Keytar Bear

The hottest new entertainment booking for company gatherings isn’t a road-weary standup comedian or a retired professional athlete preaching tales of teamwork. It’s a diminutive man in a battered bear costume, hammering out uptempo ’80s pop hits on a shoulder-slung keyboard.

Yes, of course, Keytar Bear does corporate events.

On Friday evening, about 200 of people packed the Downtown Crossing office of marketing software startup Localytics to see the Boston street-performing legend in an odd new context. - Curt Woodward

Boston has a long, rapturous history of genius buskers, from Susan Dietrich Schneider, the infamous “Space Lady” of the ’80s, to such future stars as Tracy Chapman, Mary Lou Lord, and Amanda Palmer. But none has so captured the soul of the city as Keytar Bear, our unofficial musical mascot. Yes, our funky spirit animal—the furry king of costume-core—has been twice attacked by thugs. But he’s now back in action, appearing with Guster in January and welcoming the Fenway faithful with slinky grooves on Opening Day.
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