+++ALL Opening Acts for 2025 Have been booked. We will start taking 2026 applications in September, But you can email Us using the form below to get on a waiting list for 2025 cancellations+++
If you’re an acoustic musician, and you'd like to perform at one of our twice-monthly, Friday concerts, we offer two, unpaid opening-act sets. Each set is 5 songs, played for the most appreciative audiences in the area.
Our mission is to promote handmade music played on traditional instruments. Although that covers many, many styles, we frown on booking pop, rock, or acts with drum kits. Typical styles that we support are folk, bluegrass, Americana, Celtic, string-band, old-time, blues, and swing. We try to stay on the traditional side of the acoustic-music world, and we are a strictly non-religious and non-political organization. Please, no praise music.
Opening acts are unpaid, but you'll get good exposure, and you can bring merch to sell. For more details, please apply using the form below, and we'll get back to you.
Other Bookings
Don’t want to wait several month to perform on our stage, or nervous about playing in front of 100-200 people? Then please consider our Open Mic or Showcase events if you live the Colorado Springs area. If this is your first time as an opening act, then we STRONGLY suggest you check out our Open Mic or Showcase events first. In fact, this will be a requirement starting in 2026 (local acts only; touring professionals may still apply as usual). This will help you get your feet wet in a very relaxed environment as you begin your musical performance journey.
Performance Guideline
New to performing in front of others on stage? Check out our performance guideline to help you know what to expect, get over stage-fright, interact with your audience, etc.