IBMA International Stage Interest Form
Please note: The International Stage is an add-on, unpaid performance opportunity for those who already are registered to attend the IBMA World of Bluegrass® conference event. There are a limited number of performance spots available. Completing this form does not guarantee a spot on the International Stage.
We want to encourage our international members and musicians (or those with strong international ties) to apply to participate if they are in attendance. Any artist with international connections may play on the International Stage in the Raleigh Convention Center. International acts may apply whether or not they are selected to perform elsewhere during the event.
Foreign artists with a P or O visa may perform Wednesday through Saturday. Foreign artists without a visa may perform during the conference days of the exhibit hall (Wednesday-Thursday), but not during the festival days (Friday-Saturday).
Artists with international connections include:
(1) Foreign nationals living overseas
(2) Foreign nationals living and working in the United States
(3) U.S. citizens with strong international connections such as working with the State Department as cultural ambassadors or having been on multiple overseas tours.