The NYC BuskerBall
Unit J
338 Moffat St, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA
New York
40.6913161
-73.90246510000001
Description
For two years, New York has experienced shutdowns, disruptions, and demographic shifts unlike anything ever seen before in its history. And throughout all of it, NYC's busker community kept the show going, even when indoor venues were shut down, keeping spirits high and keeping alive the artistic expression the city is known for.
New York wouldn't be New York without its buskers. No other city on Earth has as much raw talent on every corner, in every park, on every subway platform. In order to celebrate and thank our buskers, and to create a platform for activism ensuring New Yorkers can keep expressing themselves freely without unreasonable interference from the law, we are proud to stage NYC's one and only Buskerball.
Buskers can be dancers, mimes, artists, poets, clowns, magicians, musicians, puppeteers, jugglers, acrobats, tumblers, story-tellers, and living statues. They can be sword swallowers, balloonists, fortune tellers, contortionists, escape artists, rope walkers, fire eaters, and more. A busker is anyone who decides to take their skill and artistry directly to the people, in a public place, in exchange for voluntary donations. They are an essential part of our city's fabric and they deserve to be celebrated.
The NYC Buskerball is a charitable event. All proceeds go towards staging and promoting the event and to pay the performers. The goal of the event is to lift up and showcase these people who enrich our public spaces, and to make sure that they're empowered to GO BUSK!"
Since 2012, the NYC BuskerBall showcases the best Subway and Street musicians and Buskers of all stripes. We promotes 1st amendment rights to perform spontaneously in public spaces everywhere. Most importantly though it’s a Ball, a party, a time to discover amazing talent, art and to build community.
The event features five, 30 min sets by some of the world’s best Buskers performing their original music and the "Busker battle", a competition of 4 unique Buskers battling for a $500 cash prize. The winner is decided by VIP judges and the live audience. The entire night is fun, highlighting the Importance of Buskers in our society.
Some of the most notable Buskers participating are: Pinc Louds, Robert Leslie and Gabriel Mayers.
Check our website, NYCBuskerball.com, for this year’s complete lineup.
Buskers can be dancers, mimes, artists, poets, clowns, magicians, musicians, puppeteers, jugglers, acrobats, tumblers, story-tellers, and living statues. They can be sword swallowers, balloonists, fortune tellers, contortionists, escape artists, rope walkers, fire eaters, and more.
The NYC BuskerBall is a charitable event, all proceeds go towards staging, promoting, paying Buskers and staff. This will be the 13th BuskerBall and guaranteed to be the most exciting one yet.
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Start:
2022-04-23T19:00:00-04:00
End:
2022-04-24T02:00:00-04:00
Category
Music
Tickets
Basic Ticket
20.0
USD
150
Pinc Louds
20.0
USD
150
Rachel Haymer
20.0
USD
150
Morgan O'Kane
20.0
USD
150
Eli Bridges (single release)
20.0
USD
150
Robert Leslie
20.0
USD
150
Golden ticket
50.0
USD
150
VIP TICKET
500.0
USD
150