Busk Pitches: Downtown Portland's SW 9th & Yamhill

Busk Pitches: Downtown Portland's SW 9th & Yamhill

NW Corner of SW 9th Street and SW Yamhill Street

An excellent pitch to busk is SW 9th and SW Yamhill.

Busking? Set up a pitch here; SW 9th and SW Morrison (MAP). I'll go over location, hours, donation range, what it's known for, why locals like it, and the details of a great corner to busk. The shop there lets me play guitar out front for tips. There's more to it.

This fine busk pitch is the West end of the Max Station East on SW 9th and SW Yamhill Street. 7am is the legal sound limit that you can begin. There's good foot traffic throughout the day until about 10pm. Be careful cos you can zero out for the day. Tips range from $0.0 buck an hour up to about $4 per hour. There are no known discounts. There are no available happy hours. This pitch has a quite feeling cos of the Library. The pitch is rain proof cos it's under a hallway area. It's a standard playing area with excellent acoustics. Petersons' Store is on the other side of the block for drinks or food. I'd talk to Tim about playing Portland street corners cos he plays this corner day and night for the last 7 years. Being with a parking building, this pitch has lots of parking. Better yet, the public transportation is the first stop in to Portland from Hillsboro on the Max Train going East on SW Yamhill. There are no food shops in the immediate area. SW 9th and SW Yamhill has a good flat wall. The parking structure has a couple shops that are in a covered hallway. It's located across corner from the new Directors Park. The Max riders have a few minutes to listen while the wait for the train at the Max station. There are a few historically old churches in the area. Standard pitch, low foot traffic. It has moderate busk quality. The location is next to Max train station East on SW Park and SW Yamhill Street. Busking hours around about 7am - 11pm, 7 days a week. No contact information. There are no discounts available. There is an advantage in this pitch cos of the new Directors' Park and future Fox Tower (?) There is no known ticket information. Must-sees are Tim the Violin player and Bruce the violin player. No kid-friendly events. No contests available. Pioneer Square has food carts during the lunch hour. You can ride the Max train to this pitch.

Applicable websites:
Mother Goose
http://www.therealmothergoose.com/
ArtMedia Art Supply,
http://www.artmediaonline.com/
TriMet Max Train
http://trimet.org/

An excellent street corner to pitch is against the Parking Building in front of Mother Goose on the Eastbound Max Station on SW Yamhill and SW 9th. Remember to obey the 50' sound limit and one hour per corner laws. Yeah, check out this excellent busk pitch. Have fun, work on your skills, art, social things, learn new tunes and play for tips.


It's an excellent pitch.

The area is growing.

Moderate donations.


When you busk with a wall or corner behind you makes your sound is heard better by the audience than busking in the open.


http://www.therealmothergoose.com/

http://www.artmediaonline.com/

http://trimet.org/