphin Boulevard, Long Island Rail Road Station-Air Train, at the concourse level was launched.\u00a0 “A pilot season of the Air Train Jazz Festival.”<\/p>\n
Today, the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica and the Jamaica Arts Council announced that. that program was successful and they’re expanding the series from eight consecutive Thursday evenings performances to thirty Thursday late afternoon\/evening performances beginning on Thursday, October 15th and ending on Thursday, May 26th 2016.<\/p>\n
ABJ, before scheduling you for a date, wants to determine if your band is a good fit for the opportunity. “We are looking for bands that can perform a couple of lively sets. We say this because right next to the performance space is a full service bar that can…on occasion provide robust competition.”<\/p>\n
If you are interested in this opportunity please review the following schedule to determine if the time frame works for your group.<\/p>\n
4:00 pm to 4:30 pm – Artist Arrive & Unload<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 4:30 pm to 4:45 pm – Sound Check<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm – First Artist Set<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 5:45 pm to 6:15 pm -Artist Break<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm – Second Artist Set<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Compensation: $500 per performance<\/span><\/p>\n Performance location: Air Train Jamaica Station-located on the concourse level of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: 93-40 Sutphin Boulevard.<\/strong><\/p>\n Though we are not in a position to offer any back line support, we can offer a “Stage\u00a0– hand” to assist anyone with load-in \/load-out needs.<\/p>\n If all sounds good to you, then the last thing needed\u00a0before booking can be arrange is for you to point in the direction-a website, Sound cloud page, or video-You Tube, Vimeo, or other wise- where\u00a0we can get a final sense of your band’s appropriateness for the occasion. If selected to proceed, we will contact you with final steps and provide an online calendar where you can select\u00a0performance date.<\/p>\n Should you have any questions please contact:<\/p>\n Greg\u00a0 Mays: \u00a0greg.mays@abetterjamaica.org<\/p>\n Phone: 718-657-2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Posted By: C. Harrison\/September 8, 2015 Last year a pilot program for musicians to perform-play, at the Sutphin Boulevard, Long Island Rail Road Station-Air Train, at the concourse level was launched.\u00a0 “A pilot season of the Air Train Jazz Festival.” Today, the Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica and the Jamaica Arts Council … Continue reading ARTIST, MUSICIANS WANTED<\/span>