This list is in no particular order, our sincere apologies.
If you know of Busker's Festivals not listed here, or corrections needed,
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Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts
Contact: Sheila Hughes
P.O. Box 9750, Seattle, Washington 98109-0757 U.S.A.
Phone: (206) 622-5154
Seattle Fringe Festival
Contact: Gretchen Johnston
P.O. Box 20730, Seattle, Washington 98102 U.S.A.
Busker's Fare
Contact: Ted Killmer
c/o Lower Manhatten Cultural Council 1 World, New York, New York 10048-0202
USA
Phone: 212-432-3646
Calgary Children's Festival
Contact: JoAnne James
208 8 Avenue S.E., Calgary AB T2G 0K9 Canada
Phone: 294-7457, Fax: 294-7457
Hamilton Buskingfest (early June)
Contact: Bill Powell
c/o Creative Arts Inc., 401 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 1K5Canada
Phone: (905) 525-6644, Fax: (905) 525-8292
Riverbend Festival (late June)
Contact: Richard or Faye Brewer
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Phone: (615) 265-4112
London Buskerfest (late June)
Contact: Sondra MacKenzie
210 Dundas Street, LONDON Ontario N6A 5J3 Canada
Phone: 519-663-9966
Busker's Fare (late June early July)
Contact: Ted Killmer
New York, NY, USA
Phone: (212) 432-0900, Fax: (212) 432-3646
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival (late July)
Contact: Dick Finkel
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
Phone: (403) 425-5162, Fax: (401) 426-0853
Interpley Festival
Contact: Russell Thomas
P.O. Box 5442, Fort McMurray AB T9H 3G4 Canada
Phone: 791 1600
Festival D'Ete Internationale de Quebec (early July)
Contact: Silvie Poirier
26 Rue St. Pierre, C.P. 24, Queber City, Quebec P.Q. C1K 7A1 Canada
Phone: (418) 692-4540 or (418)692-4384
Downtown Denver International Street Performers Festival (late June)
Contact: Al Kraizer
3309 Blake Street Suite 102, Denver, Colorado 80205 U.S.A.
Phone: (303)295-1195 Fax (303)292-5802
Fringe on Broadway
Contact: Robert Fenwick
c/o 25th Street Theatre #7 - 420 Duchess Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada
Phone: (306) 653-7701
Fringe of Toronto
Contact: Gregory Nixon
730 Bathurst Street, Toronto Ontario M5S 2R4 Canada
Minnesota Fringe Festival
Contact: Robert McFadden
2224 Skillman E. #305 N., Saint Paul, MN 55109 U.S.A.
Festival of the Unbelievable in North York (late July)
Contact: John Whytock
North York, Ontario, CANADA
Phone: (416) 538-8980
Just For Laughs (late July)
Contact: Derek Scott
Montreal International Comedy Festival 51, Montreal Quebec H2X 1X2 Canada
Phone: 514-845-4140
Montreal Fringe Festival
(mid-June)
Contact: Jeremy Hechtman and Shannon Webb
P.O. Box 42013, 4068 Blvd. St. Laurent, Montreal Quebec H2W 2T3 Canada
Halifax International Buskerfest (early August)
Contact: Kim Kelley
1679 Bedford Row, HALIFAX Nova Scotia, B3J 1T1 Canada
Phone:(902) 429-3910, Fax:(902) 429-7554
Circle Ball Fair (early August)
Contact: Rick Armstrong or Pat Taylor
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Phone: (416) 929-5566
Windsor International Buskers Festival (mid August)
Contact: Ken Brandis
Windsor, Ontario, CANADA
Phone: (519) 972-5494, Fax: (519) 252-6817
Waterloo Busker Carnival (late August)
Contact: Steve Blenkhorn
307 Mill Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2M 3R8 Canada
Phone: (519)662-3111, Fax: (519)747-8754
or;
Contact: Cheryl A. Ewing
100 Regina St. South P.O. Box 337, South Ontario, N2J 4A8 Canada
Phone: (519)747-8754
Toronto Arts Week (late September)
Contact: Martin Robertson
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Phone: (416) 766-9675
Whistler's Summer Street Festival(late August early September)
Contact: Maureen Douglas
4010 Whistler Way, Whistler British Columbia, V0N 1B4 Canada
Phone: (604) 932-1237, Fax (604) 932-7231
Universal City Walk Street Performers Festival (September)
Contact: Steve Hoefer
Los Angeles, California, USA
Phone: (818) 622-4455
The Vancouver Fringe
Contact: Joanna Maratta and Harry
c/o Theatrespace, #18 - 2441 Main Street, Vancouver BC V5T 3E3 Canada
Phone: (604) 873-4231
The Cowichan Fringe
Contact: Roger Sparks
c/o Cowichan Theatre, 2687 James Street, Duncan BC V9L 2X5 Canada
The Winnipeg Fringe Festival
Contact: Craig Walls
174 Market Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 0P8 Canada
Phone: (204) 947-3741
Vancouver International Comedy Festival
Contact: Alan Scales
1243 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3R7 Canada
Phone: (604) 683-8110
Orlando International Fringe Festival
Contact: Terry Olson Andy Anthony
c/o Orlando Theatre Projects, 150 S. Court Florida, Florida 32801 U.S.A.
Phone: (407) 648-1333
Streets Ahead , Manchester International Arts ( May 3-12 )
Contact: Ann Tucker and Jeremy Shine
3 Birch Polygon, Manchester, England, M14 5HX
Harrogate International Street Theatre Festival (26 July to 3 August)
Contact: Emily Till
Royal Baths, Harrogate, England, HG1 2RR
Phone: 01423 565757
Streetfare Vancouver (last weekend in August)
Contact: Erin Scott Ashley
203-3737 Oak St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 2M4 Canada
Phone: 001-604-732-4269, Fax: 001-604-738-5161
Winchester Hat Fair ( 4-21 July )
5a Jewry Street, Winchester, Hants, England, SO23 8RZ
Phone: 01256-732495
Bournemouth Buskers Festival (early May)
Contact: Mick and Naomi Callaghan
25 Westby Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, BH5 1HA
Phone: 01202-399-991 or 0973-670-662 (mobile)
Linzer Pflasterspektakel (late July )
Kulturant der Stadt Linz, Haupstra§e 1-5, 4041 Linz, Austria
e-mail: info@kua.mag.linz.at
World Buskers Festival
Contact: Jodi Wright
P.O. Box 845, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone: 3-377-2576
Toronto Fringe Festival
Contact: Nancy Webster
720 Bathurst Street, Suite 303, Toronto, Ontario M5F 2R4 Canada
Ottawa Tulip Festival
Contact: Louise Laplante
112 Kent Street, Suite 1908, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5P2 Canada
Singapore River Buskers Festival
Contact: Jimmy Wong
Gwyndara International, 118C Newton Road, Singapore 307982
Tel: 65 2507977, Fax: 65 2535881, E-mail: gwyndara@pacific.net.sg