<![CDATA[Busker Central It's the Law Feed]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?page=&mode=random_blogs&feed=ATOM&limit=5&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432024-04-16T12:36:25+00:00<![CDATA[Key West street entertainers must now be insured]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?u=2&b=102&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432011-06-20T00:17:17+00:002011-06-20T00:17:17+00:00
(KEY WEST) It's been brewing since last year when regulations for street-performing were brought up in City Hall.
duval.jpg
Now, a tourist was recently bitten on the face by a performer's lemur which has triggered a new law requiring entertainers to have a minimum of $300,000 of liability insurance.
The law was designed to bring street entertainers in line with other groups, such as taxis, pedicabs and street food vendors, all of whom are required to have similar liability policies.
Restrictions where you can perform were placed on Duval Street but not past Petronia. The first two blocks of Whitehead and other "pitch" restrictions also go into effect. The yearly permit was raised from $100 to $150 and if there's is a festival going on, no performing is allowed. Performer's insurance is available on the...
[ Continued ]]]>
<![CDATA[Cape Town legalizes busking and street performing]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?u=2&b=146&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432013-10-04T02:54:20+00:002013-10-04T02:54:20+00:00
(CAPE TOWN) Buskers and street-performers are busy celebrating City Hall's decision to legalize performing in Cape Town.
capetown.jpg
The South African city made news earlier this year when blind busker Lunga Nono was beaten by metro police for busking in St. George's Mall.
Charges against the busker have recently been dropped in favor of new legislation. Nono's guitar was broken in the melee which took place in front of his family and onlooking tourists. A music shop donated a new guitar to Nono who has filed a lawsuit.
Now that the city has come to it's senses about the performing artists and tourism, just about anything goes. This includes street musicians, acrobats, clowning, comedy, contortions, dance, singing, fire skills, mime, living statues, music performance, puppeteering, storytelling, poetry, painting,...
[ Continued ]]]>
<![CDATA[Vincent gets a break]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?u=2&b=34&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432009-02-23T00:54:35+00:002009-02-23T00:54:35+00:00
Orlando homeless wanna-be busker Vincent Tarazavich has been prevented by city laws from playing for tips on the streets of Orlando.
It seems that Vincent might be getting his big break, as soon as tonight, possibly. Bob Snow, the man who created Church Street Station back in the day, called me this morning. He's willing to give Vincent a spot in front of the newly reopened Cheyenne Saloon on Church Street.
"We'll throw $20 in the case and get him started," Snow told me. "He can start tonight, if he wants to."
Vincent will be holding his sign for the electronics store this afternoon, so it's not clear if he'll be able to connect with Snow. If he does, though, it would be a happy ending.
Snow told me he was involved in discussions with the city about 10 years ago about setting up a system for busking permits that would have included auditions before a committee...
[ Continued ]]]>
<![CDATA[Bagpipe busker arrested for "distressing" music]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?u=2&b=28&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432008-12-24T01:17:02+00:002008-12-24T01:17:02+00:00
Police told Shaun Cartwright, 38, his piping had annoyed members of the public and detained him for a breach of the peace.
His bagpipes were seized as he was handcuffed and driven to a police station, although he was later released and told it was not in the public interest to press charges.
Mr Cartwright, who has been playing bagpipes for more than 25 years, was busking in Bridport, Dorset, when he was arrested.
He said: "I'd been playing for almost an hour outside Superdrug on the main street and had made about 50 pounds, so it clearly wasn't causing that much offence.
"But a shopkeeper called the police and two officers turned up saying they had a complaint and they had to respond to it.
"They asked me to move on but I wanted to finish my hour of playing and put the blow stick to my mouth and that was it.
Mr Cartwright, from Bristol, was released after...
[ Continued ]]]>
<![CDATA[Naked Cowboy puts on $1.5M lawsuit against CBS]]>http://buskercentral.com/buskers/blog.php?u=2&b=97&c=4&sid=c57e2c5732589e8cb463c74bef1aaa432011-02-15T21:52:25+00:002011-02-15T21:52:25+00:00
(NYC) Times Square busker and street-performer Bob Burck has filed a $1.5 million lawsuit against CBS over a 'Bold and the Beautiful' promo.
nc.jpg
Burck filed for trademark on his act back in 1997. He now seems content to sue mega-conglomerates with questionable legal teams for his livelihood. M & M Mars was his previous infringement suit which was settled out of court.
This time around, he's accusing the CBS network of using a guitar-toting drunken fool in a cowboy hat and underwear to promote a TV soap opera. However, as Bob has mentioned in his "brief" run for NYC mayor, "Nobody will take you seriously without wearing a suit", so he's gearing up for his court date and sending his suit out to the cleaners.