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(Marketwire - June 22, 2012) - A lot of events move through Sir Winston Churchill Square. But Edmonton's central plaza feels most natural when it is filled with the surreal: men who levitate, women who squeeze into tiny transparent boxes, contortionists, acrobats in whimsical speedos, eaters of enormous sharp objects, the devil himself. Oh and of course a lot of fake blood and fire.
Like its surreal sister on the other side of the river, the Fringe, the success of the Streetfest invention has changed the city. Today, Edmonton is a beehive of street performers pushing each other to new and ever more ridiculous feats. It's no longer surprising, while mowing the lawn, to hear from your neighbour that he's heading off to Ireland in the morning to be a human water fountain for two weeks.
The 28th annual edition of the Edmonton International Street Performers Festival is July 6-15, 2012. If you can't make it at that time, it's a damn shame. But not tragic. On your next trip to Edmonton, when the airplane's entertainment system dies, just ask the gentleman next to you to shoot fire, or water, out his ears.