Call to Bay buskers
The Cape Town Buskers Festival is returning in October and the call is out for street performing talent which fits the bill – and if you are from Nelson Mandela Bay, you don’t even need to audition in person.
At the V & A Waterfront from October 5-8, the Buskers Festival forms part of the annual Cape Town Fringe Festival.
It will bring international and local singers, dancers, clowns, mimes, illusionists and more across four stages and more than 80 performances for crowd-funded theatre at its best.
The Buskers Festival is calling for freelance performers who have an act of approximately 45 minutes that can be performed at least twice a day to apply.
In keeping with busking traditions worldwide, the act should be self-contained with quick set up and strike times.
The Buskers Festival will provide marketing and promotion for the event as well as all staging and logistical elements, providing a nominal stipend and permit to perform at the V & A Waterfront.
The Festival is a “hatting” event, meaning that Buskers will encourage their audience to give them tips – all of which they keep.
How performers can get involved:
- Either come along to one of the audition days at the V & A Waterfront Amphitheatre on August 15, 17 or 19 anytime between 12pm and 4pm, to give the panel a taste of what you can do.
- Buskers who can’t make those auditions can grab their phones or cameras and film a short video of their performance.
Questions can be directed to
The Buskers Festival is a project of the Cape Town Fringe, National Arts Festival and V & A Waterfront.
