“We are taking over the street and filling it with random joy,” he said.
“We’ve had such excellent engagement from the local businesses that we hope it becomes an annual event.”
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Hundreds of people packed Christchurch’s New Regent St on Saturday for to watch circus performers, opera singers, an orchestra and musicians performing songs by Split Enz to launch the Bread and Circus Backyard Buskers’ Festival.
The street was perfectly positioned to host for the performance, with opera singers serenading the audience from windows and balconies above the terraced shops.
Christchurch’s tram also had a cameo role, hosting a juggler and a brass band and deftly negotiating the crowds to deliver the performers to the stage.