street band
Outdoor musical ensemble
A street band is a musical group that performs outdoors in public spaces—sidewalks, plazas, subway stations—typically for tips from passersby.
Street bands range from jazz ensembles to brass bands to improvised percussion groups.
The term emphasizes location rather than style: A street band was playing outside the café.
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- drumStruck percussion cylinder
accordion · jazz · parade · sidewalk · corner · hat · tips · crowd · rhythm · trombone · festive · New Orleans · French Quarter · second line · mariachi · quartet · ensemble · performance
- bandsbrass ensemble, drumline, wind ensemble, wind orchestra, percussion ensemble
- buskersbusker, bucket drummer, beatboxer, breakdancer
- carnival musicsamba, calypso, steelpan, parade music, soca
- folk brassoompah, polka, tuba, trombone, trumpet
venue/performance context
street bandsymphony orchestra
Large ensemble for classical music
philharmonic orchestra · philharmonic · opera company · chamber ensemble · studio band
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