Mid Atlantic Tours
Introduction
Bring an exciting international artist to your community for a public concert and an impactful community engagement activity. Non-profit presenters located in the Mid Atlantic Arts grantmaking region can book an artist from the roster below and receive grant support of up to 50% of the artist fee. Presenters work directly with the Roster Artist’s Tour Agent to negotiate terms, including public performance dates and community engagement activity plans. Once terms are confirmed between Presenter and Tour Agent, the Presenter completes a short application to Mid Atlantic Arts in the spring to confirm grant eligibility. Learn more about the program and roster artists at a webinar on November 19 at 1pm Eastern.
Regional Roster Update
Mid Atlantic Arts will not offer a regional Mid Atlantic Tours roster for 2026-2027. As such, there will not be a Roster Artist Interest Form offered for this season. Presenters and artists are asked to stay tuned for future grant opportunities that will bolster our investment in the performing arts field in our region. Contact Program Director, Performing Arts Sarah Lewitus with any questions: slewitus@midatlanticarts.org.
Grant support range: Engagement support of up to 50% of artists fees. Minimum of $1,000. Other eligible expenses of up to $2,000 to support direct project expenses may be available in FY26.
Eligibility and Schedule
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Mid Atlantic Tours grant award, presenters must:
- Be based in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Native nations that share this geography;
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a unit of state or local government or Federally recognized Indian tribal government;
- Demonstrate organizational administrative capacity to complete all required project components;
- Be in good standing with Mid Atlantic Arts at the time of application, with no overdue or outstanding required reports and/or grant documents
Review full program guidelines for more details on program structure and eligibility.
Schedule
- Wednesday, November 19 at 1:00 PM ET: Presenter Information Webinar and Roster Artist Share: Watch the Recording
- CLOSED – Monday, March 30, 2026: Booking deadline for Mid Atlantic region presenters to contract or provide an offer letter to a Mid Atlantic Tours artist
- September 1, 2026-December 31, 2027: Project period for Mid Atlantic Tours subsidy awards to presenters (presentations of Mid Atlantic Tours Roster Artists must take place during this period)
Guidelines and Application
The guidelines below are for information purposes only. The Mid Atlantic Tours application closed on Monday, March 30, 2026..
Guidelines and Webinar Recordings
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Image: The Paza Experience. Credit: Courtesy of the Artist.. A man dressed in traditional regalia plays a wooden flute at a stand mic.
Explore the 2025-2026 Mid Atlantic Tours engagements.
Apply for the 2027-2028 Artist Roster
The 2027-2028 international artist roster is currently under development and will feature music ensembles from and based in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru or Portugal. International artists must apply to our partner Ibermúsicas to be considered for this program. Artists that are interested in applying should review program guidelines on the Ibermúsicas website for the program “Convocatoria especial Ibermúsicas – Mid Atlantic Arts.” Program guidelines are available in English and Spanish. The deadline to apply is Thursday, October 1, 2026. The roster of selected artists will be announced in November. If you have questions, please email Andrew Alness Olson, Program Director, International.
About the Mid Atlantic Arts and Ibermúsicas Partnership:
With the aim of strengthening intercultural dialogue between the music of Ibero-America and the United States, Ibermúsicas and Mid Atlantic Arts are launching this joint call to support the touring of Ibero-American artists in the Mid Atlantic Arts grantmaking region. The call places particular emphasis on one of the main challenges faced by international touring projects in the United States: the costs and procedures associated with obtaining work visas. In this regard, Ibermúsicas will provide financial support to selected artists to help cover part of the cost of a US Visa. For its part, Mid Atlantic Arts will provide financial and production support to strengthen the booking and touring of the selected projects by marketing these ensembles in the region via email, social media, and at conferences, and by offering grant support to non-profit venues that program the artists selected through this call for a public performance and a community engagement activity.
