History Main / StreetMusician

* A violin player is seen playing the old animated Film/{{Spider Man}} theme in the second movie. A guitar player performs his own version at a subway station in the original ("Dresses like a spider/Looks like a bug...")
* Jamie Foxx's character (a bum who happens to be a virtuoso violinist) in TheSoloist.

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora loves listening to her performances, and Yasuko's songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. Yasuko even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the DistantFinale [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].

* A violin player is seen playing the old animated Film/{{Spider Man}} theme in the second movie.

* FableII - being a street musician (by playing a GuitarHero-style rhythm game) is one way you can earn money.

* {{Fable}} 2 - being a street musician (by playing a GuitarHero-style rhythm game) is one way you can earn money.

* A violin player is seen playing the old animated {{Spiderman}} theme in the second movie.

* In {{Cool Runnings}}, Sanka tries to collect money for the bobsled team by singing in the street. He only made a dollar and sixteen cents, and most of that came from a man who said, "I'll pay you a dollar...to SHUT! UP!"

* In ''MaryPoppins'', buskers play back-up during "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Bert also appears as a OneManBand in the opening scenes.

* Floyd in ''Beyond the Black Stump'', whose playing is so terrible people are more likely to pay him to stop -- even when he's playing air guitar.

* LittleOrphanAnnie worked as this together with "Uncle" Dan.

* In TheSims 1, the first job a Sim in the Music career has is "Subway Musician." Averted in TheSims 2, though; there a Musician sim starts off as a Record Store Clerk.

SubTrope of StreetPerformer, SuperTrope of OneManBand and OrganGrinder.

Also known as a ''busker'', a street musician is one who plays an instrument on the sidewalk or in a subway station in hopes that people will drop money; usually, his/her instrument case serves as place to gather said money. A common gag is to have the musician be [[DreadfulMusician purposely terrible]] and let people pay him to stop.

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* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora loves listening to her performances, and Yasuko's songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. Yasuko even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the DistantFinale [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].

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* An episode of ''TomAndJerryTales'' has Tom and Jerry competing against each other on opposite street corners, performing music for money.

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora loves listening to her performances, and Yasuko's songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. Yasuko even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora is loves listening to her performance, and Yasuko's songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. Yasuko even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].

* ''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora is quite taken with her performance, and her songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. She even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].

''[[MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]'' has Yasuko, who sings and plays guitar across Shitokitazawa station in Tokyo. Main character Sora is quite taken with her performance, and her songs form a loose commentary on what happens in the series. She even interacts directly with the main cast later on and is included in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue [[spoiler:where she is shown to have a serious career in music]].