Cork City Council Street performer Bye Laws 2024

Means any street, road, footpath, open space, beach, public park, green space and amenity areas and such like places in the charge or ownership of Cork City Council. Means to engage in any type of performance or exhibition with the reasonable expectation or opportunity of receiving donations, or not, and without prejudice to the generality such performance or exhibition shall include playing musical instruments, singing, dancing, acting, pantomiming, puppeteering, juggling, reciting, engaging in magic, circus based skills, human statues, balloon modelling, street theatre, poetry or acts of a similar nature, clowning, pavement art, musical or theatrical performance skills, creating visual art, three dimensional works of art which are created through shaping solid material such as wood, stone, clay, sand or metal by carving, modelling or similar methods, in its entirety, or similar artistic endeavours, sculptures or drawings and paintings, applied to paper, cardboard, canvas or other similar or technologically equivalent medium through the use of brush, pastel, crayon, pencil, stylus or similar object or doing other acts of a similar nature in a public space and any other type of performance or exhibition not specifically listed but which would be similar in character and words performance and to perform shall be construed accordingly. Any other street activity using amplification equipment falls within these bye laws. Means any activity/practice where a service or goods of any sort are offered to members ofthe public in exchange for payment including but not limited to face painting, caricature painting, hair braiding, jewellery making, paintings, photographic images, games of chance or any activity/practice which involves the participation of a member of the public.

Public Place:

Performance:

Excluded activities:

Permit Holder:

Means a person who holds a Street Performance Permit and/or a Permit to use amplification.

Street Performer:

Means a person who performs in a public place.

Means a Permit to perform in a public place issued under these Byelaws.

Street Performance Permit:

Permit to use Amplification: Means a Permit issued to a Street Performer under these Byelaws to use amplification.

Intoxicant:

Means alcohol or controlled drugs or a combination of both.

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