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Support Victoria's harbourfront buskers!

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Anonymous
11 years ago

I've only visited Victoria once and can't wait to go back. The buskers were the main attraction for me the entire time we were in your beautiful city. I believe the buskers need a say as a stakeholder in the Victoria harbourfront.

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Mark Winokur
11 years ago

One of the things I love about visiting Victoria is listening to the buskers. I'm especially fond of Steve Harris. They are an important part of the city, and I hope that they will be recognized as such.

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Sharon Stockton
11 years ago

I used to run a couple of stores on Government St and often cruise ship passengers said they only disembark ed here because they wanted to see the harbourfront entertainers.

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DAVID WITZER
11 years ago

... as a local; visiting the harbour to enjoy the uniqueness of the performing buskers, the musicians, is a summertime pastime I enjoy each year. As I see others stop, watch and gather, I witness that it is an attribute certainly worthy of protecting.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Please keep the buskers and allow them to play in a wide are of Victoria. They are part of our history and need to be part of long-term future

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Joe
11 years ago

I feel that the smaller local artists are a valuable group and shpuldn't be drowned out or excluded from events that take place downtown.

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Alison Brown
11 years ago

Supporting accessible live music in downtown Victoria is so important. We need to keep Victoria a cultural centre that supports the arts, and the downtown buskers are an integral part of that. If we can support an international buskers' festival for roughly 10 days every summer, we need to be consistent and do the same for our local musicians all year round.

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Jonny Miller
11 years ago

Buskers and artisans are THE reason people come to the waterfront. To not include them as stakeholders would be a serious oversight.

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Steve Felson
11 years ago

Buskers and the street entertainment are a huge part of why we travel to Victoria and spend our tourist $$$$$.

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fabrizio bezzini
11 years ago

keep the busker tradition alive!!!!

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majick stirling
11 years ago

Our Buskers are one of Victoria's treasures and should be treated accordingly, this means including them in decisions that affect their livliehood.

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Jon & Ian bennetts (BBB(
11 years ago

Signpsign-sign

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Adam Gussow
11 years ago

Dave Harris is an international treasure. He is the king of all buskers. He literally wrote the book. Please give him what he wants, and count yourself virtuous for having done so.

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Katie
11 years ago

The buskers are one of the main things that makes Victoria FUN!!

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Randi Jonasson
11 years ago

There needs to be more consideration for the placement of stages at events so as not to impede on licences buskers area.

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Garth Wallace
11 years ago

This town is loosing itself. We need the arts and people comming together to enjoy world class music while walking around enjoying the harbour.

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Bonnie Girouard
11 years ago

These artists make Victoria cooler, richer more fun They are stakeholders

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Marc Dobson
11 years ago

Busking / Street Performing is the oldest stage which all other performances historically come after. I performed on Victoria's Harboourfront in the summer of 1991. Like other towns across the world regulation on buskers can be helpful. Listening to the opinions of these voices whose eyes constantly follow the pedestrian traffic in a tourist area would be a good thing

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Richelle A.
11 years ago

Some of the buskers have become famous and are often recommended for tourists to go see while they're out. Making them a huge part about the appeal of visiting Victoria during the tourism season.

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Autumn Maxwell
11 years ago Featured

The causeway buskers need to have a say in how events in the inner harbour are planned! For many of them it is their main source of income and they provide a truly unique experience and lasting memories for tourists from all over the world! They deserve the respect of the Harbour Authority and the City.