Busker 2009

KilkennyMusic.com in association with the Kilkenny 400 celebrations are hosting the Kilkenny Busking Competition from April until September.

The aim of the competition is to find the best of Irish Buskers and as an official sponsor; Oss237.com will provide photography coverage and prizes to the competition.

The collaboration between the Kilkenny 400 organisers and KilkennyMusic.com will bring 72 buskers to six locations on the streets of Kilkenny. Each fortnight of the competition, we’ll record one song from each act and upload it to KKM, where visitors can vote in an online poll. If you can’t catch the music on the streets then you can just visit KilkennyMusic.com to cast your votes on videos of your favourite act.

One act each fortnight will win €200 as a cash prize, with the best of the acts in the competition invited back to Kilkenny at the end of September to compete for a top prize of €1,000. Those acts will be chosen by the public through the online vote.

To be in with a chance of winning, you must be registered to compete before the competition starts on April 18th. All genres and styles are welcome, there are certain restrictions in that acts must be able to perform unplugged, and of course they have to be able to make it to Kilkenny on their chosen date.

Anyone interested should visit www.kilkennymusic.com/busker2009 for information on dates, prizes, how to register and how to vote.