Norbi Update Street News Liverpool leads the way, mixed news from London, what do Public Space Protection Orders mean for busking? Buskers from Liverpool will tomorrow meet with council officials to discuss the implementation of historic new busking guidance designed to promote harmony between street artists and local businesses. No licenses or permits will be required to perform, instead regular open busker meetings will be held to discuss issues that arise and to maintain a relationship of respectful cooperation between buskers and the local authority. This is a pioneering cooperative approach designed to protect spontaneity that we hope will be modelled in other UK and European cities. The first open buskers meeting will be held at The Brink (15-21 Parr St, L1 4JN Liverpool) in Liverpool from 7:30 pm tomorrow. Anyone interested in protecting street culture is welcome at that meeting. Alas, things are more complicated in London! We will be at the Court of Appeal on November 13th for the next stage in the ongoing struggle against Camdens coercive busking legislation. Meanwhile two more London boroughs (Kensington and Chelsea and Southwark) are consulting about introducing strict busking restrictions using the same law Camden invoked. This is particularly regrettable in the light of the fact that alongside us they are both part of the Mayor of Londons #backbusking taskforce which has a mandate to turn London into the worlds most busker friendly city. It is a long way from being busker friendly at the moment as the award-winning young musician Dawson (pictured) found out when he received a court summons and a criminal prosecution for a 10 minute busk in Leicester Square earlier in March. He has appeared in court FOUR times so far charged with noise nuisance and illegal street trading. You can read more about his plight here. If you can, please take the time to write to Westminster Council to ask them to reconsider the stance they have taken towards this promising young talent. Lastly, and perhaps most worryingly, sweeping new powers enacted under the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill come into force on October 20th. These include Public Space Protection Orders which allow local authorities to ban activities that carried out within the authorities area which have a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality’. These sweeping powers combined with the nebulous wording have enormous potential for abuse. The Keep Streets Live Campaign will closely scrutinise and challenge the behaviour of local authorities to ensure that these new powers are not used to criminalise street culture and exclude street art and performance from our shared public spaces. Thank you for continued support, Kind regards, Jonny Walker Director Keep Streets Live Campaign keepstreetslive The Keep Streets Live Campaign exists to advocate for public spaces that are open to informal offerings of art and music. Copyright © 2014 Keep Streets Live Campaign, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:15:12 +0000
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