Bandstand Busking
Bandstand Busking is a project based in London, England showcasing musicians on some of the city's underused bandstands.[1] The sessions are recorded and shown for viewing on the Bandstand Busking website. The first session was recorded in March 2008 with the artist Stars of Sunday League and since then over 30 acts have performed in bandstands for the project including local bands such as Fanfarlo and Alessi's Ark and some from further afield such as Of Montreal and Black Lips.[2]
Initially the performances were recorded without an audience but at the beginning of 2009 the time and location of the forthcoming acts started to be announced on the website.[3]
A monthly event is now hosted by Bandstand Busking at the bandstand in the Northampton Square in Islington, London.
Artists
- Stars Of Sunday League
- School Of Language
- The Week That Was
- Wet Paint
- Wild Beasts
- David Karsten Daniels
- Laura Groves
- Frightened Rabbit
- Wave Pictures
- Broadcast 2000
- The Acorn
- We Were Promised Jetpacks
- Of Montreal
- The Barker Band
- Nat Johnson
- Chris Bathgate
- Paul Marshall
- Left With Pictures
- Tom Brosseau
- Asobi Seksu
- Psapp
- Loney Dear
- The Leisure Society
- Emmy The Great
- Esser
- Gregory and the Hawk
- Speech Debelle
- Black Lips
- Alessi's Ark
- The Hours
- Hauschka
- Wildbirds & Peacedrums
- Slow Club
- Brakes
- Theoretical Girl
- Fanfarlo
- Kill It Kid
- Lulu and the Lampshades