How to get noticed without all the set-up costs?
Busk of course! You don’t need to hire a venue or advertise your talents; you have an instant audience albeit perhaps not a fully focussed one sometimes. Yet busker’s have an amazing ability to draw you in. Their music, singing, dancing or other artistic activity breaks into your dreary work driven focus like a ray of sunshine. I always used to wonder where do busker’s go? Now….. maybe perhaps I know!
The 15th World Buskers Festival started on the 17th January and runs through to the 27th January. This is a 10 day, 11 night extravaganza of non-stop superb entertainment. It takes place in the city of Christchurch on the beautiful South Island of New Zealand. This is an invite only festival of street, circus, theatre and music performed by 40 plus national and international acts. The city centre is transformed into a giant playground of world-class entertainment with over 400 hours of free entertainment (although donations are gratefully accepted). Last year an amazing 250,000 people attended this festival to catch all the excitement.
What a superb way to see the South Island - stop into Christchurch and catch this festival on your travels. I can well imagine comfortable shoes, a check on the weather forecast for the correct attire, a good sense of humour and a pocket full of silver or perhaps paper are a must for a great couple of days entertainment.
Almost makes me want to head down under!
PS, if you do take up busking, better check your local licensing regulations first.
