Photos: Lawrence Busker Festival

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Cate Flaherty, an acrobatic juggler whose stage name is Cate Great, performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

The threat of bad weather didn’t put a damper on the Lawrence Busker Festival’s opening night Friday. The annual downtown spectacle continues through Sunday.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Martika Daniels performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019. Daniels is a sideshow stuntwoman.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Acoustic folk band Under the Big Oak Tree performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Gert, a boxer bulldog, observes the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Cate Flaherty, an acrobatic juggler whose stage name is Cate Great, performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Benji Freedman watches acrobatic juggler Cate Flaherty perform during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Cate Flaherty, an acrobatic juggler whose stage name is Cate Great, performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.

photo by: Ashley Hocking

Acoustic folk band Under the Big Oak Tree performs during the Lawrence Busker Festival on Friday, May 24, 2019.