The Dublin City Council has agreed to abandon the restrictive bye-laws and engage in formal dialogue with the busking community. This outcome restores the essential character of our streets and ensures that performers will remain a part of our city's identity. I am deeply appreciative of the thousands of people …
January 4, 2016
Final supporters
Dublin is the home of a world famous busking scene. Busking in Dublin is currently being restricted to extinction by Dublin City Council. Dublin City Council introduced Street Performance Bye Laws in April 2015, which are the beginning of the end for busking in Dublin.
The Bye Laws were drafted without any consultation with the Dublin City Buskers and this seems to be there main flaw. They are unworkable and impossible to police all the time.
The Bye Laws created two areas in Dublin where busking is banned no exceptions. This is a very worrying trend that is quiet common in other European cites like Amsterdam and Madrid.
Bye laws were introduced in these European cities and then systematically revoked making it illegal to perform on the street without a permit. This European trend can continue very easily in Dublin without massive public Support.
Follow this link for A true story from Amsterdam
The current bye laws are currently under review. Help stop a complete ban on Street Performance in Dublin and demand that Dublin City Council sit down with the Dublin City Buskers, and the other key stakeholders to draft a workable solution.
In Cities like London, Melbourne and Sydney Street performance is celebrated and completely supported by the relevant city councils Arts department. Why cant Dublin be the same? We are calling on the Minister for Arts and Heritage to formally recognise street performance as a legitimate art form in Ireland.
The following Artists have all spent time busking:
Amanda Palmer,
B.B. King, Beck, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Bragg, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen,
Cirque du Soleil, Damien Dempsey, Dixie Chicks, Django Reinhardt, Eddie Izzard, Elvis Costello,
Eric Clapton, Glen Hansard, Jewel, John Butler, Joni Mitchell, Justin Bieber,
Kanye West, KT Tunstall, Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong, Manu Chao, Norah
Jones, Paddy Casey, Paul McCartney, Penn Jilette, Pierce Brosnan, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Robbie Williams, Rod
Stewart, Russell Crowe, Simon and Garfunkel, Steve Martin, Sting,
Stomp, The Violent Femmes, Toby Keith, and Tracy Chapman, U2.
Help keep this Irish tradition alive and support the Dublin City Buskers today.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 6, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
July 6, 2015
July 4, 2015
The steady growth of this petition shows how deeply the soul of our public spaces matters to the people of this city. We are nearing one hundred signatures and reaching this threshold would provide a necessary signal to the council that our culture is not for sale. Please consider finding a moment today to bring this discussion to someone who values the music on our streets.
588 Comments
Dublin city council should be dealing with the Drug dealers,criminals, drug addicts , hand bag and mobile phone snatchers and professional beggars. before thinking about buskers. Ask any shop keeper or punter which is the priority . Davo
As visitor to Dublin I loved the quality of your buskers. Please do not ban the amps, they are not the problem. You want lively streets for visitors to remember. I love Dublin for many things, one of them is it's high quality busking.
The street musicians in Dublin when we were on our vacation made it more memorable for us, coming from Milwaukee, WI, where they do not exist, and I still am listening to Czars music! Please do not take this away from Dublin, they were awesome!
street performing is as much a tourist attraction as museums, castles etc. it shows the culture of the city and the people who live in it. I think there so much more important things the police and government could be putting there resources and energy into.
Regulation of art is counter intuitive and contrary to art itself. the left brain of Dublin (bureaucrats and politicians) does not understand the right brain of Dublin (artists and performers). This regulation is not good for the soul of the city.
Help people in need, not plunge them into more poverty.
Lets never stop this party in Dublin!
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The Dublin City Council has agreed to abandon the restrictive bye-laws and engage in formal dialogue with the busking community. This outcome restores the essential character of our streets and ensures that performers will remain a part of our city's identity. I am deeply appreciative of the thousands of people …
January 4, 2016
Final supporters
Dublin is the home of a world famous busking scene. Busking in Dublin is currently being restricted to extinction by Dublin City Council. Dublin City Council introduced Street Performance Bye Laws in April 2015, which are the beginning of the end for busking in Dublin.
The Bye Laws were drafted without any consultation with the Dublin City Buskers and this seems to be there main flaw. They are unworkable and impossible to police all the time.
The Bye Laws created two areas in Dublin where busking is banned no exceptions. This is a very worrying trend that is quiet common in other European cites like Amsterdam and Madrid.
Bye laws were introduced in these European cities and then systematically revoked making it illegal to perform on the street without a permit. This European trend can continue very easily in Dublin without massive public Support.
Follow this link for A true story from Amsterdam
The current bye laws are currently under review. Help stop a complete ban on Street Performance in Dublin and demand that Dublin City Council sit down with the Dublin City Buskers, and the other key stakeholders to draft a workable solution.
In Cities like London, Melbourne and Sydney Street performance is celebrated and completely supported by the relevant city councils Arts department. Why cant Dublin be the same? We are calling on the Minister for Arts and Heritage to formally recognise street performance as a legitimate art form in Ireland.
The following Artists have all spent time busking:
Amanda Palmer,
B.B. King, Beck, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Bragg, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen,
Cirque du Soleil, Damien Dempsey, Dixie Chicks, Django Reinhardt, Eddie Izzard, Elvis Costello,
Eric Clapton, Glen Hansard, Jewel, John Butler, Joni Mitchell, Justin Bieber,
Kanye West, KT Tunstall, Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong, Manu Chao, Norah
Jones, Paddy Casey, Paul McCartney, Penn Jilette, Pierce Brosnan, Rodrigo Y Gabriella, Robbie Williams, Rod
Stewart, Russell Crowe, Simon and Garfunkel, Steve Martin, Sting,
Stomp, The Violent Femmes, Toby Keith, and Tracy Chapman, U2.
Help keep this Irish tradition alive and support the Dublin City Buskers today.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 6, 2015
Reached 100 supporters
July 6, 2015
July 4, 2015
The steady growth of this petition shows how deeply the soul of our public spaces matters to the people of this city. We are nearing one hundred signatures and reaching this threshold would provide a necessary signal to the council that our culture is not for sale. Please consider finding a moment today to bring this discussion to someone who values the music on our streets.
588 Comments
I'm busker from mexico ciy, an as musician I know how hard it is to do the job I love because of the lack of legality. We don't do any harm anywhere around the world and busking must not be seen as a crime our way to express ourselves and give emotions to people
Dublin city council should be dealing with the Drug dealers,criminals, drug addicts , hand bag and mobile phone snatchers and professional beggars. before thinking about buskers. Ask any shop keeper or punter which is the priority . Davo
As visitor to Dublin I loved the quality of your buskers. Please do not ban the amps, they are not the problem. You want lively streets for visitors to remember. I love Dublin for many things, one of them is it's high quality busking.
The street musicians in Dublin when we were on our vacation made it more memorable for us, coming from Milwaukee, WI, where they do not exist, and I still am listening to Czars music! Please do not take this away from Dublin, they were awesome!
street performing is as much a tourist attraction as museums, castles etc. it shows the culture of the city and the people who live in it. I think there so much more important things the police and government could be putting there resources and energy into.
Regulation of art is counter intuitive and contrary to art itself. the left brain of Dublin (bureaucrats and politicians) does not understand the right brain of Dublin (artists and performers). This regulation is not good for the soul of the city.
Help people in need, not plunge them into more poverty.
Lets never stop this party in Dublin!
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I'm busker from mexico ciy, an as musician I know how hard it is to do the job I love because of the lack of legality. We don't do any harm anywhere around the world and busking must not be seen as a crime our way to express ourselves and give emotions to people