General enquiries with Artistic Director: David De Santi tel: 0409 57 1788, fax +61 2 4257 1787
Please email preferably. dave@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au

General festival enquiries: 1300 811 324
Email: belinda@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au

Booked Artists Information

This will be the 3rd Snowy Mountains of Music. Here's some general information to help booked artists enjoy the party and experience.

Tell the World!

Your first job / privilege / courtesy if you are booked is to tell the world you are playing at the festival! Tell them it's a huge party, great fun and terrific for their ears, feet and soul. We need every patron we can get.

Artists Timetable

The programme will be based on the information provided by the artist in the online application form. The programme should be available in April.

How to get to the Festival

Click here to go to website with information on how to get to the festival.

Registration

When you arrive at the main entrance go to the Artists Registration in SkiTube Terminal where you will be wristbanded and given any final instructions or programme changes.

Please note that only partners and children that have been notified to us with the application form will get complimentary tickets. Please do not turn up and ask for passes that have not been previously arranged.

Please collect APRA forms and fill them in for each performance and return them to the Festival Reception Centre.

If you have registered as a Volunteer then please check into the Volunteer Registration to recieve final instructions.

Artists issued with Day Passes can transfer their ticket to a Season Pass by paying $50. Ask at the Registration desk or make previous arrangements.

Office Times (to be confirmed)

Please note the following office times for registration and arrival:

At other times call 1300 811 324 for assistance.

Stage Plans

Please fill-in an artist stage plan and return ASAP to allow us to arrange information for each of the venues you are performing at. Click here to go to the form.

Performance Etiquette and Conditions

All artists must report to their specified venue and find the Venue Manager at least 1 hour prior to performance to enable sound checks and stage setup to be completed.

Please be conscious of finishing on time so you don’t eat into the next performer’s time.

If you take longer than available to set up then it comes out of performance time.

The venue manager / MC will give you a 10 minute call to finish in general.

In general there are NO encores - promote the next time you are playing or your CD!

Water will be provided at all venues. Please advise the Venue Manager if supplies run-out.

The Festival organisers reserve the discretionary right to change the venue or time of performance for appropriate circumstances.

Transport around the Festival

The festival will arrange transport around the festival venues. Please book in your request for transport at least 4 hours before requiring it. Allow time to for weather delays and snow!

Products Sales

You are more than welcome to sell your product as long as it is off-stage and not in the way of performances.

Festival Raffle - CD Donation Please

To help with the bills for the festival, we run a major raffle. We would really appreciate the donation of some products for it. Please leave anything you can donate at the Festival Shop.

Performers Responsibilities

Performers accept responsibility for their own Public Liability Insurance. When performing, you are a Festival service provider and as such, are not covered by the Festival's public liability insurance.

We suggest investigating insurance options with Folk Alliance Australia, see www.folkalliance.org.au and follow the links to 'insurance'. You need to be or become a member of Folk Alliance Australia.

Performers also accept all responsibility for their Tax obligations, Superannuation and WorkCoverrequirements.

Artists are responsible for looking after their instruments. There is NO central instrument lockup.

Artists are responsible for their meals and drinks. Water will be provided at stages.

Sessions

We actively encourage sessions. Please keep late night sessions (after 10pm) in designated areas.

Carparking

Artists are encouraged to park their cars at the Bullocks Flat Ski-Tube Terminal and take the SkiTube to the Perisher Valley Terminal. Transport will be arranged from there by the festival to accommodation and venues.

Vehicles may be brought into the National Park and parked at Smiggin Holes but you will be required to carry vehicle wheel snow chains. You will also have to pay for the National Park entry. The festival will arrange transfers to Perisher Valley from Smiggin Holes if required.

Volunteer

The festival relies heavily on volunteers so if you can spare a couple of hours over the festival even to just MC, it would be greatly appreciated. Please email dave@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au if you can help.

Payment

Please provide a Tax Invoice with your ABN and GST if applicable. You can send it in earlier to: Perisher Resorts Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 34, Perisher Valley, 2624 or email to belinda@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au or present it when you register. Please remember - No Invoice, No Payment.

Payment for partners and childrens accommodation will be deducted from the final payment. A statement will be provided to the artist of these costs.

Useful Telephone Numbers

Ambulance, Police, Fire: 000

NRMA Roadside Assistance for vehicle breakdown: 13 1111

Festival information line: 1300 811 324

thanks, David De Santi, dave@snowymountainsofmusic.com.au
October 2010