The fifth annual Crowfest in downtown Chatham is promising to have the most exciting entertainment ever.
The award-winning festival runs from September 16-19 and will have lots of music, buskers, food, and record-breaking fun.
On Wednesday, The Great Canadian Dueling Pianos will perform.
On Thursday, Crowfest will attempt to reclaim the World Record title for creating the World’s Largest Caesar Cocktail that Pain Court held in 2018 with 1,260 litres of Canada’s favourite cocktail. The evening will also feature music from Canadian rock band 40 Hours Over.
Friday features worldwide buskers, some new and some returning, performing on King Street, more than 80 artisan vendors and food trucks showcasing local makers, food and talent, and a glow-in-the-dark celebration and dance party. Festival-goers are encouraged to dress in their brightest neon, glow-in-the-dark, light-up gear for the free Crow Glow party.
Saturday will have more busker performances, world record attempts, and vendors. Entertainment, including the costume contest, HUNTR/X, Theatre Kent, and various musical acts, will be held on the main stage on 5th Street.
Crowfest will also feature a series of interactive art installations, including a crow sculpture designed to collect visitors’ worries and negative thoughts before symbolically flying away with them at the end of the day. A cooling tent designed as a crow’s nest will also offer visitors a quiet place to rest, recharge and connect.
An adults-only Busk After Dusk will wrap up the four-day festival on the main stage.
Organizers say buskers will attempt to set or break over 15 world records that range from the most rolls of a football behind the neck while juggling in a minute, the highest fireball blown from a standing position, and the most animal traps set off on a human body in one minute.
Click here for more information and a full schedule of events.
