VOLUNTEERS : VENDORS : HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Invite a friend, neighbor or family member to come to UMF with you. We’ll have food vendors such as Mr. Catfish serving up fried catfish, Southside Market and BBQ serving up sausage wraps and brisket sandwiches, Nuevo Leons serving fajitas, First Cousins Catering with plenty of hot and delicious turkey legs, – and lots more food and treats!
Plus – there will be retail vendors - anchored by Mitchie's Gallery - selling arts and crafts, old school artists performing hits from back in the day – headlined on Saturday by R& B superstars – the Barkays. Also performing the Dazz Band (Let it whip!), true R&B music group Mint Condition along with Atlanta neo-soul artist Anthony David.
We have christian comedian Griff to serve as your on-stage host. We will also have KidCiti – which is scheduled to be even bigger and better this year! It will feature an interactive village with multiple stations that engage young people in exploring their culture, their creativity and their community.
There is LITERALLY something at UMF for all of your friends and family to enjoy. Getting them to join you should be a pretty easy sale!
Tell your family, friends, co-workers and church family! Encourage them to subscribe to our e-mail newsletter.
You can call them, fax them, text them, IM them – or forward the link from our website. We don’t care how you tell them – just tell them if you can. (Sorry Oleta – we couldn’t resist.) Tell them to visit urbanmusicfest.com early and often as we continually add to and improve the UMF weekend experience!
Print, post or pass around a flyer. Give them to your friends, or put some up on bulletin boards at your school, job, church, health food store, community center or neighborhood library. Pass them around at a meeting or party. We can also provide large quantities of flyers, posters and postcards on request – email your request to us and we’ll get them to you!
Forward the newsletter (after you have signed up to receive it of course!) to your friends, colleagues, discussion groups or e-mail list. This can be a great way to introduce people to UMF. Write a few words at the top, explaining that it's a sample copy and that to receive future editions they should subscribe direct. If you operate or participate in another e-mail list, consider forwarding each edition as it comes out. This will give people some time to notice and get familiar with it (many will like it, even if they won't take the trouble to subscribe themselves). If you stop forwarding at some point, it's a good idea to send one last message inviting them to subscribe themselves.
If you see something on a page of our site of particular interest to someone you know, forward it to them! Each page of the website contains a handy“Tell-A-Friend” banner on the bottom right hand side that lets you zap a quick message with the direct link to the page. At the top of your message, mention where you got it from with a sample message like: Check out what I found on UrbanMusicFest.com!
If you’ve been told you’ve never met a stranger – and you like to go to various community events, consider representing UMF! This can be a lot of fun and is a great way to meet new people and make new contacts. It takes very little time and effort. There are various ways this can be done: passing out flyers or postcards; standing behind a table and signing up volunteers (table banners available); making an announcement. Training can be provided. Please email us and we’ll be glad to give you all of the materials and coaching you will need.
Do you publish a newsletter, magazine or newspaper, or know somebody else who does? Our listings can add interesting and graphically appealing content to your publication. Send us an email and tell us your deadlines and we’ll be happy to provide camera-ready artwork and text to you.
Do you have an events or multi-cultural website or know someone else who does? Feel free to create a text link or display a banner ad linked to UrbanMusicFest.com! Please email us and we’ll be glad to supply you with a banner. Please link all banners to to our homepage. |
