There is a set of scammers who have been all over Calgary and nearby towns. They set up at a busy corner and pretend to play an electric violin. They have music playing out of a speaker and one of them mimes along to the music. The other one has a badly written sign asking for money. Please don’t give them any money.
The performance is pretending to play the violin and miming, I guess? For whatever that’s worth.
And pretending to be destitute I guess