FLYOVER FEST 2025
The premier a cappella festival in the Midwest
Coming soon!
Late January 2025
WHERE HARMONY COMES TOGETHER
FLYOVER FEST
Calling all singers!
Join hundreds of a cappella singers for workshops, coaching sessions, master classes, and enjoy 24 performance groups from high schools, colleges, and adult groups from across the region. Learn from clinicians and coaches in the areas of choreography, arranging, sound engineering, staging, social media, beatboxing, and how to turn your hobby into a career.
Something for everyone!
Hang out with people that live and breathe a cappella music. Watch, learn and participate. Meet Deke Sharon, a cappella leader with decades of experience at the pinnacle of the vocal world. Listen to a cappella groups on singing a variety of genres including jazz, do-wop, contemporary, barbershop, beatboxing, and gospel.
MIXED COMPANY SINGERS
HOSTED BY
Mixed Company Singers was founded in 2019 by a group of highly experienced a cappella singers from across Minnesota. Mixed Company is a mixed-voice group that seeks to push the boundaries of a cappella and connect with others passionate about a cappella music. Our Flyover Festival is a place where every a cappella singer is welcome and celebrated.
Want to see your organization’s logo here? Contact info@flyoverfest.org to learn more about this and other sponsorship opportunities.
Agenda At a Glance
Saturday
Registration opens
8:00
Opening remarks
All attendees are invited to the main auditorium
8:30 - 9:15
Beat Boxing 101
Learn from worldwide champion beat boxers!
9:15 - 10:00
Coaching sessions
Observe experts work with top performers
10:00 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 12:30
Performance Block A
All attendees are invited to the main auditorium
12:30 - 2:00
Break
2:00 - 2:30
Coaching sessions
Observe experts work with top performers
2:30 - 4:00
Break
4:30 - 5:00
Performance Block B
All attendees are invited to the main auditorium
5:00 - 6:30
Break
6:30 - 7:30
Performance Block C
All attendees are invited to the main auditorium
7:30 - 9:30
Sunday
Workshops
12 workshops to choose from!
8:30 - 11:30
Closing remarks
All attendees are invited to the main auditorium
11:30 - 12:00
Break
12:00 - 12:30
Coaching sessions
Observe experts work with top performers
12:30 - 4:00
Schedule is subject to change.
Featured Speaker
DEKE SHARON
Heralded as “The Father of Contemporary A Cappella”, this superstar performer, arranger, music producer, author, and coach is credited by many as being responsible for the current sound of modern a cappella. Deke has over 30 years of experience working with singers and performing groups and was seminal in the creation of many a cappella programs including the CARAs, ICCAs, BOCAs, and more. He has arranged more than 2,000 songs and written 6 books. He was the vocal producer for five seasons of The Sing Off for NBC, as well as served as the arranger, on-site music director and vocal producer of all three Universal hit films in the Pitch Perfect franchise. Rumors are he’s working on Pitch Perfect 4!
We are so excited to bring Deke Sharon to BACK TO Minnesota with his unique and infectious enthusiasm for a cappella singing. He has traveled the world working with singers and performing groups all over. Deke will be highly visible and accessible when he provides coaching and insights to attendees at the Flyover Festival.
Stay tuned for more speaker updates! Interested in speaking? Contact info@flyoverfest.org.
Ticket Options
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BOTH DAYS + MORE! This registration includes all access passes for performing group members, in addition to your director. Your group will have full access to all of the workshops, open coaching sessions, and perform in the showcase.
Each performing group will receive one coaching session included in this ticket price. Groups can opt into additional coaching sessions for $65, or a coaching session with Deke Sharon for $100. All additional coaching sessions are first come, first served.
Limited to 24 performing groups. $100 deposit required to reserve your spot. Balance due in full by October 1.
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BOTH DAYS! This registration includes all access passes for performing group members, in addition to your director. Your group will have full access to all of the workshops and open coaching sessions, and tickets to the performance showcase.
This ticket does not include coaching or a performance opportunity. Groups can opt into a coaching sessions for $65, or a coaching session with Deke Sharon for $100. All additional coaching sessions are first come, first served.
$100 deposit required to reserve your spot. Balance due in full by October 1.
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BOTH DAYS! This ticket gives you access to everything that happens on Saturday & Sunday. It includes workshops, open coaching sessions, and tickets to the showcase performances.
If you are an individual who is NOT part of a registered performance group, this ticket is for you!
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SATURDAY PERFORMANCES ONLY! With this ticket, you have the freedom to watch ALL 24 a cappella groups from across the Upper Midwest. If you can’t make the day’s workshops and seminars, then this is the ticket for you.
Seating in the performance spaces is general admission, so sit anywhere you’d like.
FAQs
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Do you enjoy participating in the world of a cappella music? Do you want to see Deke Sharon? Watch twenty four top a cappella groups? Meet others that love music? Attend workshops on choreography, arranging, beatboxing, sound production, singing pedagogy, showmanship, musicality and movement?
At Flyover Fest, you can get access to everything that going to happen. It’s the best deal in town. Get TICKETS today.
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This is the Cadillac of tickets. For anyone not performing, you get access to everything that is going on during the 2-day festival. This would include access to all performances, workshops, coaching sessions, and keynotes on both days.
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Mixed Company Singers is the host. We conceived the Flyover Festival because there isn’t a festival for all types of a cappella singing styles in the Upper Midwest. You can find more info on our group HERE.
These kinds of events aren’t possible without the support of our donors! Interested in taking part? You can donate to our 501(c)(3) HERE.
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For the two-day festival, there are no reserved seats for any of our performances. Each ticket allows the holder the opportunity to see all 24 performing groups.
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Yes, please! The Flyover Festival is hosted by Mixed Company Singers and we are a 501(c)3 non-profit. All donations go to support the Festival. Click here to donate.
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We are limiting our Showcase to only 24 performance groups who will perform on Saturday. We require a $100 deposit to reserve your spot. The full balance is due by October 1.
For individuals, you can purchase an all access pass or an individual show ticket. All seating is general admission. We’ll sell tickets until they sell out! Click here to buy tickets.
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If you cancel before October 15, we will refund your pass price minus the deposit of $100.
If you cancel before November 15, we will refund 50% of your pass price.
If you cancel before December 15, we will refund 20% of your pass price.
We do not offer refunds after December 15.
