Gospel Fest 2023
Loretta Lynn's Ranch
August 23-27, 2023
Prize Package
Limited to only 40 Participants!
The Gospel Fest competition Series will be held on Friday morning, August 25th at 8am.
Winner will receive all listed prize package, the opportunity to open for the Gatlin Brothers during the Saturday evening concert session, a professional photo shoot on Saturday afternoon and an appearance on the Sneed Family TV show
Previous Winners Include:
2018 - Brady Rhodes
2019 - Camille Ritchey
2021 - The Andrews Family
2021 - Ray Bennett
2022 - Joseph Glasgow
OFFICIAL RULES & REGULATIONS
Entrants will compete on Friday, August 25th from 8am - 11:30am.
The winners will receive: all items details in the prize package.
All performances must be Gospel, Christian, Country, Bluegrass or at least maintain family friendly lyrics in content during the performance. Upon entering this talent search you are agreeing to this statement and all of the following rules.
Accompaniment:
Vocalist may use accompaniment tracks with no lead vocal on the track.
Your CD accompaniment needs to be clearly labeled with your name and song title. It is recommended that all participants bring a second CD as back up in case of malfunctions.
Because of the quality deviations in CD recorders not all self-made CD's are readable on all machines.
For vocalists with live music accompaniment-there will be a keyboard, bass, and drums set up for use. There will also be a DI Box for 1 additional instrument. Any other additional instruments will be acoustic only.
The Talent search committee will have sole authority in the scheduling order of performances, control over stage set, sound, lights, power and overall (Master) volume. A sound system will be provided and the Talent Search Stage Manager will have absolute control over the sound system.
The performance may not exceed four (4:00) minutes in length. This includes any speaking. Contestants exceeding this time will have scoring deductions.
Sign in will begin at 7:00 am on Friday morning for anyone that hasn't pre-registered if there are any available openings left the day of the competition.
Talent Search to begin promptly at 8:00am on Friday, August 25th at the Loretta Lynn Ranch.
Winner(s) for the talent search will be announced a thte beginning of the Saturday, August 26 afternoon session.
The selected winner(s) will be invited back to perform at the 2024 Gospel Fest.
An entry fee of $150.00 will be charged. This price applies to soloist and groups.
Entry fee is non-refundable.
Make This Year YOUR Year! Submit Your Entry Below Today.