In 2021 Unsigned BC created the “BC’s Song of the Summer” contest - a competition open to original songs in all genres created by BC residents. It was a major success, with well over 100 submissions and numerous prizes.

In 2023 Unsigned BC revived the competition in a big way. There were nearly 200 submissions and many of them were good enough to be considered for nomination. As was noted by the judges and sponsors, the quality of the submissions were incredible. You can learn about it here.

In 2024 we want to repeat the success of previous years with another Unsigned BC’s Song of the Summer contest! Signup starts on May 15th.

Song of the Summer 2024

GUIDELINES

  • Open to all residents of BC.

  • Submissions accepted between May 15th and June 30th.

  • One submission per artist.

  • Songs must be original. Covers will not be accepted.

  • Songs must be released by August 31st.

  • The song should be summery!

HOW TO APPLY

Send us an email between May 15th and June 30th to: songofthesummercontest@gmail.com including the following:

  • an mp3 or WAV file of your song

  • the file MUST be named: “nameoftheartist_nameofthesong” in that order.

  • A bio of yourself/your band

  • A picture

  • Links to your social media platforms

  • Your phone number

PLEASE NOTE THAT EMAILS NOT FOLLOWING THESE EXACT GUIDELINES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CONTEST

Artist submit their songs from May 15th to June 30th. Those submissions will be sent to our 6 panelists who nominate 4 songs each.

Panelists’ nominations will be announced live at the show between July 6th and August 10th, until we have a total of 24 finalist songs.

The 24 songs that make it to the final round will be sent to our judges, who will vote their TOP10.

Based on the judges TOP10s the Unsigned BC team will calculate the WINNERS.

Winners will be announced LIVE on the August 31st show! They will receive a phone call from one of our hosts!

HOW IT WORKS

THE SPONSORS GIVING PRIZES

THE SPONSORS HELPING US

  • Container Brewing

    HOSTING OUR FIRST MEETUP/OPEN MIC
    ON AUGUST 18th!

  • Sofia Marie Photography

    TOOK THE PICTURE OF THE SOTS POSTER!

  • Mallory Lupick

    CREATED OUR INSTAGRAM TEMPLATES!

  • JUKEBOX

    PROVIDED A COOL STICKER

THE PANELISTS

THE JUDGES

The finalists!

  • Jessaii

    Song: You Da Light

  • Calico

    Song: Ease

  • Dilly Cooner

    Song: Loving You

  • Rose Motion

    Song: Summer Love

  • More finalist to be announced

    during the next few weeks!