Word X Word Festival 2010

Word X Word is a week-long, multiple venue festival in Western Massachusetts celebrating the performed word, with an emphasis on new, emerging, and indie performers. Over 100 performers on six stages throughout this downtown walk around event will perform in intimate venues in Pittsfield, MA. Cash compensation is available for select artists and all artists receive passes for the week/n/nWord X Word is a week-long, multiple venue festival in Western Massachusetts celebrating the performed word, with an emphasis on new, emerging, and indie performers. Over 100 performers on six stages throughout this downtown walk around event will perform in intimate venues in Pittsfield, an exploding arts and music hotbed the heart of the Berkshires, Western MA's cultural destination.



Last year's festival featured artists such as The Low Anthem, David Dondero, Taylor Mali, Ari Hest, Mieka Pauley, Grammy winner Jesse Harris, Amanda Shires and Rod Picott, Alix Olsen, Eboni, and dozens more.



Cash compensation is available for select artists and all artists receive passes for the week. WXW is an exciting and new festival for emerging performers, with excellent promotional and media support. They encourage early submission through Sonicbids, as up to half of the festival lineup will be selected from Sonicbids submissions.



Written Spoken Sung is the theme of WXW 2010; they encourage poets, playwrights, songwriters and anyone for whom the performed word is their medium. Venues mix genres so exposure for all genres is maximized.