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Dublin City Council new busking and street performance rules

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  • #2
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Having worked in town and been subjected to so many **** bands with loud drums, I wouldn't be against it at all. Even decent bands with drums annoy me when busking cos it forces the rest of the band to use loud amps. Yeah, it's great for people passing through but for people working nearby, it's a pain in the hole. Especially when you get a long line of old people blaming you for the noise!

    I also think that full bands kinda ruin the whole busking experience. I've always thought busking should be very different to a gig experience. Busking is supposed to be something anyone can do. You just need a guitar and your voice. When you start bringing drums and big amps and all that, I just think, well why not just play a gig. I'm rambling at this stage actually. BAM!


  • #3
    irlirishkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭irlirishkev


    The honor system brought in last year, as mentioned in the article, was completely ignored by many performers around Dublin. Either that or they didn't know about it.

    Whatever the reason, just taking Grafton Street as an example, many buskers have been forced to move to other areas because of bands with drums and amps, or soloists with amps turned up to eleven.

    I love seeing busking alive and well in Dublin, but some performers really take the p!ss with their volume levels.


  • #4
    Fandango
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Fandango


    Some good, some bad I think. No amp above 15W, I dont think you would need more unless your trying to drown out the "competition". Altho, Im pretty sure the law states only 1 amp per group also so even 2 amps turned very low could land you in trouble. Fire and knives I think speak for themselves! Im sure they are well trained and skilled but I have witnessed a friend have a fire stick (whatever they are called, fire at both ends of a stick and person does mad tricks with it) miss her head literally by an inch or 2 after the guy lost control of it. Its a thin line between keeping it all under control and destroying street performances altogether but hopefully common sense will prevail and unless someone is taking the p*ss, they wont get any hassle.


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