The Ministry of Culture of Cuba approved this Friday the , which establishes the new Regulation for the Contracting and Marketing of Artistic Performances of Music, Musical Shows, and Performing Arts, published in the , on pages 170 to 176.
The regulation, issued on September 9, 2026, expressly repeals Resolution 70 of September 19, 2013, which had governed artistic hiring in the country for over a decade.
The regulation aims, according to Article 1, "to establish the rules governing the contracting and marketing of artistic presentations by non-subsidized artistic units in music and musical performances, as well as the performing arts, both nationally and internationally."
Their provisions apply to workers in the artistic sector and to authorized artistic representation entities, including agencies and centers under the MINCULT, the Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales (EGREM), the commercial society ARTEX S.A., provincial music and performing arts centers and councils, and other entities of the Central State Administration explicitly authorized.
The resolution distinguishes between two contractual modalities for the marketing of presentations: the artistic representation contract and the artistic services contract.
The artistic representation contract—signed between the representation entity and the artistic unit—must include the stage name of the group or performer, the amounts of compensation for unjustified breach, the reasons for termination due to technical-artistic issues, and an appendix with the complete list of members and their percentages of remuneration.
Regarding income distribution, Article 6 states that “the percentages of remuneration to the artistic unit are determined between its director and the members”, and that they can only be modified in response to changes in repertoire “properly conceived and authorized by the Technical Council.”
The payment can be made individually to each member of the artistic unit or channeled through a single member, depending on what the parties agree upon in the contract.
Among the obligations imposed by the regulations on artistic representation entities are managing the promotion and marketing of performances, ensuring compliance with the conditions agreed upon with clients, carrying out remuneration within the agreed timeframe, and withholding the corresponding percentage of personal income before making the payment.
For their part, the artistic units are required to perform their presentations with quality, adhere to the agreed dates and times, and inform in advance when they anticipate a possible breach.
The legal basis for the resolution is the , approved by the National Assembly on July 30, 2026, which in its Second Final Provision, paragraph b), empowers the Minister of Culture to approve the system of artistic contracting, commercialization, and compensation in these expressions.
The Gaceta No. 78 also includes the Resolutions and from MINCULT, regarding working contract modalities and remuneration in the artistic field, and about the evaluation system for artistic workers, respectively, establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for the Cuban cultural sector.
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