2026 Drag Performer Application
About the application
Are you ready to hit the stage, slayyy, and create unforgettable experiences at Know Other Festival? Our drag performances light up the stage and truly bring the community together with your passion, talent, and artistry.
Know Other Festival places diversity, inclusion and empowerment at the forefront of our goals. With a focus on wellness within the LQBTQ community and uplift individuals to become the best version of themselves. Know Other Festival is a 4-day, 3-night camping festival encompassing wellness workshops, special events, live performances, opportunities for healing and connection. A beautiful showcase of queer vendors, all within a safe space to be together in nature. Our goal is to give our community a chance to evolve outside of nightlife by creating other safe space options.
By filling out this form, you are aware that talent will be prepared for their set; and represent themselves and Know Other Festival with respect, authentic professionalism, a can-do attitude and uphold our values of:
- Liberation Through Intersectionality
- Community First
- Healing Matters
- Radical Honesty
- Self-Expression
- Consent, Always
- You Are Enough
- Nature Is Part of You
- Your Body is a Gift
About the event
Terms & Conditions
READ BELOW VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS APPLICATION
✨ if you end up having questions before you submit, please email: programming@knowotherfestival.com ✨
We are unable to offer housing, as boarding is limited this year. However, you may purchase upgraded accommodations, if still available.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot guarantee all talent applicants. For those offered a slot, an interview will be set with our programming team. Performers will be offered (2) two Festival tickets, (1) one parking pass, (1) one tent camping spot, and will keep their tips from their performance(s).
Social Media Information: Acknowledgement to engage, share, post of pre-festival social media blitz on behalf of Know Other Festival. Social Media kits will be provided by Marketing prior to festival.
Terms and Conditions:
- Know Other Festival will provide: Handheld mics, lavalier mic, stage / riser, speakers, dongle adapter (music must be pre-downloaded or sent to KOF talent manager prior to arrival, talent will not be guaranteed access to Wi-Fi or service on site).
- Active on Social Media (we will glance and check)
- Agrees to promote their appearance at Know Other Festival 2026 multiple times elading up to the event
?What KOF is looking to book:
- High energy acts
- All categories of drag
- Polished acts- this does not mean excess rhinestones or large props, this means acts that have been performed plenty and have costuming that looks good on the performer and fits the act so that the performer looks comfortable and able to have fun with our audience
- Acts that do not use a lot or any crowd work. The stage is higher up.
Demographics: Know Other Festival does not discriminate on the basis of race, sexual orientation.
Questions on the application
Business information
- Business name
- Legal business name
- Contact name
- Address
- Phone
- Website (Optional)
- Logo (Optional)
Additional information
- Have you performed at Know Other Festival before?
- Social Media Tags:
- Performer Name:
- Pronoun(s)
- Have you attened Know Other Festival before?
- How does your offering align with Know Other Festival's mission to create a safe, affiriming space for queer, trans, and gender-expansive folx?
- If available, please upload your EPK below or any files, documents, or flyers that you deem helpful in promoting your performance.
- Do you plan to stay on-site for the full festival?
- What excites you about performing at Know Other Festival?
- Were you referred to apply?
- Race/Ethnicity
- Sexual Orientation
- Gender Identity: What terms best express how your describe your gender identity?
- Where are your taveling from? City, State (or country if international)
Picture requirements
- Minimum pictures required: 3
