Let's Talk Buskers

Mary Catherine and I headed down to the waterfront Monday night for the Busker Festival. When I first heard of the buskers I thought it was like a whole lotta people set up with guitars, accordians, fiddles and such playing their wares-- but it's actually a lot more about street performance: dance, drum, comedy, acrobatics etc.

We saw:

White Rabbit: three guys from the Bronx drumming on a pail, dancing and doing tricks-- "the helicopter" rocked... but they lost points with me for vulgarity.

These Australian dudes with a didgeridoo and flaming numchucks: very mellow and mystical with cool fire tricks.

Alakazam: who I saw two years ago and remains quite the wonder. He fits his whole body through a squash racquet.

My favourites from the past have included "The Daredevil Chicken Club" whose opening act included spitting bananas back and forth at eachother while shouting "Danger! Danger!", which was hilarious, and the Halifax based drum team "Squid".

It's on til the 20th so let me know if there's other acts that are worth catching!!