Celebrating Recreational Musicianship
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Festival of Friends Events curates and hosts live performance series and events in select cities across the U.S. for adult recreational musicians.
Whether you’re looking for performance experiences in your hometown or have plans to travel to a new city, Festival of Friends Events offers a simple way for skilled, everyday players and performers to plug into local, recreational musician communities while offering music fans access to unique, live entertainment. 
We bring exciting innovation to recreational musicianship through uniquely curated band programming and live music events. Programming formats include our signature, short-term Songmixers Series and our longer-form Bandmixers Series.
Our approach to programming is directly focused on the adult recreational musician who wants to challenge themselves in new ways and apply their existing skill set in a band-centered environment with other like-minded players. |
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Making Music / Banding Together
Festival of Friends Event's mission is to foster the development and growth of community between adult recreational musicians who are passionate about playing and performing without the constraints, pressures or judgment of the professional music scene.
Festival of Friends 'Songmixers' Decades of Rock / Sounds of Summer. May 11, 2019. Seattle, WA.
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Our curated music events are less about performer vs audience and more about everyone in the room having a shared musical experience and the result is a group party that's always entertaining.
And while we do take what we do seriously, at the core our community programming is about having a ruinous amount of fun for everyone involved and building connections between new music-making friends that begins to foster a recreational musician community in your hometown. So whether a community event's happening in your hometown or you're visiting somewhere new: find an event, sign-up, and join a roster of band mates and local community, where you'll experience a shift in not only how you make music but who you make music with. See our FAQ for more information. |
FoF Community Testimonials
"As a musician with a full-time work schedule and a family to care for, Festival of Friends bandshare events solves a lot of issues for me. One, it's low pressure and fun. I don't have time to commit to a full-time band and FoF Events gives me the satisfaction of learning and performing a few great songs in AWESOME venues that are pre-booked for myself and the other participants. Love the convenience of it all. I'm hooked and I'm already looking forward to performing in future community events!"
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"I've had a great time participating in Festival Of Friends bandshare events. I'm currently in a band but this was my first opportunity to play without my safety net (my regular band mates). It was a great experience for me to meet other musicians and the event offered a good variety of music and the musicians who participated gave a great show... musicians all the way. The venue was great, sound was good, and my friends who attended had a great time. I definitely intend to participate in upcoming FoF Events and encourage others to get involved too!"
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“What a great way to get out of the living room and onto a stage! And the variety is so much fun, playing with different musicians and playing different material each show. The changing material keeps my practicing and at home playing focused, as I have specific songs and parts to learn, practice, and develop a strong comfort level with. And waiting at the end of my efforts is a show in front of friends, family, and supportive fellow recreational musicians.”
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"Festival of Friends events provides me a great opportunity to play other music genres and songs on stage that I know and love, but normally would not have a chance to play with my regular band. It is truly awesome having met and been able to network with talented musicians in the Seattle area. It surprises me every time that none of the songs were rehearsed as a band because they almost always turn out amazing! I look forward to participating in all FoF Events as much as possible."
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Community Programming Survey
Please note: Any information provided below is strictly for the use of Festival of Friends Events future programming. We will not share or sell any of the information you provide. We look forward to serving your area!
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