[Blacklabcollective] International Bands playing at Black Lab

[Lindsay Kasting]

Sounds good to me :)
On Jul 3, 2015 5:03 PM, "Anju Singh" <aanjusingh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Raf ignore this because you already expressed youre not worried about
> this...
>
> SO,
>
> Bands can play in canada from other countries (that don't require visitor
> visas, which is like very small handful of bands) with NO HASSLE. It's
> totally 100% legal.
>
> People fought for this, and it worked!
>
> Paperwork is super simple, I put the template in the Black Lab google
> drive.
>
> Sneaking bands across the border is dangerous for the band. If they get
> caught, they get banned. Do it legally, its safer for them. I have never
> heard of anyone getting turned away other than for criminal offences which
> would happen regardless...
>
> They can bring gear. Merch just needs to have a note that says PROMOTIONAL
> ONLY.
>
> If they have paperwork, don't delete the facebook event, it creates more
> problems (I had a private event for a band and the border called and was
> super suspiciious of why it wasn't public ie.. how are they playing a show
> with no advertising).
>
> As a society, we can even just make a letterhead and make the letter seem
> even more official.. though it really doesnt matter.
>
> Share this with everyone, people are just learning about how to bring
> touring bands to town!
>
> --
> Anju Singh
>
>
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