street music
Curbside live entertainment
Street music is music performed in public outdoor spaces—sidewalks, plazas, subway stations—typically by buskers seeking tips from passersby.
The term encompasses everything from solo guitarists to full bands, from classical violin to hip-hop.
Street music carries connotations of authenticity and accessibility, music brought directly to people rather than behind concert hall doors.
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
- acoustic setPerformance using non-electric instruments
- folkRegular common people
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
tipping · harmonica · jazz · pedestrian zone · public space · foot traffic · Dixieland · brass bands · one-man band · live performance · panpipes · flamenco · tip jar · saxophone · improvisation · steel drums · violin · tambourine
- street lifesidewalk cafe, food cart, food truck, taco truck, hot dog stand
- music makingsinging, jam session, jam sessions, karaoke, open mic
- urban soundstraffic, sirens, honking, horns, car horn
- CubaOld Havana, Cuban identity, Cuban heritage, Guantanamera, Cuban coffee
- Israeli musichora, folk revival, Eurovision, cantors, Hasidic
- songssong, songs, tune, folk ballads, melody
street musicchamber music
Small-group classical compositions
opera · theater music · recital · gala performance · stadium concert