HELLO MUSIC FRIENDS!
ONE APPLICATION FOR ALL NEAR SOUTHSIDE EVENTS
NOW BOOKING FOR:
ARTSGOGGLE 2026 presented by Frost
Saturday, October 24, 2026 from noon to 10pm
3 stages, 30 performers are booked by Near Southside, Inc. staff who produce ArtsGoggle. Additionally, Magnolia Village businesses privately book music for their stages and often use this directory to search for qualified musicians that meet their programming goals.
LOST 'N SOUND SOUTH MAIN presented by Nicole Dawson State Farm
Saturday, April 25, 2026 noon to midnight
Saturday, November 21, 2026 noon to midnight
Music is booked directly by participating venues. All musicians with a music profile will be considered.
ABOUT THE MUSICIAN DIRECTORY
Once you submit an application, your information will be turned into a profile. Your profile is published in our MUSICIAN DIRECTORY. After you have submitted, it's good practice to go browse this music directory to ensure that your details have published as you wish. Please make sure to return from time to time and keep your information up-to-date, adding new music, photos, and booking details as needed. Remember, if you need to update your musician profile, the instructions are above on this page.
TO CREATE A NEW MUSIC PROFILE:
Start at Near Southside Website User Portal.
Using the pink area of that page, create a new username and password.
Watch for a confirmation link to be sent to your email address.
Activate your account and then sign in at the Near Southside User Portal.
Select the yellow "START NEW - LNS & AG MUSICIAN PROFILE" button.
Fill out the form and submit.
Then, make sure to go check out how your music profile looks in the MUSICIAN DIRECTORY.
TO UPDATE AN EXISTING MUSIC PROFILE:
All musician profiles live behind the Near Southside user portal.
This means you can make updates to your profile anytime.
Musicians are responsible for keeping their music profiles up to date. All musicians are requested to update their profiles as needed to be considered for 2025 booking. Please make sure to update your availability using the question in your musician profile that asks if you are available to play this year's event dates. Feel free to update your music links, your photos, your fee, booking contact info and anything needed.
IF YOU HAVE LOGGED IN BEFORE, SIGN IN AND UPDATE YOUR PROFILE.
Start at Near Southside User Portal.
Log in to your existing account.
Click on the yellow EDIT EXISTING LNS & AG Musician Profile button. Do not click “Start New” unless you want to submit a brand new listing for a band that you have not already submitted for.
This should take you to an area where you can access your profile that is currently published. You may have more than one profile (if you are in more than one band, or have submitted more than once). If you have more than one existing profile (say one profile as a solo artist and one profile for your band) then update them both.
Edit profile as needed.
Resubmit profile to republish.
IF YOU HAVE NOT LOGGED INTO THE PORTAL BEFORE:
Start at Near Southside User Portal.
Your username will be the email address that you first created your profile with.
If you don't remember it, contact megan@nearsouthsidefw.org for help.
After putting in your username….click ‘Forgot Password’
You didn’t really forget your password, you’re just creating one for the first time.
Then, watch your email for instructions on how to set your password.
Once you have reset your password, you can go back to the Near Southside User Portal and log in.
ONCE INSIDE THE NEAR SOUTHSIDE USER PORTAL:
Click on the YELLOW EDIT EXISTING LNS Musician Profile button. Do not click “Start New” unless you want to submit a brand new listing for a band that you have not already submitted for.
This should take you to an area where you can access your profile that is currently published. You may have more than one profile (if you are in more than one band, or have submitted more than once). If you have more than one existing profile (say one profile as a solo artist and one profile for your band) then update them both.
Edit profile as needed.
Resubmit profile to republish.
VIEW YOUR PUBLISHED PROFILE FOR ACCURACY
Once you have submitted your profile, go see how it looks in the published Lost ’N Sound music directory at https://lostnsound.org/musician-directory
What you see here is EXACTLY what the venues will also see when they are searching for musicians to book. Please make sure it all looks great. If not, return back to your profile and make edits until all links works correctly, all photos are oriented the correct way, and all information is accurate.
DID YOU GET A GIG? GREAT!
NOW RETURN TO YOUR PROFILE TO SHOW YOURSELF AS BOOKED!
This year we are asking all musicians to return to their profile and mark themselves as booked when you receive an offer to play Lost ’N Sound and ArtsGoggle.
