Places in the North East where a licence is needed to busk, or performers are required to adhere to a council code of conduct:
Newcastle upon Tyne – A licence may be required. Contact the council manager on 0191 2771921 for more details.
Do you busk in this are regularly? Tried to perform somewhere and been turned away? If you’ve got any info about busking in this area that would be useful to other buskers, please leave a comment below.
24/06/2009 at 7:36 am Permalink
last time i was there, sunderland required for busking the very same license that a pub would have to take out for live music. that was two years ago.
18/08/2010 at 8:58 pm Permalink
Newcastle Upon Tyne is probablys the best place to busk in the Northeast of England. However a lot of the regular buskers are being forced out of the City by the large amount of Romanian Accordian players who seem to be on every street corner these days. These so called musicians are rude and offensive and have been known to threaten other buskers. They also cannot play their accordians.