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# Letter: Street performers are too loud and should be limited
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jack-neworth-send-comments-to-editor-smdp-com-laughing-matters-stick-that-in-your-bagpipes-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:18:59.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Promenade, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

Street performers are often too loud (“Clearing space,” Oct. 10). They should have a rule that no electrical power can be used — no microphones, no amplifiers.

And though they are neither electric nor used on the promenade, no accordions or bagpipes.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 12, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)