By adamg - Fri, 09/04/2020 - 9:52am

WBUR reports on the plight of street performers when hardly anybody's on the street.

Musician at a T stop in Boston
By adamg - Mon, 02/26/2018 - 8:51am

Greg Cook spent some time photographing musicians at T stops.

By adamg - Tue, 10/20/2015 - 8:06am

City Councilors Sal LaMattina and Bill Linehan want to require street performers to buy $40 annual licenses for the right to perform on Boston streets.

The city council tomorrow considers their request for a hearing on a proposed ordinance that would require street performers to wear their permits - and to show them to inquiring police officers and to stay at least 100 feet away from elementary schools and hospitals - and at least 50 feet away from other buskers. Read more.

Boston Common buskers
By adamg - Mon, 05/12/2014 - 7:21am

Myron Freeman took in an impromptu concert on the Common the other day.

Copyright Myron Freeman. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - Wed, 04/10/2013 - 8:32am
By adamg - Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:41pm

Fred Palmerino has posted photos of buskers in action in 1999 and 2000. Any still performing?

Via Ride Like Charlie.

By adamg - Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:02pm

Harold M.

By adamg - Tue, 04/06/2010 - 8:51pm

Jane Kokernak was having your basic Park Street-type commute when she heard the guitarist: