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Buskerfest Mississauga Port Credit Ontario Canada

Buskers Alakazam, Flame Oz, Lurk, Kobbler Jay, Matt James

Buskerfest Mississauga in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ia one of several city summer festivals hosted by the village of Port Credit. In 2010, Buskerfest 5, the fifth annual busker festival, saw more stages and performers, and plans are underway for future fests. See also Mississauga Port Credit videos page for Canada Day fireworks.



Matt James Buskerfest entertainment Port Credit Ontario Buskers in Mississauga Port Credit Ontario - Matt James Australia entertains crowds at Buskerfest.

Matt James from Australia performed at Buskerfest, near the entrance to Memorial Park on Lakeshore Road at the Credit River. Buskerfest celebrations rarely result in street closures, a testament to the planning of the sponsors and volunteers who make this festival a reality.

Dangerous Comedy David Cox NYC at Buskerfest Mississauga David Cox Dangerous Comedy act performing at Buskerfest Mississauga Ontario.

Dangerous Comedy performed by the talented and loquacious David Cox, from New York NY, shown here sans pants preparing to amaze the crowd gathered to watch him. Buskerfest performances are free, but all buskers have a polished speech just before their finale act to solicit donations.


Mississauga Buskerfest Performers Flame Oz Buskerfest Mississauga act Flame Oz perform fire act in Port Credit Ontario.

Flame Oz was one of a half dozen buskerfest acts who came to Port Credit from Australia, taking advantage of summer in Canada to escape Winter in Australia. Flame Oz does a high energy dance act with, as you might expect, various props set aflame.


Kobbler Jay Buskerfest Favourite  Kobbler Jay busker perfoms at Port Credit Ontario festival.

Kobbler Jay, a Canadan busker from Ontario, is billed as an eccentric juggler. Kobbler Jay juggles while walking on broken glass, or hot coals, or while balancing on a beam or see-saw plank. As any good busker can, his patter during hit performance is much of the fun for the audience.


Lurk AKA Martin Ewen The Stiltwalker from Hawaii in Port Credit ON Busker stilt walker Lurk aka Martin Ewen performs at Buskerfest Mississauga Ontario (Port Credit)

Lurk (Martin Ewen) from Hawaii is another great audience favourite at Buskerfest. Children especially follow him as if he were the Pied Piper, dancing along with him and just generally delerious with excitement. See my short video of Lurk on YouTube


Alakazam Slides Through Hoops of all Kinds at Buskerfest Mississauga Alakazam a busker from Australia slips his body through narrow rings at Buskerfest Port Credit Mississauga.

I took this photo of Alakazam on Elizabeth Street in Port Credit as he prepared to slip this toilet seat lid over his body. Buskers are usually anything BUT highbrow entertainment, so this prop was taken in stride by one and all.

Alakazam is another of the buskers who traveled from Australia to perform in Canada over the summertime.

This is only a small sampling of the talented buskers who performed in Mississauga for Buskerfest.



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