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Battle of the Bands - entry form

This event will be held on 23 August 2025. More details can be found on the Battle of the Bands page.

Event details/rules

The Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk and Radio West Norfolk are organising a West Norfolk Battle of the Bands (BOTB) competition which is open to any band in the West Norfolk area.

The band must have its roots in West Norfolk and include a significant number of band members living in our area. The band should have at least 3 members. All genres of music are welcomed.

This entry form will initially require you to upload a recording of the band to assist the judges in assessing your entry. Alternatively, you can provide a YouTube, Soundcloud, or Spotify link. At a future date a high-quality recording (preferably in WAV format) should be provided in order that your song can be played on Radio West Norfolk. In addition, you must undertake to carry out an interview with Simon Rowe on Radio West Norfolk.

All entries will be judged by an appointed panel of judges and eight bands will be chosen to take part in the Grand Final Competition Day.

For further details, please visit the Battle of the Bands page.

Contact details

Band details

Song showcase

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Privacy Notice

The Council has a duty to process and store your personal information safely and securely in line with data protection legislation, which here means the General Data Protection Regulations (Regulation (EC) 2016/679 which is in force from 25 May 2018) (GDPR) and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK and then any successor legislation to the GDPR.

The Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (the Council), of Kings Court, Chapel Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EX is the data controller for the purposes of the GDPR and associated domestic law.

We will use your personal information for the purposes of the provision of the 'Battle of the Bands' event. The processing of this information is necessary for the Council to undertake a public task, i.e. the processing is necessary for the Council to perform a task in the public interest or for its official functions.

Your information will be kept strictly confidential. It will be stored separately from other information in a secure, password-protected database on the Council’s computer system.

Your personal information will be kept for the purpose of providing this event, including any marketing or promotion, as well as for a limited time after the event. You can find more information about our retention policy on the privacy notice page. We will only use your data within the terms of data protection laws, will delete your data securely and only keep it for as long as necessary. We will review dates for keeping personal data in the future and if necessary update these privacy notices.

You may see copies of the data held about you and ask for it to be corrected or deleted.

You can find more information about Data Protection and the Council's Data Protection Officer, on our Data Protection page.

If you are unhappy with the way your personal information is being handled you can contact the Independent Information Commissioner.

Declaration

Please read this declaration carefully before you press submit.

  • I have read and accepted the Battle of the Bands rules
  • I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information supplied by me on this form is accurate.
  • I understand the personal information collected on this form will be used by the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk to process my request, and deliver the event.
  • I understand that the information provided on this form is subject to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations (Regulation (EC) 2016/679 which is in force from 25 May 2018) (GDPR).

You can find out more detailed information about our Privacy Policy, on our privacy notice page.


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