Deadline: Friday February 28th at midnight!

Chance to perform on the Backwoods Stage at Blue Ox 2025!

Are you a Bluegrass, Americana or Folk artist (or any other type of band you think would jive with Blue Ox fans) that would like to perform at the Blue Ox Music Festival? Create a short video of your band performing one original song and submit before midnight CT on Friday February 28th for a chance to perform live on our Backwoods Stage at Blue Ox on Saturday, June 28th!

How to Enter:

Entry window has closed. We look forward to reviewing your submissions!

How to Win:

1. The Blue Ox team will select our top band competition submissions and will post band information with video links to our website.

2. Voting will open to the public in March (date TBA)

3. Winner will be announced in late March / early April

The winner will receive a slot to perform on the Backwoods Stage on Saturday, June 28th. Band members will also receive weekend passes to the 2025 Blue Ox Music Festival.

*Limit 1 entry per person. All entries that do not follow voting rules will be discarded.