Pleasantville Music Festival Announces Battle Of The Band Competition

PLEASANTVILLE, NY — Attention young local musicians: The Pleasantville Music Festival has announced the 2024 Battle of the Band competition.

Sponsored and hosted by The Garage at Lucy’s in Pleasantville, the festival’s annual battle has young area musicians who perform original music compete for a slot to open the festival in July.

Organizers said the competition is designed to give young, up-and-coming local musicians a chance to play for a much larger audience, and is open to performers age 24 and younger from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties and the Bronx in New York, Fairfield County in Connecticut and Bergen County in New Jersey.

It is open to everyone from solo artists to full bands.

Performers will compete before a panel of music industry judges at The Garage at Lucy’s.

The Chill Tent finals will be held Sunday, April 21, with the Party Stage finals slated for Sunday, May 5.

The submission deadline is April 5 at midnight. Rules, entry requirements and submission details are posted on the festival’s website.

Three winning acts will be chosen from the finalists to open each of the festival stages on Saturday, July 13. The Party Stage winners will go on at noon, the Chill Tent Stage winner will perform at 1:15 p.m. and the Grand Prize winner will kick off the main Stage at 12:30 p.m.

Previous Battle of the Bands winners include Summer Fling, Hunter Road, Ursula Hansberry, Platinum Moon, Mosa, The Blue Chips, RIIZA, Indigo King, Wild Planes, Noshows and Carter Quinn-Tanis.

The Pleasantville Music Festival, known as New York’s Backyard Jam, is a summer event for the whole family, with local food and drink, a warm positive vibe and world-class rock.