Bath’s Buskers Under Threat-Keep Streets Live Stands With Them
Busking has been described as an “urban ritual that challenges the way in which we think about public space by promoting spontaneous, democratic, intimate encounters in some of the city’s most...
View ArticleHarmony outside Bath Abbey?
There have been heartening developments in the stand off between Bath’s busking community and the Abbey. There has been a hugely welcome outbreak of dialogue and mutual respect. Bath Abbey and the...
View ArticleASB and Policing Act 2014, PSPOs what do they mean for public space?
Keep Streets Live – protecting cultural freedoms and access to public space for the arts Sweeping new powers hidden in the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 come into force on October...
View ArticleBath Abbey Letter Against Buskers
We are publishing this extraordinary letter from the Rector of Bath Abbey which asks his congregation to push for restrictions against buskers in the city of Bath that would marginalise them and push...
View ArticleDon’t Banish The Buskers, Keep Streets Live in Bath
Please sign our petition https://www.change.org/p/bath-and-north-east-somerset-council-don-t-banish-the-buskers-keep-streets-live-in-bath Freedom of expression in public space is under threat, yet...
View ArticleResponse to Bath and North East Somerset Council Busking PSPO Consultation
Bath and North East Somerset Council are consulting on using a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to ban all amplification in key busking pitches in the city. PSPOs are a controversial power...
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