Re: best busking cities

["Jason W Alder" <alderjas@msu.edu>]

Hmm, interesting. Maybe there's really something going on in Idaho.. I 
have 
some friends actually making a decent living in Boise playing chamber 
music... surprised the hell out of me. 

Dublin has a ton of buskers, particularly around the Grafton Street area. 
Can't walk more than a few meters without running into someone(s) else 
playing music. Everything from just fiddlers or guitarists to full bands 
with drum sets, to huge hammered dulcimers... not something I'd 
particularly 
like to haul around the street with me, but to each their own. 

 

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From:  "Kris Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>  [Trust]   [Block]
To:  Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Date:  30 Dec 2005, 01:57:35 PM
Subject:  Re: best busking cities
 

Boise, Idaho, from the Spring through Fall (April through October), has a
program sponsored by the Boise Arts Commission. They pay musicians to play
on the street on Saturday late morning, during our recurring Farmer's
Market. There is usually a musician on each street corner of a block (three
performers total, a week)...they usually pay them $100 for each 
performance.
That's one nice thing Boise has done to support local musicians. I've seen
everything from violon and guitar duos to sitarists and hand 
percussionists.
They don't guarantee power, but sometimes folks are able to find an outlet
nearby or get permission from one of the businesses to use their outlet.  I
believe they accept out of state applicants as well, but I'm not certain. 

More info here:
http://www.cityofboise.org/arts_commission/Events/arts_at_market/?MID=021Y 

Kris 

 

 

 

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