One-Man Street Bands To Be Regulated?

Earlier this week, a street musician settled with the city for $27,500. Felix Wilkins, 66, was arrested for playing his flute last March, and, whoops, music is legal. As the Associated Press puts it: “The agreement requires the city to inform police that playing, singing, and soliciting money in a public place are protected by the First Amendment.”

Yesterday, the Inquirer asked: Well, should we regulate street musicians? People tend to like street musicians in downtown areas, even if they suck, Lea Sitton Stanley reported, so the answer’s no, right?

The Center City District’s Paul Levy, who we last saw suing another state’s Restaurant Week, says the new mayor should regulate street musicians for quality. It happens in Paris and New York!

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