Auditions for the Next Season of American Idol Are Now Open!

If you think you have what it takes to be an American Idol auditions for the competition show are now open!

The in-person audition locations are now listed on abc.go.com and kick off on July 23rd in New York, New York.

Some smaller cities will see the American Idol bus pull into their town this season including Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 25th and Waco, Texas home of Baylor University on August 27th.

Auditions will wrap up on September 21st in Chicago, Illinois (which looks to be the closest location to us).

If you can’t make it to one of the locations you can submit a video online as well.

Here is a full list of audition locations:

New York, NY – July 23
Mobile, AL – August 20
Macon, GA – August 23
Tallahassee, FL – August 23
Santa Barbara, CA – August 23
Baton Rouge, LA – August 25
Columbia, SC – August 26
Las Vegas, NV – August 26
Waco, TX – August 27
Knoxville, TN – August 29
Salt Lake City, UT – August 29
Colorado Springs, CO – September 1
Raleigh, NC – September 1
Washington, D.C. – September 4
Wichita, KS – September 4
San Jose, CA – September 6
Pittsburgh, PA – September 7
Springfield, IL – September 7
Spokane, WA – September 8
Detroit, MI – September 10
Nashville, TN – September 18
Chicago, IL – September 21

–Danielle Tufano