Spotted... Farang Musicians At The Big Fair By City Hall

[DavidOxon]

Dave2 beat you to it...

a pair of lesser spotted farang musicians playing at the big fair near City Hall. (Title says it all really)

This should have the twitchers among you twitching

David

[roger1999]

I saw a few at the Interbrew beer festival as well. Here's hoping we can all play live again soon.

[true blue]

i like the farang magician at walking street on a sunday,thais love it.

[daoyai]

They are now issueing special event specific WPs to farang musicians on a case by case basis. I think it was decided that there was a bit of prestige associated with having a few foreigners playing at Govt. sanctioned events. A step in the right direction.

[elektrified]

Uhhh....the farang musicians have been back for a long time now. Guess some of you don't get out too often? They are everywhere - almost. I'm not saying exactly where though! Just like everything else in Thailand, these crackdowns never last long.

[Mapguy]

There was no real "crackdown." That notion was all dramatically overdrawn. The people at Labour have always been permissive of amateurs performing on an unpaid basis. Now, perhaps more so, given appropriate official permission, which is basically available upon asking. There has been, on ThaiVisa, much more heat than light shed upon (peed upon?) the "GREAT RAID" and this general matter. If you have further questions about this matter, questions will be answered quite straight-forwardly by the department, if you bother to ask.

[DavidOxon]

There was no real "crackdown." That notion was all dramatically overdrawn. The people at Labour have always been permissive of amateurs performing on an unpaid basis. Now, perhaps more so, given appropriate official permission, which is basically available upon asking. There has been, on ThaiVisa, much more heat than light shed upon (peed upon?) the "GREAT RAID" and this general matter. If you have further questions about this matter, questions will be answered quite straight-forwardly by the department, if you bother to ask.

Oh Mapguy, I really really liked you until this post.

Last night, we, (and yes, I was one of the two) were the only farangs playing legally in Chiang Mai province. The Thai guy (in the middle) is the head of the labour department and had issued one night

work permits for the event. The next LEGAL opportunity to play will be December the 1st 2012