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The TELUS Stage (1) – Ship Point Area along Inner Harbour
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The Harbour Air Stage (2) – Ship Point Area along Inner Harbour The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority Stage (3) – Lower Causeway along Inner Harbour The Tourism Victoria Stage (4) – Fairmont Empress Lawn 100.3 The Q / The Zone @ 93-1 Stage (5) – Beside Maritime Museum, Bastion Square The BAY CENTRE Stage (6) – Centre Court (12 & 1pm Daily)
BUSKER PROFILE: FRASER HOOPER Award-winning UK-based clown Fraser Hooper has built a huge international following delighting audiences of all ages with his unique brand of contemporary clowning. After a glittering career in menswear and two years on the London cabaret circuit in the popular double act The Hoons, Fraser Hooper decided to go solo. Twenty years on, he's still playing to sold-out theatres across the UK and at comedy and street festivals worldwide. Highlights have included the Gwacheon Theatre Festival in Korea, The QE2, the World Buskers Festival in New Zealand, the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the National Theatre in London and nearly every major street festival in Europe and Canada. With a nod to the great silent clowns, Fraser uses mime, audience participation, comedy juggling and eccentric dance to delight all ages in hilarious shows that receive rave reviews wherever he plays. At present there are no plans to go back to menswear.
Dave Harris
FAMOUS BUSKERS Surprising as it may seem, many musicians, actors, comedians, entertainers and other variety artists began their careers busking on a street corner, at a shopping mall, café strip or train station. Some were "discovered," while others simply persisted on to greater things over time. Society is now starting to see busking as an art that focuses on expression and entertainment, and
learning that busking has in fact been the starting point for some of the world's greatest entertainers. Among the prominent performers who began their careers playing on sidewalks were Neil Young, the Barenaked Ladies, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffet, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Tracy Chapman, Sheryl Crow, Paul McCartney, Kanye West and many others!
BUSKER PROFILE: BECKY HOOPS As a child Becky Hoops was often told to use her “inside voice” and to stop goofing around.
she was blown away by the first contemporary circus show she had ever seen.
Later, despite her desperate desire to be a hairdresser, her family persuaded her that a bright young lady who had won the mathematics award in high school should go to university.
She was hooked!
So off she went and following her interest in other cultures, she finished a degree in International Development Studies at Ontario’s Trent University. Throughout her studies she felt an intense need to be active, creative and ridiculous but didn’t quite know where to funnel this energy. After university something pulled Becky to Trois-Rivières, Quebec to learn French and it was here
Becky immediately moved to Montreal where she began training. Eventually, after some exploration, she discovered her love for hula hoops and naturally fell into clowning. Now, although she is primarily focused on performing, Becky also participates in social circus projects that have brought her as far as China, the Northwest Territories, Cameroon and Haiti. From training, to travelling, to spotlights, to teaching, to taking advantage of her “outside voice” at festivals, Becky loves every aspect of this life she has chosen.
FREE FILM SCREENINGS
Fridays & Saturdays in August CAMERON BANDSHELL, BEACON HILL PARK FRI, AUG 5 PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE (PG) SAT, AUG 6 TEEN WOLF (PG) SAT, AUG 13 YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (PG) SAT, AUG 20 WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (PG) FRI, AUG 26 STEAMBOY (PG) SAT, AUG 27 SHORT CIRCUIT (PG) CENTENNIAL SQUARE FRI, AUG 12 MUPPETS FROM SPACE (G) FRI, AUG 19 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (PG) FREEBFILMFEST.COM
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August 6+7 Sat+Sun 11AM -5 PM
60 Local Artists
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