Buskers in Toronto.

 

What, or who, is a “Busker”?

A Busker, so Wikipedia tells us, is a person who performs music or any other art of entertainment, in the street, or any other public place, for donations.

My last Busker Festival I experienced in Toronto in early September of 2017.

There were musicians, jugglers, acrobats, singers, dancers, street-painters and more.

Some, just beautiful women, beautifully dressed and beautifully made up.

There is food and drinks and laughter and just general fun!

Mostly there are children enjoying life. They sit on the road and with eyes wide open they show their astonishment and admiration at “the buskers.”

In typical, Canadian relaxed fashion, Toronto's main road, “Yonge Street” is  blocked to all traffic, so that buskers may have their way.

Yonge Street, the number one street,

closed to all vehicular traffic.

For today, it's a "Pedestrian Zone."

One of the new sky-scrapers looms in the background.

a small part of the crowd, attracted by a pair of jugglers.

The "Bearded Gypsy Band" .. 

just one of several musical groups.

A pair of Acrobats.

This Accordion player stands without any discernible movement

for the longest periods of time.

She is, however, "coin operated."

as soon as a coin is dropped, she begins in jerky, robotic movements

to move and to play the accordion.

A difficult act, well done.

(above and below)

A Didgeridoo,  Flute and Sax and Percussion.

makes for interesting music.

Kids and Hula-hoops

what more do you need?....

...maybe a good looking young woman and a Hula-Hoop?

Two Jugglers.

This is NOT a wig.

Don't play with Fire!!