Lawrence
Busker Festival
Downtown Lawrence, Kansas
(785) 749-2226
August 19, 20 & 21, 2011
Free, other than tips for the
performers
Photos from the 3rd annual festival
in 2010
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Kansas City Ukesters - ukulele players
The 3rd annual Lawrence Busker Festival was held
August 20-22, 2010. The three day event was free, other than tips to the
performers. Busking is performing in public places for money. Buskers are
also called street performers, street musicians, minstrels, or troubadours.
There were at least 6 stages with continuous performances,
scattered around Massachusetts Street, which is the Lawrence, Kansas
downtown. More street performers such as musicians, balloon artists,
jugglers, magicians and chalk artists set up along Massachusetts between
the stages. It was a hot day and most of them set up along the south, shady
side of the street.
My favorite performances included the KC Ukesters, the
MamaLou Strongwoman Show, Alferd Packer Memorial String Band and the Voler
Thieves of Flight Aerial Artists.
Living statue on Massachusetts Street
Periko Payaso Loko, juggler, on the US Bank Stage
The F Holes from Lawrnece, Kansas take their name from the "f" shapped
sound holes in stringed musical instruments
MamaLou Strongwoman (originally from Kansas City, Kansas) is
one of only 3 performing stronwmen ni the world
Introducing the Voler - Thieves of Flight Aerial Artists at the Lawrence
Arts Center Stage
Hayley Cherveny was the first to perform on the Aerial fabric (also
known as aerial contortion, aerial ribbons & aerial silks) -
the artists wrap, suspend, fall, swing and spiral their way into and
out of various positions on suspended fabric
Nichole Raab of Voler - Thieves of Flight from Kansas City, Missouri
Rod Sipe - Magician and Fire Eater grew up in Paola, Kansas
Alferd Packer Memorial String Band is a Bluegrass/Folk group who all
live in the vicinity of Lawrence, Kansas
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Tougeau - Lawrence Wheeled Art Parade Lawrence
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