The above scroll box, contains photos of last year's Juried Showcase artists.

The 28th Annual Northwest Booking Conference will be the largest gathering of artists, their management and presenters of the performing arts in the region. In 2008 hundreds of participants from the Northwest and well beyond will attend the conference in Eugene, Oregon, October 13-16, 2008. Attendees will enjoy activities including dynamic performance showcases, an expanded roster of late night showcases, keynote speakers, professional development seminars, workshops, block-booking sessions, networking opportunities, a packed exhibit hall, sales spotlights and social events, all adding up to four fun and highly productive and professional days. Presenters of the performing arts can discover untapped resources, ideas and inspiration. Performers / artist's management have a medium that allows them access to the presenting organizations and individuals throughout the northwest, and helps get them in front of the audience most capable of booking them into the western U.S. market!

The Juried Showcase component at the Booking Conference is renowned for its commitment to quality and diversity, as well as its reputation as one of the most effective methods for artists to make themselves known to presenters in the west. Twenty-six or more performing artists or groups are selected by a peer panel process to present a 12-minute excerpt of their work. The Juried Showcases are a centerpiece of the conference and everyone attends since they are scheduled without competing events.

Northwest On Tour is a resource for Northwest presenters who are seeking performing attractions to book into their communities. This is the most comprehensive resource of performing talent available to arts presenters in the Northwest. All listed artists are seeking bookings in the region and represent some of the finest performing artists, active in the touring field today.

For more information on either the 2008 Juried Showcase or the 2008-09 Northwest on Tour Roster click on a corresponding link above. Both use the same combined-application process, which is available here as a pdf form for you to complete, print out and mail to Arts Northwest.

You or your agent must be a member of Arts Northwest to apply to showcase or to be in Northwest on Tour: A Roster of Juried Performing Artists. (An agency’s membership covers the artists on their roster). Membership can be paid at the time of application if you are not current.