The Busking Project - Documenting Street Performance Worldwide

We just made a CD for our fundraisers, which was sponsored by A1 Duplication in Shepherd’s Bush. The owner liked the idea of our project, and understands that buskers often don’t have a massive amount of money to spend on printing CDs, so after talking about it a little, he offered to give buskers who [...]

Grego and his musical puppets have been performing in various venues and public spaces since 1975. The following is an interview with Grego about his experiences as a performer living and busking in Tokyo, Japan. Grego as a guerilla performer circa ’90 in Ueno Park 1. What first attracted you to the form of art [...]

Vocalist is the complete resource for people in the voice industry — teachers, students, and anyone else in the singing industry. They’ve got a massive list of busking resources, including busking licences from all over the world. It also includes articles for singing teachers and students of voice of all ages, standards and styles. Share [...]

There is a long list of famous performers who started out as buskers (see below) – maybe this is reason enough to support the new street performers we see on our streets. There is a chance you might be walking past the next Leonard Cohen on your way to work. He just needs a bit [...]

I just got this email from John Hole, who used to run the street performer agency, Crowd Pullers. It closed in 2010, after 22 years of getting events for buskers in the UK. I asked John to send us some info about CP, and here’s the text. Incidentally, his book, A Kiss for the Catcher, [...]

Pepe Peperonius performing in Monastiraki Square in Athens.. See this video also on our performer page! Please feel free to leave comments. We’re interested in your feedback. Share and Enjoy:

Our last night in Athens we found something special in a small pavestoned square in the middle of town: two interviews with non-buskers, both who had their lives radically improved by street performers. On one side, the Kapnikarea, an 11th century brick church now sunk below ground level, on the other, fluorescent-lit storefronts offering the [...]

The Busking Project would love to speak to the people that were buskers and have since become famous and moved off the streets – Eddie Izzard, James Morrison, Leonard Cohen, and Eric Clapton to name a few. But Glen Hansard, made famous for his busking film Once (Academy Award and Grammy nomination),  is famous and still [...]

“Bringing Street Performers to Your Internet” They’ve got a wonderful random post button which I highly recommend! Share and Enjoy:

I can’t get enough of Boris Johnson, so here’s another video of him. Forget politics for a second, and ask yourself; is there another more likeable bumbling fool in the world? The London Busking Competition is back underway. Share and Enjoy:

The 8th March may have been our official start, but The Busking Project really began back in early 2010. It has been my job to fit the logistical jigsaw together: London to Lisbon to Marrakech to Barcelona and then across the globe. We’re travelling overland. I struggled with visas, closed borders, and weather systems. I know about [...]

Hi all, I just thought I’d post a quick update — site stats are rocketing at the moment. Here’s where TBP stands: We fully funded our Kickstarter project with hours to spare. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! I’ll be putting your names up on the site to thank you, and sending out requests for details [...]

Apparently I’m living in the past. I forgot it was 2011 when making this video. But it was made this year! Yesterday! First test with the new equipment, for our round the world documentary. I don’t know what’s up with the slightly grainy look of the hm100, but I managed to make the Canon imitate [...]

ALL THIS INFO HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM www.buskercentral.com! If you’d like to add a festival, contact us JANUARY World Busker Festival Christchurch, NZ FEBRUARY Adelaide Fringe Festival of the Arts Adelaide, AUS Australian Blues Music Festival Goulburn, AUS Auckland Buskers Festival Auckland, NZ Southland Buskers Festival Invercargill, NZ APRIL Dutch Street Theater Festival Gevleugelde Stad, [...]

“The art of street performing, or busking, dates all the way back to times of antiquity and is one of the oldest professions still being utilized all over the world. If you go to any big city, you will find someone performing on the street, guaranteed. Some street performers say they do it just to [...]

The Ginger Ninjas do most of our touring by bicycle. This includes the band, the roadies, the system engineers, and all staff. No support vehicles are used when on the bike tour. Why wouldn’t you ride a bike? They don’t consume oil, don’t emit exhaust, take up little space on roads and parking lots, don’t [...]

“Following your passion isn’t easy…” Please support Brian Nunes’ documentary, “The Busker Documentary” on kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/buskerdoc/the-busker-documentary. Film maker Brian Nunes has taken it upon himself to document the lives and hardships of Pike Market’s incredible buskers. The footage he has taken there (and the incredible work of Sam Nuttmann) inspired us to go there ourselves. [...]

It’s old news, but good news – our Fundraiser was mentioned in the Daily Gamecock, a local newspaper with a great name. Organised by the amazing Belle, a whole band of artists, musicians and donors turned up for what seems to have been a great night. “The project featured breakdancers, hula-hoopers and others, dancing to [...]

On top of receiving postcards, bracelets, buttons, signed copies of our DVD and tee shirts, we’re also offering CDs from the following musicians. Check them out: THE DUBBER Medium: “Urban Folk” Email: dubber2227@yahoo.com Website: www.thedubber.com About: THE Dubber is a Washington,D.C., musician with roots in funk and hip-hop from his years in Los Angeles. His [...]

I think that just about says it all. Article It was written by Mike the Minstrel, a singer, songwriter, guitarist, worship leader and busker from Barnsley. You can find him here: www.miketheminstrel.co.uk www.facebook.com/minstrelgreetings twitter.com/miketheminstrel Share and Enjoy: