Saturday, July 14, 2007

International Street Performers Festival

Edmonton is well-known for its many festivals throughout the summer. In fact, it is nicknamed, Festival City. It seems as if there's a new festival of some sort every week. Sir Winston Churchill Square is the location of most of the festivals. It is across the street from Edmonton's City Hall. The one thing I really like about the City Hall is that it really feels as if it's for the community. In the winter, the front is transformed into a public skating rink. In the summer, it's a huge wading pool and every so often, fountains turn on. We're thinking of taking Gracie there later this week. It can get pretty crowded, so we'll see. On Friday, we dropped by downtown for the International Street Performers Festival. We only saw two acts because it was too hot outside to just stand around. To cool off, we found some shade in the Kids World area that was set up to entertain younger kids.

Here's a street performer who got a guy in the audience to join his act

City Hall in the background

The fountains cooling everyone off

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