The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has introduced a new busking program for street musicians to schedule performances in various locations around Golden Gate Park.

The city will start charging a $73 “application administrative fee” for the program starting on March 1 of next year, but until then it is free and people have to provide photo ID, contact information and a description of the performance.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.