The Musical Busker blog has moved!

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce that the Musical Busker blog has now moved to a new home on the homepage on www.musicalbusker.co.uk. Make sure you visit soon for all your busking news, opportunities, jobs, events and loads more.

The new site includes all the essential information you need to get started busking, including advice about licensing, tips for how to increase your profits and a regularly updated list of all the events and competitions you can get involved in as a busker.

In addition there's now a number of sparkly new features, including the ability to comment on any part of the site, the opportunity to subscribe to updates via RSS directly from the homepage, and a forum, where you can share all your busking knowedge and tips, and get help from the online community of buskers if you need it.

This blog will no longer be updated, so what are you waiting for? Check out the all new musicalbusker.co.uk today!

Buskers Stage at The Riverside Festival

The Riverside Festival which takes place annually on the first Saturday in July (4th July in 2009) would love to hear from any Artists interested in playing on their Buskers Stage.

The Riverside Festival is entirely staged and run by a small team of volunteers on a not for profit basis. Admission is FREE although donations from the public are encouraged to help the organisers cover the costs of staging the event. The Festival is held on the Meadows in the centre of the historic market town of Stamford, Lincolnshire, and is widely recognised as the best free live music festival in the East Midlands.

In 2008 over 28,000 people visited the festival across the course of the day with 10,000 on site at any one time. The festival has 3 other stages of live music, a real ale beer festival, children’s entertainment, stalls and catering and finishes with a firework finale.

Artists can pre-book a 20 minute slot to play on the Buskers Stage by e-mailing
info@riversidefestival.co.uk clearly marking their application 'Buskers Stage'.

Unfortunately the registered charity that organise the festival are not able to offer a
fee, but with 10,000 people around it's a good opportunity to promote your music!

For full information about the Riverside Festival please check out our website at www.riversidefestival.co.uk.

Opportunities at the Swan at the Globe, London

Swan at the Globe, a funky live music venue attached to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London is looking for new acts for Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in the new year.

To find out more about the venue and it's live music event programme take a look round the Swan at the Globe website.

If you'd like to perform, contact Alcides Pessoa, venue Manager ASAP on alcides@swanattheglobe.co.uk with some information about yourself, your music and costings.

Charity Christmas Busk in Matlock

Matlock Live are inviting all buskers in the area to join together to raise money for NSPCC Childline on Saturday 20 December. The Christmas Busk event will take place from 10am to 2pm in Matlock Town Centre.

All you need to do to get involved is drop the organisers a line on matlocklive@googlemail.com, then pop along on the day to the Imperial Rooms in the Town Centre to collect a sign, collection box and hot drink voucher.

Another Christmas Market Opportunity - Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Buskers' slots are up for grabs at the Christmas Market in Sleaford, Lincolnshire on Sunday 30 November.

There's no fee but if you book your slot in advance you could get some help with travelling expenses.

To find out more take a look at this article in the Sleaford Standard.

Buskers wanted for ethical market in London

Buskers are wanted for the launch of Duck Pond Market, a new ethical market in Ruislip, London. There's no upfront pay for this or expenses, but buskers are welcome to collect money and will be supplied with mulled wine to keep warm! The organisers are looking for either groups or individuals to start performing at 9am on Saturday 13 December and continue until 3pm. There'll be around 40 stalls at the event and hopefully a good crowd of people to listen to your performance.

If you're interested, contact Caron on duckpondmarket@me.com.

Acts wanted for Christmas fair in Acton, London

Ealing Council are looking for entertainers ('artists, entertainers and performers') for the Acton Town Christmas Fair on 6 December.

To find out more, take a look at the full article in the Ealing Times here.