2015 Rosebud BuskFest delight onlookers

The 2015 Rosebud BuskFest was a super success once again with many onlookers enjoyed buskers, dancers, gymnasts, acrobats bringing a day of entertainment and fun to the Peninsula.

Founder and organiser Heidi Luckhurst and her team put on a fantastic program for a family fun day where buskers busked to win the best busker on the day!

Performers were randomly provided an area on the main footpath along Rosebud’s shop fronts, running from Rosebud’s Book Barn to Rosebud Hotel and then continuing around the Rosebud Plaza and Rosebud Safeway.

Locals dressed up in bright colours and enjoyed this unique festival.

The Rosebud Buskfest gets bigger and better every year attracting contestants, local and statewide. There will be cash prizes up to $2,000 and several other great prizes and recording opportunities.

Heidi said, “BuskFest has been created for the people of the community and beyond to have an opportunity to showcase their artistic talent. It creates a new atmosphere and experience and is a new way for performing artists to show their technique to communicate, build knowledge and confidence, share culture diversity and create expression for all ages.”

Many creative performing artists participate and the winners on the day were

OVERALL WINNER OF $1000 AND SOUNDBAR GIG:

Deer Prudence – Violin & Guitar

WINNER OF OVER 14 YEAR OLD GROUP:

‘Those Kids’ – Ukulele, Cajun, Guitar

WINNER OF OVER 14 SOLO

Indian Dancer – Santhini Barratt

WINNERS OF UNDER 14 SOLO :

Fox de Roche-Jarrett & Holly Sweeny

Several other prizes included scholarships, music workshop vouchers, photography, videography, studio recording time and live performance slots.

The judges are of professional industry backgrounds and contestants were judged on talent, originality and crowd appeal.

Rosebud BuskFest is a not-for-profit event and all donations and sponsors go towards the performers.

Good work Heidi. We look forward to 2016 Rosebud BuskFest.

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Photography Rab Siddhi

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Debra Mar Working many years in the corporate world in Melbourne and overseas, Debra found herself in the fashion industry as a designer after studying 3 years at RMIT. She now producers and presenters her own radio program The Breakfast Table every Tuesday 6-9am and writes for a local magazine. With a love of writing and being involved in the community, she has a certain curiosity of what makes people ‘tick’, Debra also writes feature stories and updates details on the RPP FM website.