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Today in Toronto: BuskerFest, Dead Can Dance and Jamelie Hassan

By Toronto Life

| August 23, 2012

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Buskerfest Performers from as far away as Spain and Japan tumble, juggle, ride and generally turn the entire St. Lawrence Market area into one big open-air stage. Find out more »

Dead Can Dance You’d be hard-pressed to find a less summery band than this Australian duo. Find out more »

Jamelie Hassan This Lebanese-Canadian artist calls her show At the Far Edge of Words, an allusion to a poem by the Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish. Find out more »

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