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FUSE FESTIVAL 2010
opening date: 27 January 2010
closing date: 14 February 2010

Fuse Festival

The FUSE FESTIVAL is one of Australia's best music industry forums and combines two nights of the best new music from across the nation with two days of informative interviews, talk and seminars from the industry's leading professionals.

And triple j Unearthed and Fuse Festival are offering one band in the ROOTS genre the opportunity to strut your stuff in front of some of the world's leading reps. Your prize includes airfares from anywhere in Australia, 2 nights accomodation, and entry to the conference.

You'll also be playing at the EXPLODE! showcase on Wednesday February 24th. EXPLODE! is Fuse Festival’s export-ready showcase featuring Australia’s finest band’s and solo performers ready to be catapulted on to the world stage.

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To be in with a chance you just need to have your tracks uploaded (not live), on the site before Sunday 14th February - midnight with ROOTS selected as one of your genres.

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Terms and conditions
  1. The Unearthed Artist Agreement and General Competition terms and conditions apply to this competition.
  2. This competition starts 9am AEST on Wednesday 27th February 2009 and closes at midnight AEST Sunday 14th February 2009.
  3. All artists with roots as one of their genres who have tracks uploaded to triplejunearthed.com during this time will be eligible and the winner will be chosen by a panel of triple j experts including the music director, Richard Kingsmill and Sarah Howells, presenter for Roots n All. The winner will be picked based on their ability to deliver a good live performance suitable for a Fuse Festival showcase audience.
  4. The winners will be announced in accordance with the General Terms & Conditions on 17th February 2009.
  5. The prize consists of the following:
    • An opportunity to perform at the Fuse Festival showcase, Explode, on Wednesday 24th February
    • Airfares to Adelaide from the winner’s nearest capital city including costs of transporting equipment
    • Two nights accommodation in Adelaide
    • An opportunity for all band members to attend the Fuse Festival conference in SA
  6. The prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash.
  7. No replacement will be offered in the event that the prize cannot be claimed on the stipulated dates.
  8. In the event that the winner of the competition is under the age of 18 years, a guardian over the age of eighteen must accompany the winner at the guardian’s expense.
  9. Judges’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  10. As a winner, you will be representing triple j at this event. As such you are obligated to behave responsibly and professionally and comply with the rules and requests that triple j and the event organisers ask of you. This includes turning up on time, sticking to your designated area and not helping yourself to other artists' riders. Failure to do so (and trust us, we'll hear about it) will result in triple j withdrawing our support of your band.


This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.