Buskerfest!

This is Buskerfest weekend in Denver, and buskers (street performers) from all over the world have descended upon Union Station in Lower Downtown to perform their acts, hopefully for big tips.  This is a reincarnation of a previous busker festival held in Denver years ago, which I used to attend and really enjoyed.  I was hoping for the same type of atmosphere, but the current Buskerfest is much more tame.  For one thing, years ago, when the festival was held on Denver's 16th Street Mall, the buskers performed at the same time. You walked from act to act along the mall, stopping at ones that appealed to you and skipping the ones that didn't.  This latest Buskerfest in front of Union Station features one act at a time.  If it seems boring to you, you have to wait an hour for the next act. Also, last time, as I recall, a lot of the acts involved juggling flaming torches, often while riding tricycles or balanced on a ladder, or something like that.  This is no longer allowed in Denver, and so many of the buskers are not allowed to perform their most popular acts. And do NOT accuse me of being an old curmudgeon who only talks about the good old days, and how things today are just not the same.  I am not that old.