List of busking locations

This is a list of locations where busking is known to happen on a regular basis.

Americas

Central U.S.

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nicollet Mall, Hennepin Ave (downtown), any of the co-ops. Buskers often appear at the Mall of America and the skyways, but may be asked to leave.
Boulder, Colorado: Pearl Street Mall[1]
Chicago: Busking is allowed at several places:
- The Chicago Transit Authority currently only allows street performers to pitch at four stations; Jackson/State on the Red Line, Washington/State on the Red Line, Jackson/Dearborn on the Blue Line, and Washington/Dearborn on the Blue Line
- Maxwell Street: This locale was featured in the Blues Brothers movie and has been the place of convergence for blues musicians since the 1930s.[2][3]
- Michigan Avenue ("Magnificent Mile")[4]
Decatur, Illinois: Saturday Produce Market, Richland Community College, June - September
Kansas City, Missouri: The Plaza, Westport and the City Market
Wichita, Kansas: Old Town and entire downtown area[5]
New Orleans, Louisiana: The French Quarter and the entire city in general[6]
Cincinnati, Ohio: The entire city, especially Over-the-Rhine and downtown, Findlay Market, and Clifton, where the bands Plastic Inevitables and Tillers started their careers[7][8]
Nashville, Tennessee: 2nd Avenue and Broadway
Austin, Texas: 6th Street[9][10]
Tulsa, Oklahoma: Brady Arts District, Blue Dome
Dallas, Texas: Deep Ellum
St. Louis, Missouri: Delmar Loop
Houston, Texas: Montrose District
Madison, Wisconsin: State Street
Indianapolis, Indiana: Washington Street downtown; Broad Ripple Avenue

East Coast

Asheville, North Carolina: downtown area
Washington, D.C.: Washington Metro
Burlington, Vermont: Church Street Marketplace
Portland, Maine: Monument Square
St. Petersburg, Florida: The Pier and other locations in the downtown area
Key West, Florida: Mallory Square
Miami Beach, Florida: South Beach
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Riverwalk
St. Augustine, Florida: downtown areas; 50 ft East or West from St. George Street on most cross-streets with the exception of Hypolita Street
Atlanta, Georgia: Little Five Points
Athens, Georgia: College Avenue
Savannah, Georgia: River Street
Boston, Massachusetts: Faneuil Hall
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Square
New York City, New York: New York City Subway; Battery, Central, and Washington Square Parks
Baltimore, Maryland: Harborplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: near the tourist and historical sections
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Roberto Clemente Bridge on 6th Street, South Side along the Monongahela River, Pittsburgh Public Market at 2100 Smallman Street, Mt. Washington, Steel Plaza - Downtown, and Squirrel Hill

West Coast

Los Angeles, California: Venice Beach Boardwalk, Hollywood (especially Grauman's Chinese Theater, Santa Monica Pier and Third Street Promenade)
San Francisco, California: Fisherman's Wharf and Market Street and the whole city in general
Oakland, California: Art Murmur and the whole city in general
Santa Barbara, California: State Street
Santa Cruz, California: Pacific Garden Mall and the beach area
Santa Monica, California: Third Street Promenade outdoor mall
Honolulu, Hawaii: Waikīkī
Portland, Oregon: Portland Saturday Market
Seattle, Washington: Seattle Center and Pike Place Market
Las Vegas Strip
San Diego, California: Seaport Village, Gaslamp Quarter, The Embarcadero, and Balboa Park

Canada

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Halifax Waterfront, site of the Halifax International Busker Festival
Kingston, Ontario: Ontario Street, site of the Kingston International Buskers Rendezvous
Montréal, Québec: Rue Sainte-Catherine, most Métro stations, Place-des-Arts, Vieux Montréal (Place Jacques-Cartier, Vieux Port)
Ottawa, Ontario: Sparks Street, Byward Market (both require costly licences), site of the Ottawa International Buskers Festival (though local buskers are not permitted to participate), heavy foot traffic area in the Byward Market, foot traffic between 11am-2pm weekdays and during festivals on Sparks Street. Queen and Bank Streets and Wellington in front of the Parliament buildings are licence free and have excellent foot traffic.
Regina, Saskatchewan: Scarth Street
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Broadway (downtown)
Toronto, Ontario: Eaton Centre (illegal weekdays from 9am-12pm and 2pm to 5pm), both by Dundas Street and Queen Street; Kensington Market, St Lawrence Market, any street corner with a $40 license
Vancouver, British Columbia: Granville Island, Granville Mall, in front of downtown SkyTrain Stations
Victoria, British Columbia: waterfront of the downtown Inner Harbour
Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Forks

