Setu Goyal had initial dream of starting a café since the
age of 14. Growing up , he started working on the idea. At sixteen when he
joined guitar classes, he soon realized that there is lot of talent in the city
but hardly a common platform where we can connect all the artists and art
togather. There came up an idea of “Busker’s Corner”. Setu Goyal is the man
behind the Busker’s Corner, the busking and music hangout hub of Ahmedabad,
located in thaltej area of Ahmedabad.
Busker’s corner was incepted on 21st May, 2014,
initially on a four wheel food cart opposite IIM Ahmedabad, later on shifted to
Stall no. 21, near Newyork Tower, Thaltej, Ahmedabad. Like the name suggests,
Busker’s corner is an open venue for artiststs to come and showcase their
talents, and also meet other artists.
Some great ventures that inspired Setu Goyal to start
Busker’s corner were “The chain of Mocha Café”, “Arjun Gupta’s Piano Man in
Delhi”, “The Habitat (earlier Tuning Fork)”, “Canvas Laugh Club”, and multiple
beach shacks and clubs of Goa.
Setu Goyal , founder of Busker’sCorner is great music fan of
“Passenger “ i.e Mike Rosenberg.
Initially when Setu approached his Father with an idea of
“Busker’s Corner, His father was not sure about what his son was planning to
do. But initially his mom decided to take risk and help him. Setu’s sister too
help him in running the venture. So huge success of Busker’s corner had a great
family support to the founder.
Setu Goyal shares his some of the most memorable moments
@busker’s corner. Back in 2014, on the night of Gurupurnima, when they were
almost wrapping up, two elderly man came up and joined them for jamming, that
was the greatest moment at Busker’s corner.
Busker’s corner feel positive about the music scene in
Ahmedabad. In city we are now having initiatives like “Sunday Secret Sessions”,
“sofar”, “Beatmap” etc. Also multiple cafes are now inviting artists to play
and also pay them. So its growing now in positive direction.
Setu Goyal’s Busker’s Corner have a dream of setting up
busker’s corner in Arambol, Pushkar, Varanasi, Dharamshala, Hampi etc.
