Join us downtown for the 5th Annual Downtown Busker Festival August 8 - 10.

International, national and local performers put on a show like no other. Juggling, acrobatics, magic, comedy and so much more await you at three busking stages throughout downtown. A show every 30 minutes.

You as an audience member decide how much to pay a performer based on the act. If you enjoy the show let the busker know when the hat is passed! For more information call 726 8244.

Schedule:

ALL SHOWS POSTPONED FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER UNTIL 6:00 PM.

THE SHOWS WILL GO AHEAD AT 6:00 PM RAIN, DRIZZLE, FOG OR SHINE AT THE SCOTIA CENTER!

Busker Festival Bios:

Mama Lou: Strong Woman Extraordinaire! This little lady will shock and amaze you with the potential for strength of the female body. Watch in amazement as she breaks flaming boards, folds nails with her hands, bends rods of steel, bench presses children.... and rips telephone books in half! These astonishing feats of strength are no problem for Mama Lou: Strong Woman!

An international entertainer, Mama Lou has performed in Las Vegas, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Paris and for the first time ever in Downtown St. John's, Newfoundland!

Check out more Mama Lou's site for more information www.strongwomanshow.com

Thom Sellectomy - Comedy and Sword Swallowing! Thom swallows swords, runs a drill bit up his nose and more. He finishes the show by swallowing a 34 inch ballon, which is never to be seen again! This is not the standard "watch how dangerous this is" type of sword swallowing performance. In this show, Thom is the reluctant everyman who got "stuck" with the job.

Check out more of Thom's show before he comes to Downtown St. John's at www.swordswallowing.com

The Dan Show is coming to the 5th Annual Downtown Busker Festival!

The Dan Show is a high-energy heart-pounding show that will either leave you breathless in amazement or howling out loud with laughter.

Drawing on his wide range of skills and his deep background in theatre, improvisation, acrobatics, contortion, magic, juggling, and puppetry, Daniel Craig makes the impossible seem possible.

The Dan Show truly stretches the limits when he makes a star out of a small child, when he bends his body into pretzel-like shapes and when he does fire and machete manipulations that are out of this world!

At the end of the show - with the help of two brave people - The Dan Show thrusts himself over ten feet into the air and does his most dangerous stunt yet!
Check back often for as more great performers are added to this years festival line up!

For more information on Daniel Craig and the Dan Show visit www.mts.net/~danshow

The Phantastyks

Prepare to be amazed by two cute acrobats who will perform high caliber tricks & flips during their full on circus street show. Paul, the cute & strong one, will get you energized and feeling ready for the good vibrations as he spins in on around and upside down in a big giant hoop. Joey, the cute & flexible one, will dazzle you with his unicycling & artistic five ball juggling routine. Near the end, they will team up together and perform their great finale, hand to hand acrobatics. One thing is certain, these professional circus artists graduated from the National Circus School are all about good, clean family entertainment, so come one, come all to see just how cute they really are!

Wandering Brush-Try and catch Dereck James & his wandering artistic brush doing art for youth and adults throughout the festival at various venue sites!

Brought to you by the Downtown Development Commission.

Supported by Steele Communications, the Province of Newfoundland & Labrador, the St. John's Port Authority and the City of St. John's.

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