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Buskerfest
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.
- Typically held for five days, the first week of August.
Toronto
2000–present
- First hosted in 2000.
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Lawrence, Kansas
2008–present
- Features poets in addition to more traditional buskers.
Long Beach, California
2009–present
- Held in early September.
- The festival is devoted solely to musical busking.
Abingdon, Virginia
2015-present
- First festival to be held over the Labor Day weekend, 2015.
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'Bearded Gypsies' perform at Buskerfest, 2014 08 24 -a (cropped).jpg|Australian group The Bearded Gypsies performing at Toronto's Buskerfest in 2014.