Your hosts: “Punk-Rock” Tom Heffernan & Cara Lucille
“Punk-Rock” Tom Heffernan, musician, songwriter, producer, activist…and co-host of the 48 Hr Band Challenge.
Cara Lucille, musician, songwriter, nurse, and co-host of the 48 Hr Band Challenge (a 2022 winner).
The 48 Hr Band Challenge is one of MOMF’s most exciting events.
Throw your name in the hat and join the Minnesota Original Music Festival’s “48 Hour Band Challenge!”
48 hours to form a new band with people you just met, put it together, and compete for clout and prizes and a chance to open the second day of the festival!
How it works:
1) Signup…This will be available soon and will be announced on our social media.
2) Bring your instrument to the 48 Hr Band Challenge Draft, Wednesday, July 16, 5:00 pm. The draft will be in St. Peter, MN, location to be announced.
3) Check-in with Tom and/or Cara when you arrive at the draft.
4) Get randomly placed with other musicians to form a band: the Draft is where bands are created (we try not to match musicians that regularly perform together).
5) Get the rules: Tom & Cara will lead you through a process, explain rules, answer questions, solve problems.
6) Go to work: develop a work schedule that works for your band and practice.
7) Perform: 48 Hr Band Challenge Contest, Friday, July 18, 6:00 pm, Patrick’s on Third, Saint Peter, MN, for a group of judges and a packed audience!
There will be a number of contest categories, e.g. best instrumentalist, best vocalist, best original song, etc. The group that is selected as the best overall will be asked to perform on the KMSU Main Stage, Sunday, July 20 (there is a small monetary stipend involved). There will be trophies, prizes of various kinds and lots of fun. The goal of this event is to provide opportunities for musicians of various skill levels to meet, network, share, and learn from each other, please remember this is intended to be fun, it is a contest, but not to be taken too seriously, it’s value lies in the experience and not in winning.
The band, Yellow Tape, performing at the 2023, 48 Hr Band Challenge, Patrick’s on Third, Saint Peter, MN.
Other Notes:
All contestants must be 18 years of age or older.
Please check our Facebook page or this page for updates!
Contestant bands will have 20 minutes including setup and tear down. We plan to provide a drum kit, keyboard & amps for the contest.