Conference Registration Price Deadline Is Near

Here's our schedule

Singing together in the great room of Assembly Inn5th Annual SERFA Conference
May 17-20, 2012
Montreat Conference Center
Montreat, North Carolina

The conference is less than a month away, Register Now! Use the link on the right.  SERFA is a great opportunity to hear great music and be heard by venues, DJs, your peers, and other folks in the music community.  Its a place to learn from others, network, and make meaningful connections, and it all happens in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.  Hope you will join us.

Please visit our "Showcase Artists" page for a list of Official Showcase performers.

Venues, presenters and DJs, your registration is on us. Check the registration page to see how to obtain a free registration to the conference.

Thursday, May 17

Bag Stuffing at 1:00 if anyone wants to pitch in.

Registration opens at 2:00

4:00 - 5:15 Workshops  (Primal Source Rhythm with Billy Jonas, Care and (not) Feeding of Musicians, The Next Generation)

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

7:00 - 10:00 Open Mic

10:40 - 2:00 Guerilla Showcases

Friday, May 18

(Registration opens at 9:30)

9:00 - 10:00 Continental Breakfast

10:30 - 11:45 Workshops (Facebook Timeline, House Concert Forum, 40 POints for 40 Years of Folk, Songwriting with Jon Vezner)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 Workshops (Tech Forum, Radio Promotion, Piedmont Blues)

3:00 - 5:00 Resources for the Working Musician (Booking, Publicity, Folk Alliance and the Local 1000)

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

7:00 - 10:00 Official Showcases (Annie and Rod Capps, Dave Gunning, Roy Schneider, SONiA, Sam Pacetti, The Stray Birds, Mitchell and Harris, Honor Finnegan, Jon Vezner)

10:40 - 2:00 Guerrilla Showcases and Local 1000 Song Circle

Saturday

(Registration opens at 9:30)

9:00 - 10:00 Breakfast with the Board

10:30 - 11:45 Workshops (Recording, Changing Gears in Your Music Career, For Venues Only, Songwriting with Tom Kimmel)

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 Workshops (Recording, Taking it to the Next Level, Small PA, Enhanced Tools for Performance Critique)

3:00 - 5:00 Mentor Sessions

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner

7:00 - 10:00 Official Showcases (John Batdorf, Gloria Attoun, Dana and Susan Robinson, Clint Alphin, Tom Kimmell, Harpeth Rising, Emily Pinkerton, Michael Reno Harrell, Moors & McCumber)

10:40 - 2:00 Guerrilla Showcases and Local 1000 Song Circle

Sunday

9:00 - 10:00 Closing Breakfast

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 Assembly Inn, Montreat Conference Center