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# Q-Line asks whether Santa Monica should audition Promenade street performers
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/102402-story/
- Published: 2002-10-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:48:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

On any given night on the Third Street Promenade, street performers dance and sing for tourists and locals alike. But sometimes these people, especially the singers, just don’t cut it, and add to the noise pollution that’s always prevalent in a vibrant city.

But there is a solution: Hold auditions for performers before the city hands them a permit to dance or sing — or sometimes screech — their hearts out. If they don’t make the cut, then they don’t get a permit to perform.

So this week’s Q-Line wants to know: “Should the city create a committee that will audition street performers before they receive a permit to entertain us?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print it in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 24, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102402.pdf?ref=smdp.com)