It's the Battle of the Bands!

Our new fall production format, the Concert Opera, features a live band as the center of the production, creating a live show with a single stage set, around 60 minutes, to create an experience in between a rock show and a theatrical performance.

Last year’s fall show Ceremony of the Faceless paired the bands Blightbeast and Revvnant with a narrative dance performance. This year’s Garbage Quest will present an interactive video game inspired adventure scored by Garbage Masher, an 8-bit heavy metal duo. These collaborations were selected by the BROS Artistic Council to kick off the new format. For next year’s fall show, we need YOU!

For the 2026 Fall Concert Opera, we’re putting out a call for an epic musical collaborator. This could be a band with existing material, or a new group you’re putting together just for this project. Submissions are open now, we're looking for acts from all over the BROS and Baltimore community. When submissions close, the Artistic Council will choose a few artists to go head to head in a Battle of the Bands, where the community will choose a winner.

Since this is a faster creation process, the submission form will ask for demo recordings, and the Battle of the Bands will include musical performances. Once selected, the winner will join a BROS writing team to create a new stage production built on their existing music or new compositions. Bands don’t need to start out with a story or show concept, but ideas are welcome! We encourage all genres and types of musical acts to apply.