This study investigates how an Immigrant identification affects musicians’possibilities to perform in Sweden. This is investigated through a discoursetheoretical analysis of interviews with seven musicians. The analysis showsseveral intersections where an Immigrant identification has affected theinformants’ lives and careers, hence contributed to shaping their workingconditions. For example, the Immigrant identification can be related tothe informants’ possibilities of being granted access to the stage. Severalinformants have experienced discrimination because of their appearancesand as a result taken preemptive measures to fit envisioned expectationsby changing name or by avoiding performing at certain music venues. TheImmigrant identity is also shown to be closely connected with music genresand ideas about authenticity, which limits the availability of musical pathways.This occurs, for example, when an artist considers which genre to engage inbecause of how the genre relates to an Immigrant identity. The study showsthat when musicians’ careers coincide with an Immigrant identification,participative conditions often prove immutable and hegemonic. There arehowever expressions of change and resistance toward prevailing participativeconditions among the informants, but they do not perceive these conditions tobe given enough attention in society or by the music industry.