Do you have a talent you want the world to see? Are you a star, waiting to be discovered?

Here’s your chance to show the world what you’ve got!

The Buzzards Bay Film Festival and JKB Entertainment Group are inviting musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, and any one who wants to show their talent to enter “Star for the Bay,” a  performance video contest held every three weeks from July 3 until the end of summer. 

You are invited to submit 60-second cell phone videos of yourself or your friends showing off what you’ve got: great songs, hot dance steps, guitar solos, great jokes, your band’s catchiest tunes or any talent you think might win.

Rules

1. Your video must be shot in the Buzzards Bay watershed, or have Buzzards Bay as its subject (You can see the watershed on this map)

2. Your video must be shot on a cell phone.

3. Your video must be 60 seconds or less in length.

Prizes!

A pair of free tickets to one of these JKB Entertainment Group concerts:

Aug. 6 — The Zombies (featuring Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent) at Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA

Aug. 10 — King’s X at Tupelo Music Hall in Londonderry, NH

Oct. 10 — Rusted Root at Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA

Oct. 11 — Howie Day with Ayla Brown at Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, MA

Nov. 22 — Cheryl Wheeler at Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth, MA

Dec. 11 — Adrian Belew Power Trio at Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA

Plus:

If your video has more votes than all the videos submitted that week, you’ll win one of our weekly Shoot the Summer 2014 cell phone video awards of a Gift Certificate from your choice of one of five Bay watershed businesses: 

• New Bedford’s Rose Alley Pub
• Quicks Hole restaurant in Woods Hole
• Ryan Family Amusements in Bourne and Falmouth
• Wareham’s Kool Kone
• Salvador’s Ice Cream in South Dartmouth.

Plus:

You’ll have a chance to win a $1,000 Grand Prize and a GoPro camera for the best videos of the summer! 

How to Enter:

Contestants can email their entries to the Festival at summer@buzzbayff.com or through the Festival’s Facebook Page @BuzzardsBayFilmFest, or at our Facebook app here.

When to Enter:

Star for the Bay competitions will start on:

Thursday, July 3.

Thursday July 24

Thursday August 14

Thursday September 4

Submissions open those Thursdays. At the noon on the following Monday, submissions close and voting starts. Voting ends at midnight on Wednesday, and the winner will be announced on the following Thursday.

How to Win?

The winners will be chosen through Facebook and email votes. So spread the word and have your friends watch your video and vote on our Facebook Page @BuzzBayFilmFestival, or (link) or send in their vote to summer@buzzbayff.com.

Further Shoot the Summer 2014 contest details can be found at BuzzardsBayFilmFestival.org.