street singer
Curbside vocal entertainer
A street singer is a person who performs songs in public spaces—sidewalks, subway stations, town squares—typically for tips from passersby.
The term overlaps with busker but emphasizes vocal performance over instrumental: A street singer drew a crowd outside the café.
Street singers range from struggling musicians to skilled performers who prefer the freedom of open-air venues.
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- acoustic guitarUnplugged stringed instrument
sidewalk · pavement · hat · coins · spare change · acoustic · serenade · vagrant · folk · folk song · ballad · harmonica · crowd · passerby · melody · voice · corner · subway
- Street Performersbusker, juggler, magician, fire breather, fire eater
- singerssoprano, alto, tenor, bass, baritone
- folk singerstroubadour, bard
professional establishment
street singerrecording artist
One who cuts tracks
pop star · rock star · Grammy winner · superstar · diva