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The festival launched July 15 and runs every day through next weekend, from noon to 10 p.m. at various locations downtown.

Some better weather would help merchandise sales, however, Vickers acknowledged.

So far, the festival has sold between 4,000 and 5,000 programs, at $2 each. At first, programs were only available at the Bay Centre, but Vickers recently made them available at all performance stages, as well as at Market on Yates and Tourism Victoria.

Check it out at www.victoriabuskers.com.

rholmen@vicnews.com