The Busking Project - Documenting Street Performance Worldwide

When The Busking Project visited Vancouver, Dawn Dreams invited us to stay on her couch. She liked us enough to make a video, and then come to Latin America to help us complete the documentary. Proof at last that street performers are crazy: Dawn Busking in Vancouver, Canada: Dawn Busking in Lima, Peru: See more [...]

The Naked Cowboy, also known as Robert John Burck, has successfully become the iconic figure of Times Square, New York. His naked cowboy act is such a valuable commodity that other potential cowboys (and cowgirls) can licence it from Mr. Burck for a fixed sum, thereby spreading the empire of The Naked Cowboy. Creating this [...]

Trafalgar Square is a small galaxy of tourists orbiting Nelson’s Column or fighting it’s pull on the steps to the National Gallery. In time, and with the weight of a thousand photographs, the tourists break free like stray meteorites to explore London’s other gravity centres: St. James Park, Covent Gardens, or Piccadilly Circus. These planetary [...]

Great Dave Billy Kid, Magician Rubber Band Boy Lisa Lottie Dynamike Charlie Chaplin Derek Twin Tango Share and Enjoy:

Gold, bronze, and silver. White and black. Demons, warriors, witches, wizards, chimney sweeps, and Sunday afternoon drivers. They sit and stand, silent or with sound. Their painted faces make their eyes stand out – they amuse and scare and amaze and annoy (especially on Las Ramblas, but that’s another story). They are the living mimicking [...]

We made a last minute stop in Copenhagen because buskers in Stockholm kept telling us we needed to go there, that Copenhagen had a great street performance scene, that Stroget Street attracted professional performers from all over the world, and that audiences there were receptive and willing to pay heartily for shows. They were right. [...]

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The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, popularly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61. Built on the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its growth [...]

A collection of photos from our studio shoot with the Percussion Brothers, Ho-Young Jeon (leader/vocalist ’84) and Wooyoung Jeon (percussionist ’85 or ’86). The rain was against us in Seoul, but we did manage to film a quick Percussion Brothers street performance in Hongdae – video coming soon. The younger brother: Wooyoung Jeon The older [...]

Chuge juggling in Tokyo Commuting on the Metro Busking in Tokyo Chuge and Juggling Ball Cover Contact Chuge through his online Juggling Shop ‘Green.’ Share and Enjoy:

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A video of a street performer in Paris doing things with his body that look so amazing you suspect CGI! Awesome! Share and Enjoy:

On our first day in Bangkok we stood and we sweated and filmed as Mai, dressed as a crocodile, blew and twisted balloons for the children who gathered around him. Mai was street performer, local guide, and host; we were sleeping on his living room floor. But in all these capacities he was never far [...]

Billy Not on Holiday is a Dixieland band that performs on Istiklal Street in Istanbul. Check back with us in a few days to see a video of their performance on the performer page. Share and Enjoy: