‘The Toronto Star’, covering the annual Buskerfest, which aims to attract more than 500,000 spectators and presents more than 40 acts on eight stages representing Canada, the U.S., England, Australia, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Argentina and Japan has interviewed four street performers to determine the pros and cons of the business, training and where the best locations on earth are to entertain passers-by. Check out the article here.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Busk or Bust
‘The Toronto Star’, covering the annual Buskerfest, which aims to attract more than 500,000 spectators and presents more than 40 acts on eight stages representing Canada, the U.S., England, Australia, Hungary, Sweden, the Netherlands, Argentina and Japan has interviewed four street performers to determine the pros and cons of the business, training and where the best locations on earth are to entertain passers-by. Check out the article here.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Toronto takes on Montreal
With global arts funding being cut across the board, it’s nice to hear a story where those budgets are actually increasing. It appears that Toronto now has the funding to climb the ladder and challenge Montreal as the cultural capital of Canada. The Ontario government had some extra money lying around after fiscal year 2007, so Dalton McGuinty gave the arts community over $75 million. The biggest winner was Luminato, Toronto's festival of creativity, which made its debut last year. It received $15 million as a legacy gift to plan for the future and commission new work. Read more here in ‘The Star’.
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