Busking days are events organised by councils, municipalities, community groups or other organisations to encourage busking in the town, city or other location on a specific day or number of days in a year. Many busking days have become established events, occurring yearly. Some busking days have transformed into street entertainment festivals where the acts are booked and paid an appearance fee or paid an appearance fee and also allowed to 'hat' the audiences. Hatting being the traditional means that acts receive payment for their performances.
In 2010, PRS for Music called on a national busking day in the UK as well as the creation of 'busk stops' to act as a designated area where buskers can play in every town across the country.[1] The campaign is currently being supported by the member of parliament Kevin Brennan, who raised the idea as an early day motion.[2] Busk in London hosted National Busking Day across the UK in 2015. This has grown to International Busking Day in July 2016, with 120 cities around the world taking part. International Busking Day kick starts the Busk in London Festival, Trafalgar Square.
| Name of Event | Location | Country | Year Started | Date Occurs Each Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Buskers Festival | Singapore | Singapore | 1996 | |
| International Busker Festival | Halifax | Canada | Ferrara | Italy |
| International Comedy & Buskers Festival | Coffs Harbour | Australia | October | |
| World Buskers Festival | Christchurch | New Zealand | ||
| All Ireland Busker Festival | Newcastle | Eire | 2001 | |
| International Busking Day | Wembley Park | UK | 2018 onwards | July |
| Busking Day (Wymondham Music Festival) | Wymondham | UK |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "MP calls for more busking in Cardiff". 6 July 2010.
- ^ "Glastry Ice Cream (EDM314)".
External links
edit- Busk in London Festival (UK)
- International Busking Day (worldwide)
- Wymondham Music Festival (Norfolk, UK)
- Wymondham Busking Day 2005 (UK)
- Wymondham Music Festival (UK)
- Takoma Park Folk Festival (US)
- Toronto Buskerfest (Canada)
- Downtown Buskers Festival (Canada)
- Tokyo Busker Festival (Japan)
- Ferrara Buskers' Festival (Italy)
- Coffs Harbour Buskers & Comedy Festival (Australia)
- Chicago buskerfest (US)
- All Ireland Busking Festival (Ireland)
- Singapore Buskers' Festival (Singapore)
- Newburyport, MA Buskers' Festival (USA)
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada International Buskers Festival (Canada)
- Phoenix Busking Festival, Tullamore (Ireland)
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