Buskers

Buskers earn money by performing in public places, usually outdoors. If passers-by like the performance, they may drop money into a hat or a container that the busker puts out.

Buskers perform a range of acts usch as dancing, juggling, playing music, pretending to be statues, doing magic tricks, miming or singing.

Some will follow people, imitating the way they walk and their actions. Some will wrtie a personalised poem for you for a small fee.

Buskers are more commonly seen in summer and while moste people would say that they are a great asset, that they bring colour and laughter to the streets, or that their music is enjoyable, others think they are a nuisnace or that they ought to get a real job.

For full time buskers, it is a real job. They travel around the country and overseas ot large busking festivals. There they can comapre themselves with others and have the opporutunity to gather new ideas for their acts.


Do you think busing would be a good way of life? Explain your thoughts?