Got a band? Ready to get outta the garage?
Get the band together and enter the Wind-FM Brick City Beer Fest Battle of the Bands!
Record your 5-minute band video and upload it starting February 17th.
Then, get your parents, your neighbors, your ex-best-friends-girlfriend-from-13-years-ago, everyone you know and everyone you meet to vote for YOU starting March 9th.
The three bands with the MOST VOTES will compete in the Wind-FM Brick City Beer Fest Battle of the Bands on April 11th!
The Brick City Beer Fest Panel of judges will choose ONE winner to open for the Wind-FM Rocks the Reilly concert on August 1… an incredibly energetic tribute to Van Halen!
The entrant of each video submission will receive an email containing a copyright release form that MUST be filled out before the video will be approved.
If you have submitted a video and have not received a follow-up email, give us a call (352) 622-9500.
The Wind-FM Battle of the Bands will be broken into four phases; Submission Phase, Preliminary Voting Phase, Finalist Prep Phase, and Final Voting.
Submission Phase: February 17, 12:00am through March 8th 11:59pm. Gather your band and record a video no longer than 5 minutes. Upload it online at the Wind-FM Battle of the Bands contest page: www.windfm.com/contests. All videos will be screened by a Wind-FM staff member and must be 5 minutes or less. Upon submission, an email will be sent to the entrant containing a copyright release form that must be completed by the entrant and returned to Wind-FM before the video will be approved.
Entries containing inappropriate videos will be disqualified. Any video submitted to Wind-FM will become the property of Wind-FM. Wind-FM has final say of what content is appropriate for the website. No use of indecent or obscene material, no content that is illegal, contains nudity or is sexually explicit, or by law, obscene, profane, or pornographic is permitted. By submitting the video, entrant agrees to waive their right to privacy and publication with respect to their video, and affirms that no third-party ownership rights exist to the video.
Audio, video, and images (the “Material”) submitted must be owned by the person submitting the entry. No one else may have, or can claim, legal rights to the Material. If there is a “minor” (a child or person under the age of 18) in this Material, the entrant must certify that he or she is the parent or legal guardian of the minor (child or children) in the Material. Any misrepresentation of ownership of the submitted Material, or legal guardianship of the minor in the submitted Material (if any), will be grounds for disqualification of the contest and potentially all future contests or promotions with North Central Florida Media Group. Entries containing inappropriate Material will be disqualified. North Central Florida Media Group has final say of what content is appropriate for the website and has absolute discretion over the eligibility of a Material entry. No indecent or obscene content, no content that is illegal, no content containing nudity or that is sexually explicit, or by law, obscene, profane, or pornographic is permitted. By entering this contest, you are verifying that you are the owner and producer of the submitted Material and that no third-party ownership rights exist to the Material. If the Material contains or depicts people, by submitting such Material you agree to have the rights necessary to consent or submit on behalf of those in the Material.
North Central Florida Media Group has the ultimate discretion over which video entries are selected as finalists. We will make all reasonable efforts to contact the band within the limits of the Finalist Prep Phase.
One entry per band. Submitting more than one entry per band will invalidate all entries by that contestant. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different email addresses, identities, or any other methods void that participant’s entries and that participant may be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.
Preliminary Voting Phase: March 9, 12:00am through March 22, 11:59pm. During this phase, voting will be open to the public. One vote per person, per day. Bands are encouraged to share their video from the Wind-FM website to obtain more votes. At the end of this phase, the THREE bands who have gathered the most online votes will be notified by phone on March 23rd (via the phone number provided by the original video entry) as finalists and invited to perform at the Wind-FM Battle of the Bands at Brick City Beer&Wine Fest on April 11th. The band members will receive free entry into the venue- up to 8 members (retail value $35 per person), and six additional tickets, total retail value $210. Total prize value per band not to exceed $490.
Listeners can vote once per day during the voting round. Voting is limited to one vote per verified email address, per day. If an entrant receives irregular votes from the same user or users, including but not limited to, votes generated by a robotic, programmed, script, macro, other automated means or other source, Wind-FM reserves the right to disqualify the entrant in its sole discretion.
Finalist Prep Phase: From March 23rd through April 10th, the three finalist bands will be in their prep phase to perfect their set for the Final Voting Phase. Sets must be no longer than 30 minutes, and songs must contain no use of indecent or obscene material, no content that is illegal, contains nudity or is sexually explicit, or by law, obscene, profane, or pornographic is permitted. Each band will be invited to the Wind-FM Ocala office to have their photos taken for social media/website exposure leading up to the performance.
Final Voting: On April 11th, the three bands will perform at the Wind-FM Battle of the Bands at the Brick City Beer and Wine Fest, exact time and details to be delivered to the finalists during the aforementioned Finalist Prep Phase. The final voting will be conducted by a panel of Brick City Beer Fest Community Judges, to be chosen by the Brick City Beer and Wine Festival Committee. One winner will be determined by the panel, and invited to open for the August 1 “Wind-FM Rocks the Reilly” concert at the Reilly Arts Center in Ocala, featuring a Van Halen tribute (details to be confirmed with the winners at a later date). Grand prize has no monetary value. Should the winning band be unable to attend the August 1st concert, the prize will be forfeited and no alternate will be selected.
This contest is open to all eligible Florida residents 18 or older. Any prize awarded to an ineligible listener will be deemed null and void, and an alternate eligible winner may be named.
Employees of Wind-FM, and its ultimate parent company, Saga Communications South, LLC., their advertising agencies, affiliates, contest sponsors, employees and immediate families of each, and employees of all media of mass communications within a one-hundred-mile radius of Wind-FM’s main studio are not eligible to win any contest. Immediate families include the spouse, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of the employee and his/her spouse. This also includes individuals from whom the employee is current legal guardian.
All decisions of Wind-FM are final and shall be binding in all respects. Entry into this contest constitutes permission to use the name or likeness of each prize winner for advertising, trade, and publicity purposes without prior approval and without additional compensation.
No purchase necessary. Prize is not transferable or redeemable for cash. Winners will be responsible for all applicable state and federal taxes. Wind-FM’s sole responsibility will be to award the prize. Wind-FM will have no further responsibility in connection with the prize if the prize winner, for any reason, cannot or decides not to use any of the prize.
Full contest rules available at Wind-FM’s studios located at 3602 NE 20th Place, Ocala, FL 34470 between the house of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm; or by logging onto www.windfm.com.