[Blacklabcollective] International Bands playing at Black Lab

[Brendan Plummer]

Word, ok great to know! Thanks Anju!


On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Lindsay Kasting <l.kasting86 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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