Meet the performers of Busker Tour 2026 – the travelling street festival of performing arts and the new circus.
Busker Tour 2026:
18.08.2026 Busker Tour in Żary (as part of Międzynarodowe Plenerowe Spotkania ze Sztuką)
22–23.08.2026 Busker Tour 2026 in Krotoszyn
25–26.08.2026 Busker Tour 2026 in Zielona Góra
29–30.08.2026 Busker Tour 2026 in Zgorzelec (as part of Jakuby)
The original program of the Busker Tour Festival, curated by Małgorzata Węglarz, showcases a diversity of street arts. Buskers, who draw on the tradition of street theatre, use various techniques to captivate their audience, including magic routines, clowning, dance, music, acrobatic stunts, circus props, and other tried-and-true and unexpected ideas and tricks.
Mr Postman “Mr Postman” | Germany | Circus show: acrobatics, rolla bolla
Towns: 18.08.2026 Żary, 22.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25-26.08. Zielona Góra
A Bicycle, a mission and Mr Postman who keeps track of things even against time and gravity. He enchants the audience with acrobatics on a postal bike, rola bola, handstand, and physical comedy.
Mr Postman is a character created by Felix Ahler from Germany, who has always been ‘the sporty one’. He is bursting with energy, which he shares in a dynamic performance packed with circus acts on the ground and on a bicycle.
Mr Postman will perform at Busker Tour for the first time.
Age-handpan & didgeridoo | Japan | Music: didgeridoo, handpan
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Age is a Japanese musician who plays the didgeridoo, handpan and other instruments from around the world.
He believes that incorporating the didgeridoo and handpan – instruments he discovered during his travels to Australia and Europe – made his original compositions deeper.
Age’s style has been shaped by ten years of street performing. He plays mainly at official busking pitches in Japan, including Ueno Park in Tokyo, Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, and Nagoya Castle in Nagoya.
Busker Tour will mark Age’s debut in Poland.
CHIKALAND | Japan | Circus: acrobatics
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Chinnen debuted at Busker Tour 2025 with his solo fireshow. This year, he returns to Poland as part of a duo CHIKALAND, with a dancer Kaho.
Both have over 15 years of experience as performers. Kaho has a background in classical ballet which she started training when she was three years old. Chinnen specialises in fire and circus performances.
Together, as CHIKALAND, they perform a colourful show combining acrobatics on a lollipop, cigar cube manipulation and dance.
Cie Balades Perdues | Germany, Chile & France | Circus: acrobatics, juggling, Cyr wheel
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Cie Balades Perdues is a French-Chilean-German circus duo. Sebastian is a juggler who trained at the National Circus School of Rio de Janeiro, while Milena is a graduate of Berlin’s circus school, Die Etage, and specialises in hula hoops and the Cyr wheel.
On the first day of the Busker Tour in Krotoszyn, Sebastian will perform his solo show, ‘For the Liberty of Play’, featuring advanced juggling techniques.
He will then be joined by Milena to present their duo show, ‘IRIS’, which combines acrobatics, dance, hula hoop and juggling.
This will mark Cie Balades Perdues’ first time performing in Poland.
Compañía Mosqueta “Trastocando” Argentina | Circus: partner acrobatics
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Compañía MosqueTa is a contemporary circus company founded in 2019 in Rosario, Argentina.
Their show ‘Trastocando’ tells the story of Espirulina and Chiruzo, a high-energy duo. The performance combines various circus disciplines, including partner acrobatics, whip cracking, ball manipulation and juggling.
Compañía MosqueTa perform on the street all year round. Busker Tour will mark their debut in Poland.
Flair bartender Jonas “The Story of the Bottle” | Taiwan | Circus: flair juggling
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Flair Bartender Jonas began his journey in flair bartending in 2013. For the last seven years, he has been showcasing his skills on the streets of Taiwan.
