Buskerfest

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Buskerfest is the name of a traveling festivals of buskers—street performers. Buskers in the festivals visit a series of host cities each summer. Host cities often shut down one of more blocks of a prominent downtown street for the festival.

host city years
held		 notes
Ottawa 1995–present
  • Unlike other cities Ottawa has a permanent pedstrian mall, and the festival is held there.[1]
  • Typically held for five days, the first week of August.
Toronto 2000–present
  • First hosted in 2000.[2]
  • In 2013 and 2014 the festival moved from the St Lawrence Market area to an entire kilometer of Yonge Street.
  • Typically held in the third week of August.
Lawrence, Kansas 2008–present
  • Features poets in addition to more traditional buskers.[3]
Long Beach, California 2009–present
  • Held in early September.[4]
  • The festival is devoted solely to musical busking.[5]
Abingdon, Virginia 2015-present
  • The 'Bearded Gypsies' perform at Buskerfest, 2014 08 24 -a (cropped).jpg

    Australian group The Bearded Gypsies performing at Toronto's Buskerfest in 2014.

See also

References

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