Boots and Hearts Music Festival Launches Emerging Artist Showcase

Republic Live, organizers of the Boots and Hearts Music Festival, has launched the Emerging Artist Showcase presented by SiriusXM Canada. The competition will allow any aspiring Canadian country artists, 12 years of age and older, to upload a video or audio performance for a chance to perform on the Main Stage at Boots and Hearts 2013 on Sunday, August 4.

The Emerging Artist Showcase will be taking place at Boots and Hearts Music Festival, Aug. 1 – 4, 2013, which takes place at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario.

The competition is now open and will run until June 27, 2013 at 8 a.m. EST, at which time the submissions will be narrowed down to select eight contestants. These eight finalists will perform for a panel of judges and fans at the side stage of the festival Saturday, August 3, and two finalists will be chosen to perform on the Main Stage to decide the final winner of the competition. The two finalists will open for Dierks Bentley on the Main Stage during the Boots and Hearts Music Festival. The winner will earn a single release with Big Machine Label Group Canada.

“We are so grateful to SiriusXM Canada for partnering with us on the Boots and Hearts Emerging Artist Showcase this year,” said Shannon McNevan, Executive Director and Founder Republic Live. “It’s so important for us to not only support our local artists, but to actually find that next big country music star from Canada. Last year we had Tebey win the Emerging Artist Showcase and Tim Hicks came in second, we can see where their careers are going. To have a partner like Big Machine Label Group Canada, whose artists include Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, The Band Perry and so many more, a single release with them is huge for any artist.”

Full contest details are available at bootsandhearts.com/showcase.