Photo of the Weekend: St. Catharine’s Inaugural Buskerfest!

16. Aug, 2011 ·0

Hey folks! Wow. How is it already half-way through August?! I feel like just yesterday I was packing up  my kit for the ol’ annual cross-Canada tour and now, here I am, having landed back in the land of Kensington Market just last night and already getting prepped and ready to finish off the season [...]

“Fake” Jobs vs. “Real” Jobs

11. Jul, 2011 ·5

I had an interesting interaction out on the pitch yesterday. While performing at Harbourfront, I was met with a particularly vehement reaction from a passerby, who told her friend (purposely within earshot of me) that she did not give money to “those people”. When I mimed a shrug of ‘why not?’ she spat back at [...]

Categories: Busking, Commentary, Personal

Dundas Buskerfest & Photo of the Weekend – June 4th

10. Jun, 2011 ·0

Hey everyone! I had a *wonderful* time at the Dundas International Buskerfest this year. It’s always a pleasure to do shows close to home! I’ve spent so much time entertaining people all over the world over the last year or so that I have missed the very people who’s support has gotten me there in [...]

It’s that time of year again…a refresher on Busker Etiquette!

24. May, 2011 ·1

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a great Victoria Day weekend! I sure did.  I had a great time performing at the Toronto International Circus Festival (TICF) and the Warkworth Lilac Festival. If you happened to come out to TICF, you may have caught Coppelia roving around, bumping into people and things! Maybe you even [...]

Categories: Busking, Commentary, Festivals

Sentosa Buskerfest!

01. Dec, 2010 ·0

Hey everyone! So I made it to Singapore and am having an AWESOME time at the Sentosa Buskerfest. The festival is in it’s first year and I am having such a blast performing for the wonderful crowds in Singapore for the third time this year. Despite the fact that it’s rainy season and there is [...]

Categories: Busking, Festivals

Photo of the Weekend: Toronto Buskerfest Edition!

06. Sep, 2010 ·0

Well, folks, it’s Labour Day Monday here in Canada, typically the last working weekend of my Harbourfront permit, the last official long-weekend of the summer. Usually, I look forward to Labour Day weekend; with the airshow going on I get the upper-hand against the big talky-talky shows and have a solid chance at wrapping up [...]

Toronto Buskerfest

01. Sep, 2010 ·0

Hey everyone! I am writing this post with a coffee in my hand and my feet up, nicely parked on the couch in the living room, tunes wafting into the room from where my roommates are busily building puppets. It is so, SO good to be home. I arrived back into Toronto just in time [...]

Categories: Busking, Festivals

Photos of the Weekend: August 5th-15th!

23. Aug, 2010 ·1

So, I slipped quietly back to Toronto under the light of the silvery moon…okay, okay, I arrived home a few days ago by daylight, stumbling to the airport in a daze, having spent the previous evening wrapping up the Halifax Buskerfest! Wow! What can I say about Halifax? Thank you so, so much to all [...]