There is a question in your music profile that lets you note if you have been booked for each of the dates. It is important that you do this because we are trying hard to spread the opportunity to play to as many musicians as possible. Last year, we had some musicians playing three or four gigs per event - which was cool for them but did not provide enough opportunity for other musicians. We are also asking for your honesty in sharing that you have already been booked if a venue reaches out to you after you have already accepted another gig on Lost ’N Sound or ArtsGoggle day.
They might still choose to book you for a second set….but we ask that you please notify them that you are already booked so we can give gigs to as many musicians as possible…and the festival lineup is as diverse as possible. PLEASE KEEP YOUR PROFILE AND YOUR BOOKING STATUS UP TO DATE.
You can return to the Near Southside User Portal log in and update your profile once you’ve been booked for a Lost N Sound or ArtsGoggle gig.
LOST 'N SOUND MUSICIANS
PARTNER EXPECTATIONS:
Any musician playing original music, defined as music composed by the performer, is welcomed to apply for booking consideration. Musicians of all genres are welcomed to submit booking requests.
- Musicians are requested to play only original music written by the performer to avoid conflict with licensing and ASCAP regulations.
- Musicians are expected to be on time for their performance, arriving with sufficient time for load-in and sound check prior to their set time.
- Musicians are expected to perform for the full duration of the agreed upon set time.
- Musicians are expected to maintain professional decorum on event day, as you are a partner and representative of Lost ‘N Sound or ArtsGoggle.
- Musicians will be booked directly by participating venues or by Near Southside staff and are expected to discuss all performance needs, including production, with the venue prior to event date. Not all venues will provide production support, so musicians should negotiate their needs directly with the venue and be prepared to provide their own equipment as needed to supplement what the venue is able to provide.
- Musicians are expected to self-promote to supplement the Lost ‘N Sound event advertising. Lost ‘N Sound management will provide musicians with professional marketing resources to promote their performance and venue.
- Musicians should discuss the opportunity to sell merch before, during, or immediately after their performance with their venue.
- Act in good faith and fulfill all terms of partnership. If any musician is proven to - fail to uphold your obligation to the venue and have not clearly communicated with the venue in a professional manner regarding this failure, be responsible for property damage, or treat other musicians, venue staff, guests, sponsors, or management in a disrespectful manner - the musician or group will be not be allowed to participate in future events until deemed appropriate by management.
FOR LOST N SOUND MUSIC BOOKING:
LNS VENUES BOOK MUSIC DIRECTLY.
NEAR SOUTHSIDE, INC. STAFF DOES NOT BOOK MUSIC.
Venues are South Main Village businesses or properties hosting music.
- Venues book music for Lost 'N Sound. Venues communicate directly with musicians about booking opportunities. Participating Lost 'N Sound Venues are responsible for their own music booking and they will use the information you have provided in this form for their consideration when booking music. Lost 'N Sound management does not book music directly at this time.
- By filling out this free booking application, your details will be published in a "MUSIC DIRECTORY" that all venues can browse through to identify musicians they are interested in booking. If a venue can extend a booking offer to you, they will contact you to discuss a specific set time and payment details.
- Lost 'N Sound strives to host a diverse lineup of regional artists across genres. In that effort, we are working to curate entertainment that reaches a broad audience while providing opportunities to showcase regionally acclaimed artists as well as lesser-known artists.
- You only need to apply ONCE for the entire season. This rolling database will be used for music booking for the entire Lost 'N Sound season, so venues can see your application for all four events. For booking consideration, please submit the following application for Lost 'N Sound.
- If you are a music booking agent, looking to book an entire showcase, please make sure to fill out the Lost 'N Sound SPONSOR/PARTNER INQUIRY FORM. This application is specific to individual musicians hoping to play Lost 'N Sound. Music agents are welcomed to fill out the application on behalf of musicians that they represent.
TYPES OF VENUES:
Lost 'N Sound is interested in bringing music to expected AND unexpected spaces.
As such, we have created two different types of venues that will book music for Lost 'N Sound day.
- MAIN STAGE VENUE Locations that are open to the public on a daily basis for retail purposes such as restaurants, bars, live music venues, bakeries, and other retail storefronts.
- BACK STAGE VENUE Locations that are typically not open daily to the public for walk-up retail traffic. These locations include recording studios, film studios, office spaces, churches, salons/spas that require appointment, residences, apartment community clubhouses, or public spaces that aren’t commonly activated. These are the special spaces that the public does not expect to see live music except for Lost ‘N Sound event day.