Asia

China

Beijing: Beijing Subway
Qiqihar, Heilongjiang: the lakeshore at Qiqihar University campus, by English majors throughout the city

Taiwan

Xinyi Place, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi, Taipei, a shopping plaza

Europe

England

London: Covent Garden,[11] Piccadilly Circus, London Underground,[12] South Bank[13]
Bath, Somerset[14]
York[15]
Stratford-on-Avon[16]
Chester[17]
Birmingham: New Street, Victoria Square
Truro: Pydar Street, High Cross
Newcastle upon Tyne: Northumberland Street
Brighton
Bristol: Broadmead

Scotland

Edinburgh: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where street performers can perform at one of three allocated spots on the Royal Mile and at busking competitions

Netherlands

Amsterdam: Leidseplein and Vondelpark

Germany

Berlin: Alexanderplatz, Friedrichsbrücke leading to Museumsinsel, various underground stations, increasingly on underground trains
Cologne: Domplatte, Hohe Straße, Schildergasse

Belgium

Brussel: Boterstraat
Antwerpen: Groenplaats

Spain

Republic of Ireland

Dublin: Grafton Street, Temple Bar, Mary Street/Henry Street
Galway: Shop Street including Eyre Square and the Spanish Arch
Kilkenny: Kieran Street
Mayo Westport: Main Street

Poland

Kraków: Main Market Square, Kraków, coronation route and surrounding streets
Lublin: Kraków Gate, Promenade
Wroclaw: Rynek, Ostrow Tumski
Poznań: Rynek, Pójwiejska Street, Rondo Kaponiera

Italy

Bologna: Via indipendenza, Piazza Maggiore
Rome: Piazza Navona

Sweden

Stockholm: Drottninggatan

Oceania

Australia

Adelaide: Rundle Mall
Brisbane: Queen Street Mall and Brunswick Street Mall
Geelong: Geelong city centre[18]
Melbourne: Bourke Street Mall and Southbank
New South Wales: Echo Point in the Blue Mountains
- Sydney: Circular Quay, Devonshire Street Subway, Darling Harbour and Pitt Street Mall

New Zealand

Christchurch: Cathedral Square and the Arts Centre
Wellington: Cuba Mall
Auckland: Queen Street, Auckland

References

"BUSKERS TURNING DOWNTOWN STREETS INTO A STAGE". Rocky Mountain News. June 21, 1996. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"Chicago--yours for a song". Chicago Tribune. November 11, 1982. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"The Indestructible Beat of Bo Diddley". The Rolling Stone. Aug 11, 2005. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
Carlozo, Louis R (Jul 17, 2008). "How the city's sidewalk performers get legal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
Cohan, Jillian (May 27, 2007). "ON 'BUSKER FRIDAYS,' MUSICIANS TAKE TO THE STREET". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"All the JAZZ". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). January 11, 1997. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"Appalachian Festival kicks off at Coney Island". Middletown Journal. May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"Background - Art on the Streets". Google Docs. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
Date, MICHAEL CORCORAN (March 22, 1998). "Night-hopping and nostalgia in full SXSW swing". The Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
"Way down south." St Paul Pioneer Press. March 21, 1996. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
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"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-02-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"404 Not Found - Bath BID". Retrieved 23 September 2016.
Council, Stratford-on-Avon District. "Street Performers: Stratford-on-Avon District Council". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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[1] "BUSKERS TURNING DOWNTOWN STREETS INTO A STAGE". Rocky Mountain News. June 21, 1996. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[2] "Chicago--yours for a song". Chicago Tribune. November 11, 1982. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[3] "The Indestructible Beat of Bo Diddley". The Rolling Stone. Aug 11, 2005. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[4] Carlozo, Louis R (Jul 17, 2008). "How the city's sidewalk performers get legal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[5] Cohan, Jillian (May 27, 2007). "ON 'BUSKER FRIDAYS,' MUSICIANS TAKE TO THE STREET". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[6] "All the JAZZ". Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland). January 11, 1997. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[7] "Appalachian Festival kicks off at Coney Island". Middletown Journal. May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[8] "Background - Art on the Streets". Google Docs. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

[9] Date, MICHAEL CORCORAN (March 22, 1998). "Night-hopping and nostalgia in full SXSW swing". The Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[10] "Way down south." St Paul Pioneer Press. March 21, 1996. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

[11] "redirect - /events-entertainment-culture/street-performers/page/1". 23 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-02-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] "404 Not Found - Bath BID". Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[16] Council, Stratford-on-Avon District. "Street Performers: Stratford-on-Avon District Council". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[17] "New rules for city centre buskers". 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[18] "Busking". Retrieved 23 September 2016.