2025 Performer Applications

 

Welcome to the Melbourne Ukulele Festival

Performer Information Guide​

 

Please READ ALL the information below before starting your application.

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Performer selection will be based on a range of factors including -

• Musicality, enthusiasm and fit with the MUF feel

• If you have performed at MUF before:

  • Your past promotion of MUF

  • Your past volunteering and presence during the festival

• MUF’s ability to pay requested fees and/or other special requests

Note that MUF is unable to offer accommodation or travel costs to artists other than headliners.

Specialised equipment request (eg drums, additional amps etc) must be clearly detailed in your application. Specialised requests will be accepted purely at the discretion of the MUF Organising Team.

Any and all significant stage props (eg more than a rubber chicken on a string - pull-up banners, chairs, beach umbrella’s, merch requirements, etc) must be clearly identified in your application and their use must be pre-approved by the MUF Organising Team.

All Artists MUST have their own Public Liability Insurance valid for the festival dates, or may choose to VOLUNTEER their performance and be covered by the Festival’s insurance policy.

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THE FINE DETAILS

 

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

The Melbourne Ukulele Festival is one of Australia's preeminent Ukulele Festivals. Our aim is to support established and emerging artists in the ukulele community, and to showcase national and international talent.

 

The key expectation for all acts, is that the ukulele is the predominate musical component. We love to see the ukulele shown off in the best and widest possible range of all musical styles.

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PLEASE DO NOT send through videos our your performance that is predominately a guitar based performance. You WILL be declined!

 

AVAILABILITY

We expect all acts, with the exception of community groups, to be available for up to 2 maybe even 3 performances over the course of the Festival, eg a full set, and/or a starter set plus a pop-up performance.​ We will contact you if you are to be invited to an additional performance slot.

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PAYMENT TO PERFORMERS

MUF will make you a performance fee offer based on your application and MUF’s ability to ensure a wide variety of artists are featured at the Festival. Like many (most) music festivals, MUF is dealing with highly increased costs and offered performance fees may be lower than in past years.

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PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE

It is REQUIRED that all paid Acts/Artists hold Public Liability Insurance (PLI) for all members of the act at the time of performance - if you do not have PLI, you can choose to FORGO your performance fee and VOLUNTEER your performance and thus be covered under MUFs PLI. If you do not have insurance, we cannot pay you - please do not ask for remuneration if you have not organised insurance.

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TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

Note that MUF is unable to offer accommodation or travel costs to artists other than headliners.

Specialised equipment request (eg drums, additional amps etc) must be clearly detailed in your application. Specialised requests will be accepted purely at the discretion of the MUF Organising team.

 

TICKETS FOR PERFORMERS

A Complimentary One Day Pass and/or Concert Pass will be issued to all performing Artists (excluding Community Groups – see below). Performer Support Personnel will be given access by prior arrangement and during each performance as agreed.

 

TIPS FOR COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION

You must enter information in ALL boxes marked with an * indicating a required field. On receipt of your completed application the Festival will send you a confirmation email.

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SUPPORT MATERIALS

For the selection process we require some form of support material. Please provide links to any relevant websites including Youtube. Live performance clips are the best way for us to determine what you do and how you do it or sound.

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COMMUNITY GROUPS

The Festival does not offer payment to community groups.

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However, your Community Group will be featured for a full length performance (30 mins) on a professionally equipped and lit stage, with a trained sound engineer provided by MUF, to ensure you sound your best. Community Groups are also featured as a listed performer on the sought after MUF t-shirt.

 

Community Group members are required to PURCHASE a discounted DAY PASS for the nominated day of your performance. This pass gives you access to all other Venues and included workshops on that day (some workshops may attract a separate fee). We also offer this discounted Day Pass the alternate day with the same benefits (not including concerts to separately ticketed workshops).

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Community Group Leaders are required to disseminate MUF information to their members. Evidence of your forwarding emails to your Community Group will be expected by the MUF Organising Team. Failure to share MUF information to yourCommunity Group may result in your group being declined in this Festival (acceptable evidence will be be CC-ing the MUF email into your communications).

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ABOUT US

The Melbourne Ukulele Festival is a grass roots, not-for-profit, community-based event run by Volunteers. Any surplus that the Festival makes are used towards improving the staging of the next event.

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Any questions? Please feel welcome to send us an email!