In his street show, Jonas juggles bar-themed props of various sizes and colours, including giant balloons in the shape of wine bottles and LED bottles. In his performance, he also incorporates magic tricks and cold spark pyrotechnics
Flair Bartender Jonas will perform in Poland for the first time.
Liao Mang Chan (廖曼君) | Taiwan | Circus: diabolo, hula hoop
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra, 29–30.08.2026 Zgorzelec
Liao Mang Chan (Mika) is a Taiwanese circus performer specialising in hula-hoop and stickless diabolo.
She is a circus school graduate and has been performing on the street and at festivals since 2012.
Traditional diabolo manipulation is done using sticks. However, Mika performs tricks by holding the string directly in her hands, which requires extra precision and strength. Her performance is based on the contrast between dynamic and high-energy diabolo juggling, including spinning the prop around her neck. and a slower hula-hoop routine that showcases her gentle side.
Liao Mang Chan will be performing in Poland for the first time.
Moanzy | Netherlands | Music: livelooping
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Moanzy is an Amsterdam-based musician and songwriter. He describes his songs as ‘sad and simple, emotional, direct, and with a catchy hook. Imperfect but honest’.
Lyrically, his songs are about real stuff. Love that breaks you, burnout, doubt and hope that refuses to die.
Moanzy started busking in 2019, inspired by artists like Ed Sheeran. Every year he tours Japan, Korea, and Germany, still playing outside, building his career from the ground up while slowly moving onto bigger stages.
Back home in Amsterdam, he performs with a full band trying to shift into a new era of sold-out indoor shows.
In the streets, he is just as comfortable performing alone, looping everything live and carrying the whole show himself. Nothing is pre-recorded. Everything is built in the moment.
Busker Tour will mark Moanzy’s debut in Poland.
Samora Squid | Australia | Circus: contortion, sword swallowing
Busker Tour towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25-26.08. Zielona Góra
Samora Squid is a circus contortionist, sword swallower, freak, and sideshow performer from Tasmania (Australia).
Expect sword swallowing, live singing, and bizarre body contortions. Even if it sounds a bit scary, Samora describes themselves as ‘the stretchy & freaky sweetheart of sideshow’.
With 23 years of experience as a street performer, Samora Squid will perform at Busker Tour and in Poland for the first time.
TENTA | Japan | Circus tricks, magic
18.08.2026 Żary, 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Tenta from Tokyo invites the audience into a mini-circus, where he combines magic tricks, traditional circus arts, and elements of Japanese culture.
His show features a wide variety of routines, including Suehiro – a trick with a prop spinning on a folding fan, which symbolises luck and a bright future, as well as diabolo, rings, dice, and many more.
He might be the most polite artist you have ever met!
Tenta made his Polish debut at the Busker Tour 2025 festival.
Wheelers “The Creaky Clown” | South Korea | Circus & theatre: pole acrobatics, puppetry
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Minyoung Lee (Wheelers) is a circus performer from South Korea. After graduating from the acting school and working in theatre, she started practising circus skills at the age of 30. Most performers begin demanding circus disciplines, especially acrobatics, at a young age. She took on the challenge of overcoming her body’s limits.
Coming from a theatre background, Minyoung focuses on creating narrative-driven shows that go beyond technical skill display of her circus skills, including Cyr wheel and Chinese pole.
Each winter, she spends around two months travelling to countries such as the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and Spain, where she connects with artists and experiences different circus cultures.
At Busker Tour 2026, Minyoung Lee will present her new show ‘The Creaky Clown’, which combines puppet theatre and circus, including pole acrobatics. It’s the story of a shy and scary skeleton that keeps losing its eyeballs and struggles with everyday life. He realises that with the help of the audience, he can rebuild his strength and self-confidence.
Wheelers will perform in Poland for the first time.
Xiao Hei | Taiwan | Circus: cube, fireshow
Busker Tour Towns: 22–23.08.2026 Krotoszyn, 25–26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Xiao Hei is a Taiwanese circus artist. He performs every week, usually at the local markets in his home country. As fire is forbidden in all his usual busking pitches, his has incorporated a lot of physical movement into his show.
