About this festival
The competition, which takes places on May 23-24 at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois, will feature the best and brightest talent in the state - male or female, youth or adult, solo acts or group acts - who will compete for a prize package that includes $1,000 cash, a $2,500 full tuition LA Experience scholarship from Dolphin Entertainment, and accommodations to compete with other acts from all over the country in front of a live audience in Orlando, Florida in August.