Night and Day Festival, which will take place in Boyle’s Lough Key Forest Park in June, has announced details of its annual song competition for emerging artists.
The “Night and Day Song Competition”, aims to support up and coming artists by providing the resources needed to increase their exposure and to get their music heard. As well as having the opportunity to play at the festival, the winner will also be provided with a choice of two studios at which to spend a day recording.
We will also run a second song contest solely for artists still in school. The winning song will get the second choice of our two studios at which to spend a day recording.
Prizes
Winner (Main Competition)
– One days recording at a professional studio
– Play at the Night and Day Festival 2025
Winner (School Aged Competition)
– One days recording at a professional studio
Judging
Entries will be screened by a listening committee. Please note, production value will not be considered when selecting finalists. We’re interested in the quality of the song!
How to Enter
By email only. Send your song to [email protected]
Entries accepted from March 01st to April 30th 2025 only.
Eligibility
For the purposes of the competition, a song must have both lyrics and music. All submitted songs must be original, unpublished (or self-published) songs that have been written or co-written by the entrant(s). For competition purposes, an unpublished song is defined as being recorded and self- released by the entrant(s) and/or not co-published by a commercially active music publisher.
For the school aged competition, at least 50% of the members of any band entering must be in school
at the time of the competition.
Submission policy and Conditions
Each entry must be an original, unpublished musical composition for which the contestant retains the copyright and authority to submit and perform the composition in the contest.
One entry per artist/band.
The song MUST be performed by the song contest entrant.
Entrants must be available to perform at the festival on either June 27th, 28th or 29th 2025.
Entrant agrees to accept the final decision of the judges.
The writer retains all rights to submitted songs.
