Finding places to play music can be challenging. It gets even more challenging when opportunities fall through. I found out yesterday that two of my upcoming gigs have been canceled. One of the venues decided to not do any music for the month of May and the other cancellation involved a miscommunication.
I only have one show still booked, which is coming up on Monday. This means I desperately need to find some more. Today I looked into house concerts. I found a website called Acoustic Roof that lists various small venues for acoustic shows. Surprisingly there weren’t any in Vancouver, but I emailed some venues in other towns.
I’ve also been considering busking. I know it’s not glamorous, but it would be a way to play publicly on a regular basis. The only problem is that I’ve met some conflicting information regarding permits. Some websites say that you can busk anywhere without a permit except for Granville Island. But other websites talk about people getting fined for not having a permit. I’m a little scared of being fined because I don’t have a lot of money to begin with.
Does anybody know the local law on busking?
Does anybody know of any venue I could perform? Perhaps a house concert… or anything really. I’m not too picky.
Tags: acoustic roof, booking gigs, busking, house concert, law, permit, Vancouver
Hm. I had a really hard time trying to find out where, in Vancouver, you would go to pay for a busking license.
But I did find this: If you ever want to busk on Granville Island this is your source: http://www.giculturalsociety.org/Buskers/buskerforms.htm
Hi Jeff
We have a little tracker that searches for references to “house concerts” and found your blog…we own acousticroof.ca and we should chat!
you can e-mail me at the above address…
Sincere regards
Paula Fredericks
owner
acousticroof.ca
it’s your place to play