2025 SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!

Sign up below to get emails about the festival. This year we’re taking submissions 4/20 to 6/30, with selections announced in late July. The fest happening October 23-25, 2025. This is NOT the submission page. If you are looking to actually submit to the festival, click here.

A few basics for those interested in submitting:

• All national selections get a hotel paid by the festival, but you’ll be sharing with another selection.

• The fest hotel is directly off the light rail line, so you can watch people in Minneapolis pretend it’s a big city.

• Selected performers get a minimum of 2 shows each.

• We’re adding more venues at our larger theaters - so we’ll be selecting slightly fewer nationals, but nearly 50% of shows will now be in 200+ seat venues!