Busker Festival
The Sixth Annual Lawrence Busker Festival returns to downtown Lawrence Friday through Sunday. The festival boasts more than 20 different street-performance acts from around the world, including sword-swallowers, jugglers and fire-eaters. Performances will take place at stages located downtown between Seventh and tenth streets.
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A fire breather entertains crowds at Lawrence’s Busker Festival this past weekend. The festival, which was held on Massachusetts Street, had five “stages” for performances.
Traditions Night
As part of Hawk Week, University students are invited to fill Memorial Stadium to learn about the University’s storied traditions.
On Saturday, the Marching Jayhawks, KU Spirit Squad and Kansas Cheerleading Squad along with other special guests will help students learn customs like waving the wheat and the rock chalk chant. The event begins at 8 p.m. and will be followed by a concert outside the stadium featuring The Hood Internet.
The World Series of Barbecue
The 34th World Series of Barbecue is a four-day festival featuring more than 500 professional teams vying for the grand champion title of the competitive barbecue circuit.
The event is the largest barbecue contest in the world, and will feature live music, cooking demonstrations and all the barbecue you can eat. The festival takes place from Oct. 4 to 7 at the American Royal Association in Kansas City.
Lawrence ArtWalk 2013
On Oct. 26 and 27, artists from the Lawrence area will open their private studios to the public in the annual Lawrence ArtWalk. This is the 19th year for the event, which will feature more than 50 artists exhibiting work in ceramics, drawing, jewelry, painting and photography in the downtown area.
The ArtWalk is free and self-guided. Maps will be made available to those who attend.
Haunted Lawrence Ghost Tour
Beginning Sept. 13, Lawrence residents can visit some of the city’s creepiest locations.
For $20, those seeking a scare will tour the haunted Eldridge Hotel, Pioneer Cemetery, Haskell Cemetery and other areas affected by the violent raid of William Quantrill. The Ghost Tours of Kansas is listed the event in the top five most haunted in each of the last three years.