2015 marks the 7th year that the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood Florida participates in Hard Rock Rising global battle of the bands. All hands are on deck this month to recruit local bands that can go all the way to Barcelona, Spain where they will have a chance to play in front of 40,000 fans at the first-ever Hard Rock Rising Barcelona music festival in Spain this summer!
The competition is split up into several Phases of which the first is now in progress.
Phase 1 – Registration January 5-January 26
This is the where it all starts for any band wishing to enter the competition. All bands must either already have a page on ReverbNation or start one. The link to submit band entries can be found at HardRockRising.com. They must also become a fan of the Hard Rock Café, Hollywood Facebook page.
ReverbNation will be inviting all bands that are registered with them in the Ft. Lauderdale/Palm Beach/Miami area to become part of this “activation” for contest registration.
Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood will host a total of 12 bands (3 per week) chosen by a combination of online votes and the discretion of staff and management of the Café . The Café will work with a panel of three judges who are familiar with the local music scene to assist with selecting weekly winners based on various criteria such as Musicianship, Voice Talent and Originality.
The winning band will receive a prize of $1,000 and move on to the next phase of the competition.
Some Rules:
– bands must be within a 100 mile radius to play in the Cafe
-As there is no limit to the size of the band, however, the prize only includes airfare/hotel for up to 6 members
-all band members MUST be 18 years old at time of sign up, not at time of performance
-bands can only register in 1 market
-the band must submit an original (no covers) song or video using the online registration form
More details and rules can be found at www.hardrockrising.com
Read Part II of this blog at: weekendbroward.com/bands-announced-hard-rock-rising-south-florida/
