Festival 2024 in Minneapolis

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Preparing for Festival

Go to Information for Chorus Leaders

For Individuals

Festival 2024 – Know Before You Go

Coming to Festival is not an easy thing to do! GALA Choruses is grateful to the 7000 singers who are making the effort to come. Here’s a list of things to keep in mind—Know Before You Go!

Festival 2024 Streaming

GALA Choruses Festival is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and now you can enjoy it from home, on your own time!

What is GALA Choruses?

A brief description of offerings and history of the GALA Choruses organization.

What is Festival?

GALA Choruses signature event is our quadrennial Festival, which gathers LGBTQ+ choruses from all over North America and the world.

Deadlines for Individuals

Deadlines for individuals attending Festival 2024.

Festival Cost Estimator for Individuals

An interactive tool for creating your individual Festival budget.

Frequently Asked Questions

You’ve got Festival questions. We’ve got Festival answers!

Minneapolis, MN

A map of Minneapolis with the venues and hotel options.

Festival Volunteers

Join us as a volunteer for the GALA Choruses Festival 2024 and be part of creating an unforgettable celebration of LGBTQ choral music.

Single Concert Ticket Sales

For those not performing at Festival 2024 (spouses, guests, friends, locals, etc) tickets can be purchased for individual concerts.

ASL Interpretation

American Sign Language Interpretation resources for Festival 2024.

Security

Making sure all of our delegates and guests at Festival 2024 are safe is our priority.

Festival Accessibility

GALA Choruses is committed to assuring that Festival 2024 is accessible for all. Learn about resources in the city of Minneapolis, performance venues, ASL interpretation, assisted listening devices, housing, airport accommodations, and accessibility equipment rental.

Festival Mobile App

GALA Choruses official Festival Mobile App comes from the registration platform Integra, available for iOS and Android.

Festival 2024 COVID Policy

The COVID-19 pandemic is not over. It is now “endemic”—something that, while no longer urgent, is still present everywhere among us and something we still need to be vigilant about.  A few GALA member choruses have even had to cancel recent pride concerts.

Festival 2024 Code of Conduct

Let’s all do our part to make Festival 2024 in Minneapolis safe and enjoyable for all delegates and our hosts in the Twin Cities community!

For Chorus Leaders

Song & Production Entry

The Song & Production Entry upload will open the first week of April and must be completed by May 1. This information helps our tech crew track your equipment and production needs for each song.

Carbon Footprint Reduction

Festival is a significant source of carbon emissions. Our estimate of Festival’s carbon footprint is over 1,500 metric tons of carbon emissions or the equivalent of planting 38,615 urban trees. Find tools to help address the carbon impact of your own chorus here!

An Introduction to Festival

Check out this video introduction to Festival 2024 – for artistic directors, Festival liaisons, and chorus administrators.

Deadlines for Choruses

Deadlines for Chorus Leadership performing at Festival 2024.

Programming with the Global Majority

Here are recommendations for how you can make solid repertoire choices and explore differing human perspectives – various voices, world views and identities in your artistic planning.

Festival Cost Estimator for Choruses

An interactive tool for creating your chorus’s Festival budget.

Fundraising Cookbook

This collection of fundraising ideas for choruses has something for everyone.

Festival Fundraising Worksheet Sample

Use this sample worksheet to help your chorus plan for Festival fundraising.

Chorus/Ensemble Additional Performance Opportunities

Looking for more opportunities for your chorus to perform while you’re in Minneapolis? Festival 2024 hosts various community engagement concerts and Blockbusters for chorus participation.

Performance Halls

GALA Festival 2024 features four excellent performing venues seating between 1,700-3,500 audience members.

Festival 2024 Programming Guidelines

How do you decide what programming to bring to Festival? Want to learn more about GALA’s commitment to Equity, Access and Belonging in Festival programming? Learn answers to those questions and many more.

Instrumentalists

Tips and links for hiring instrumentalists and ASL interpreters at Festival 2024.

Rehearsal Space

GALA provides spaces for choirs wishing to rehearse during Festival week.

ASL Interpretation

American Sign Language Interpretation resources for Festival 2024.

Promoting Festival to Your Chorus

Videos and resources developed by GALA Choruses to get the word out to singers about Festival.

Chorus Video Introductions

Chorus introduction videos are a great way to show folks at Festival and beyond who your chorus is!

Banners

Festival Street Banners are a long-standing GALA Choruses Festival tradition and we invite your chorus to let everyone know that you’re part of the festivities.

Merchandise

The GALA Store at Festival includes a wide variety of branded merchandise as well as merchandise consigned by the participating choruses.