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[river1974]

Dear teachers:

So they might just be entertaining in the streets to make ends meet *between* finding gigs.

Could I replace "between" with "before" in this case?

Thanks.

[asterix]

It would not mean the same thing.
A gig is a paid performance. So between gigs means in the periods of time between paid performances. Before finding gigs means they are working on the street until they find a paid performance but they have not had one yet.