Applications for the 2025 Main Stage are now closed. Thank you to all who applied!
The Minnesota Original Music Festival is looking for Minnesota songwriters and composers to create and perform new music for the 2025 Minnesota Original Music Festival’s program, The Songwriters Stage, in Saint Peter, MN, over the weekend of July 19-20. Applications will be accepted from 2/1/2025 – 2/28/2025.
We are providing stipends of $500 to two songwriters to write and perform 4 new songs (about 10-12 minutes of music each), and two stipends of $1000 to two composers to write and perform 15 minutes of music each (approximately).
Additional Events for 2025
More details of these events will be posted in the coming weeks.
May 8: MOMF Songwriters in the Round
June 28: MOMF Hip Hop Music Exchange
July 13: MOMF Kick-off at Patrick’s on Third
July 16: MOMF 48 Hour Band Challenge Draft
July 18: MOMF 48 Hour Band Challenge Contest
July 19-20: MOMF Main Stage Music Series & Triple Falls Interactive Stage
July 31: MOMF Composers Showcase featuring Adrian Barnett
August 23: MOMF Roots Music Exchange
September 27: MOMF Indigenous Music Exchange
Donations
Please consider helping MOMF continue its mission with a tax deductible contribution (of any amount that’s comfortable for you): https://www.givemn.org/donate/Momfest. All donations will be used to further our mission of supporting Minnesotans that perform original music (or want to).
The Minnesota Original Music Festival is made possible through donations, the support of New Foundations Saint Peter (our fiscal agent), and community organizations including the following.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
This program is made possible with funds provided by the St. Peter Tourism and Visitors Bureau.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.