At Busker Tour he will present a show featuring three acts that showcase his strong technical skills: the cube, the cigar boxes manipulation and fire.
This will be Xiao Hei’s first time performing in Poland.
Allie Amity | Poland | Music: piano, ukulele
Miasto Busker Tour: 26.08.2026 Zielona Góra
Ala Ostrowska (Allie Amity) is a Wrocław-based musician. She made her debut at the Busker Tour when she was just 13 years old.
Allie performs original songs in Polish and English, sings, and plays the piano and ukulele. Her main genre is Indie, and she prefers light and emotional sounds.
Allie made a guest appearance at the Busker Tour festival in Wrocław in 2023. A year later, she performed in the main programme of the special musical edition, Busker Tour 2024: Dźwięki Ulicy, as well as at the Busker Tour 2025 festival in Wrocław. This time, she will perform as a guest in Zielona Góra.
Her concert will mainly consist of a solo performance (vocals, ukulele, piano), but it will also feature a duet with her dad on bass.
Stefan Florescu “Level Up” | Romania | Freestyle football, diabolo
Busker Tour town: 18.08.2026 Żary
Originally from Romania, Stefan Florescu has been busking for over 15 years. He started with short performances of football tricks and, over the last few years, has been developing new skills, as well as a structure for his current show, moving to new levels as a performer.
Stefan brings to Busker Tour his show titled “Level Up,” a name that highlights his continuous growth and the evolution of his act. Witness him balance an umbrella 10 meters high while spinning a basketball, catching the ball on a ring attached to his back, and many other of his original signature tricks.
Originally from Romania, Stefan travels the world performing on international streets of big towns and at schools in rural areas.
See also: An interview with Stefan Florescu.
Astronauts Theatre “Mermaid Theoni” | Greece | Living statue
Busker Tour Town: 29–30.08.2026 Zgorzelec
A beautiful figure from Greek mythology reminds us that although we delight in the beauty of nature, we sometimes forget to take care of it.
In the final scene, she frees herself from the plastic, reminding the audience about water pollution.
Mermaid Theoni is a living statue with a detailed costume and make-up that encourages everyone to take a photo of her and with her.
Astronauts Theatre is a Greek theatre company founded in 2006. Since its inception, Frosso Zagoreou and Ntinos Pontikopoulos have focused on creating high-quality performances primarily for children. They combine various theatrical forms (prose, puppet theatre, shadow theatre, dance, live music) with influences from folklore and street theatre.
Bob the Amazing | USA | Circus: unicycle, juggling
Busker Tour Town: 29-30.08. Zgorzelec
After graduating with a Master’s degree in plant pathology and mastering eight musical instruments, Bob the Amazing stepped into the circus world.
He began his full-time arts career in 2016 with a trip to Italy as a fire-spinning one-man band. It was there that he learned to juggle. His first busking pitch was Venice Beach in his home country, the USA.
Bob the Amazing combines juggling techniques with comedy. His signature act features him playing the blues harmonica while simultaneously juggling knives and riding a unicycle.
Bob the Amazing performed in Poland for the first time at the Busker Tour 2025 festival in Zielona Góra and Krotoszyn.
Muti Santarosa “The Dangerous Escape of Death” | Chile | Magic
Busker Tour Town: 29–30.08.2026 Zgorzelec
Muti Santarosa has based his life philosophy on the words of the Mexican actor Mario ‘Cantinflas’ Moreno, who said that a person’s first duty is to be happy, and the second is to make other people happy.
During his show “The Dangerous Escape of Death”, he presents magic routines with a comedic twist. However, it is neither the rings nor the chain escape acts that matter most, but rather Muti’s charisma, his style, and ongoing interaction with the audience.
Muti Santarosa performed at the Busker Tour festival for the first time in 2023, and he has been regularly returning to new cities on our tour since then.