Description
Between 1998 and 2005, the Singapore River Buskers’ Festival became an annual end-of-year event that grew in the number and variety of busking acts, and attracted more and more spectators. Each year, proceeds from the event were given to charity, such as the KK Outreach to Kids Fund and Autism Resource Centre.
The second festival ran from 14 to 22 November 1998. At least 22 busking acts participated, including new acts from Brazil, and with Canadian face-painting artist Nathalie Simard re-joining the line-up.
In 1999, the festival was held from 20 to 28 November, with 24 buskers participating. Some new acts included: Hoop To It: Annie Dugan, a.k.a The Stealth Sterling or the Hoola Hoop Girl, and Whiplash: Brian Wilson and Jon Lockhart of The Cow Guys performing daredevil stunts.13More than 300,000 people turned up for the festival, making it Asia’s second-largest street-entertainment carnival after Japan.