Out of nowhere around here, every shopping center suddenly has a guy (or guys) playing a violin, thru an amplifier, usually along with some background music. Sunday I went to 3 shopping centers within a half hour and each one had a violin show. Today we took the dog to be groomed, same shopping center I went to Sunday, and a different guy playing, but in the same spot. All these guys seemed to be playing for money. And while I'm hardly an aficionado, I was surprised that all 4 of these guys were actually pretty decent!
I'm guessing this must be some sort of 'flash mob' thing arranged thru social media, but I'm curious, is this 'thing' going on elsewhere or just a Salt Lake area thing? Also curious as to why reasonably talented violinists would need to panhandle? Are guitarists next? Accordions?