2025 SUBMISSIONS WILL START on 4/20 or so

Sign up below to get emails about next year’s submission process (or really for us to email you to remind you to submit). This year we’re taking submissions 4/20 to 6/30, with selections announced in late July. The fest happening October 23-25, 2025. 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!