By Morgan Dumas and Diti Dumas
This weekend marks the 10th annual Buskerfest, hosted by Scotia Bank. The festival will take place in the heart of the St. Lawrence Market from Thursday August 27-Sunday August 30th and it is entirely free. Donations are very much welcome to Epilepsy Toronto which is an organized designed to promoting independence and quality of life for peoples with epilepsy and their families.
Buskerfest is the largest street performers’ festival in all of Ontario. Over the past 10 years it has hosted performers from all over the world performing a variety of different acts and skills and has raised close to $1 million for Epilepsy Toronto. The event boasts an array of musicians, sketch artists, artisans and entertainers. In the past, some of the festival highlights have included performers skateboarding through fire and theatre performances by contortionists, magicians and mimes.
This year there will be more than 100 different acts originating from Germany, Australia, England, Canada, Russia, The USA, Japan, New Zealand and Portugal.
For the younger members of the family, magic and balloon twisting lessons will be offered at various points during the festival. And at night, when the lights are dim, the streets will be lit up with fire-blazing spectacles and incredibly twisted and enjoyable comedy performances.
This is one event you won’t want to miss. Make sure you drop by the festival this weekend for a memorable finale to summer!
Diti Dumas is a Sales Representative with Royal LePage R.E.S. Ltd./JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION, Brokerage. Diti is a regular contributor to the Muddy York Blog. Diti’s website is located at www.ditidumas.com.
Morgan Dumas is an aspiring writer and journalism student from Ryerson University in Toronto.
