I used to go to a Dave Webber/Anni Fentiman at my favorite house concert venue every year, but they haven't been here for at least two years now. I ran into the host last week, and he said he has had trouble booking folk performers from outside the U.S., because it is so expensive for performers to travel here nowadays.
He said it costs $1,000 for a performer's visa, which would be double that for Dave and Anni.

Has it really increased in cost all that much? Are there (legal) ways around it? I'm missing all the good English and Irish musicians I used to see at this venue. All he's booking now are American singer-songwriters, so I haven't been to a house concert in almost a year.

-Joe-