April 12-14 
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
110 spaces
Deadline: January 25
Why should you bring your artwork to Lubbock?
- Because we are the home of Buddy Holly, Mac Davis, Waylon Jennings, Joe Ely, Glenna Goodacre, Eddie Dixon, Barry Corbin, Susan Graham, and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks! Pretty cool, huh?
- Lubbock has a population of 230,000 and serves as the regional education and medical 'hub' for West Texas.
- In fact, we have three major universities in Lubbock; the largest of which, Texas Tech University, has undergraduate/graduate programs, a law school AND medical school.
- We have also been selected as "100 Best Communities for Young People" by ING.
You can "Tour Texas." There are plenty of other great shows after the Lubbock Arts Festival including Main Street Ft. Worth (April 18-21, 2013) or Fiesta Arts Fair, San Antonio (April 20-21, 2013); Art on the Square in South Lake, Dallas/Ft.Worth (April 26-28, 2013) and Cottonwood Arts Festival, Richardson (May 4-5, 2013). So spend some time in the Lone Star state and enjoy the bluebonnets of the Hill Country along the way and include us in your tour!
You can "BEAT THE HEAT." The Lubbock Arts Festival is 100% indoors. YEP, you read that right ... our event is held in the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center which has AIR CONDITIONING and NO porta potties (only indoor plumbing for our artists)!! We also let you pull up and unload right at the back door of the Civic Center - heck, we will even let you park right next to the Civic Center in a reserved lot for the duration of the show.
Artists like us. Why? Aside from our witty prose, we bring 30,000 people through the doors and provide artist perks such as lunch on Friday and Saturday; overnight event security; discounted rates at our host hotel; and $50,000 worth of advertising (we have even won a marketing award from the Texas Festivals and Events Association for our event program). Most of all, and most importantly, we are just really nice people who want you to be successful!
Check out what this artist said about us: 
www.CallsforArtists.com
Comments
Phew! So glad that got straightened out! Thanks for the security concerns, Courtney and Elle, and Julie I hope you will continue to join us here with your questions and comments. We all join you in wishing you well in your new endeavor. Wish I could be in Lubbock with all of you. I met the director, Elizabeth Regner, last fall. She is entirely accessible and devoted to making the show a good one for the artists as well as contributing cultural value to her community.
Thanks, Elle. I look forward to meeting you at the show. See you there! Julie
Hi Julie Thanks for clarifying. Apology not needed. It's ok to be new and have a million things going through your head, we have all been there. It is probably a good thing that this came up now and you are able to see that security is something that should be taken seriously. We are all at risk on the road as Courtney stated and we do stick together. I will be at Lubbock and if you should need anything or have questions, feel free to let me know at any time. Please feel free to e mail me here as well. I really am a nice person, just thought oh my god someone is trying to case us! In this world, unfortunately it happens.
Hi all... poster is indeed legitimate, and entirely new to this whole arena. It will be our first show, and I have millions of contacts and folks to talk to, and I now realize I did indeed have the info in the acceptance email. I do understand the need for security and had no intention of compromising that for anyone. Please accept my apology; I am a bit overwhelmed with details and unknowns right now. Thanks, Julie
Thanks Courtney, my thoughts exactly. I do not want to offend the original poster if she is is legitimate, but what if she isn't? That is where my concern lies.
You would want to check your email from the show for the hotel info for group discount codes etc... Not ask a public forum like AFI. Kudos Elle for keeping security in mind. If I need specific logistical info for a show I am invited to do I get my info from the show, not AFI, this is a PUBLIC forum. We are all at a degree of risk on the road why would you want to increase that risk? Think of your own safety.
Ok, if we are going to get specific, yes, I do worry about intentions of people asking a question that they should already know the answer to. If you were accepted into that show you got the same e mail everyone else did that listed the host hotel with the special rate.
You worry about intentions? What? I honestly have no idea what you're saying, but thanks for posting, I suppose.
Did you not recieve the e mail with all of this information in it? It was pretty clear. Not to sound impolite, but when I see posts like this I worry about intentions with questions like this.
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