Call for Performers - Concerts in the Common Grant

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Harvard Ed Portal
The Harvard Ed Portal connects the Allston-Brighton community with Harvard University, offering free programs and events for people of all ages. We provide access to educational, cultural, and professional development opportunities, from mentoring and scholarships to wellness and career resources. Our goal is to empower residents and bridge the gap between Harvard and the local community to foster learning, growth, and connection.
The Harvard Ed Portal (HEP) is a collaborative partnership involving Harvard, the Allston-Brighton community, and the City of Boston. Created in close consultation with the Allston community, it’s a space where Allston-Brighton residents, students, families, and professionals from every walk of life participate in innovative programming and learn from one another. From K–12 education and family programs, to opportunities for digital learning, career and economic development, personal wellness, and the arts, the Ed Portal provides countless resources to support and enrich the lives of those in and around the community.
The Harvard Ed Portal is hiring family-friendly musical, dance, or other stage performers to perform 30-90 minute outdoor shows on select Wednesday afternoons June-October at the Brighton Farmers Market.
This free series presents eclectic live performances and can include acoustic or amplified music, dance, storytelling and/or educational entertainment.
Applicants can be emerging entertainers or long-time pros. Preference will be given to performers living, studying and/or working in Allston-Brighton. We are also focused on the rest of Boston and Cambridge but welcome artists living throughout Greater Boston to apply with the understanding that priority will be given to those most closely affiliated with the local community. BIPOC & LBGTQIA+ creatives are strongly encouraged to submit. Accommodations can be provided for artists with disabilities.
Performances are held once a month at Brighton Common, a pocket park across from the Brighton Library with a large outdoor stage at one end. Load-in is at 3:00pm. Performances begin at 4:00pm.
Concerts are “fair weather only” but artists will be paid rain or shine as long as they report to the farmers market the day of the show ready to perform. Payment can range anywhere from $200-1200 per act depending on on set length, experience level, number of performers, etc. Transportation, parking, and food are at the performers’ expense.
Presented in partnership with the Brighton Farmer's Market and the Allston Brighton Health Collaborative.
Criteria for jurying submissions may include, but are not limited to: appropriateness for an all-age audience; readiness for 30 or 90 minute outdoor set; connection to local community; quality of performance and audience engagement; and diversity of style or genre.

Ineligibility

Applications for artists outside of MA will not be considered.