Australia's biggest busking festival, Buskers By The Creek welcomes another 100 performers - pushing the roll call of artist past 200 - to the 2017 event that takes place on the shores of Currumbin Creek (Gold Coast) 14-15 October.
Among the new additions are grassroots icon and an unheralded talent of pure genius and simplicity Juzzie Smith, multi-instrumentalist and festival veteran Tay Oskee and looping harpist ELSKA who mixes her harp with a guitar, a piano and a loop pedal to create contemporary, yet nostalgic music.
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Other notable acts include pre-teens crowd favourites Valley Vibes, award-winning Lamplights' slide guitarist Ash Perrow performing with friends as The Calling Brothers, talented Melbourne musician Joel James and In Audela, a folk, indie-rock concept created by LA singer-songwriter Alex Mackey.
Awarded Gold Coast and Queensland Event of the Year in just its second outing, Buskers By The Creek is a major local event making its mark on the national calendar attracting 24,000 people with stunts like Australia's first floating half-pipe and 300 weird, wacky and down-right amazing entertainers.
"I started Buskers By The Creek four years ago to provide a grassroots platform for the community to enjoy and appreciate all the different kinds of incredible talent that is out there, from musicians to sword-swallowers and living mermaids," festival founder and director, Cindy Jensen says.
The Living Mermaid returns in 2017
"We keep entry free to shine a positive light on the true art of busking, where the performances are totally engaging because the people vote with their feet and gold coins. These one hundred artists today are going to blow your expectations out of the water!"
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Click here to read the first artist announcement.
Buskers By The Creek Second Line-up
Alexander WilliamBayley Pearl
Captain Tricko & his LOW RENT ORCHESTRA
Chandler Jay
Chasing Velvet
Chelsea Berman
Courtney-Paige Whitehead
Darcy Hay
Dogtags
Dreams of Indigo
Dylan Mackenzie
Eastwood
Echo
Eleea Navarro
Ella Belfanti
ELSKA
Favourite Son
Frank Swaby
Hannah McLeod
Hayden John
In Audela
Izzy Day
Jaxnhoodz
JG & Moriarty
Joel James
Johnny Devilseed & Old Man Rubes
Joza
Juzzie Smith
Kel Itong
Kros Wason
Lucas Melhop
Michael Dunstan
Mike Mathews
Miles Recommends
Mitchell's Fold
Naomi Christine
Neta and Liv
Oliver Carter-Beck
Oliver Twohill
Piper Butcher
Rachel By The Stream
Rhys Davidson
Sam McCann
Sarah Koppen
SATISVIBES
Shane Mead
Sophia Eurell
Sophia Fletcher
Stanley Dance and Mime Artist
Stellarize
Sticky Rock
Tay Oskee
TCS Originals
The Calling Brothers
The Presidential Blues Band
The Wayward Suns
Valley Vibes
Wily
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