5th Buskers Bern Street Music Festival

Five years of "buskers" and no slowing down!

For three days street artists from around the world will bring life and fun to the old town of Berne, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

busker (British) = street artist/musician

33 groups will perform in 30 sites, presenting more than 250 shows, following a program and rotating from site to site in Berne's old town, between Kornhaus and Nydegg.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, August 7 - 9, 2008, 6 pm to midnight

There will be music and shows for every taste, from every part of the world, including Swiss, African, Middle Eastern, Gypsy and other ethnic folk music, ska/hip-hop, jazz, blues, performance art, street theater, high-wire artists, puppeteers