Arts Activities Support

The primary artistic goal for the Minnesota Music Summit is to facilitate a dynamic intersection for emerging musicians from across the state, established musicians from the Twin Cities and audiences hungry to hear new Minnesota Music. We will accomplish this goal by presenting concerts, artist workshops, networking opportunities and one-on-one mentoring sessions with industry professionals as part of a 3-day free festival. Last year we had about 500 people who attended the Summit, and this year we hope to boost that to 750 or more.The Minnesota Music Summit was conceived and designed as a result of our first Caravan du Nord, in response to evaluation, feedback and successes of that endeavor. As we enter our third year of the Minnesota Music Summit, we continue to build on the program based on artist and participant feedback. The Minnesota Music Coalition will continue to evaluate the success of this project both qualitatively and quantitatively. To track attendance, we will do both a head count and an email sign-in at the networking event and workshops. The Amsterdam staff track total number of concert attendees that come through the door. We will provide written surveys to participating artists after the Summit is over, a method that has worked well in the past. We will also measure the quality of the event through comments on our social media as well as through informal conversations and post-event meetings with Minnesota Music Coalition staff, board and partnering organizations.