Victoria91裸聊视频檚 loss in the Southern Interior91裸聊视频檚 gain as one of Vancouver Island91裸聊视频檚 biggest summer festivals is moving to Kamloops.

The Victoria International Buskers Festival is departing the B.C. Capital, and re-emerging as the Kamloops International Buskers Festival for the 2018 summer festival season.

91裸聊视频淲hile I am sad to see Victoria lose such a great family-oriented event, I am happy at the same time that the International Buskers Festival will live on and put lots of smiles on faces of British Columbians and visitors alike91裸聊视频�, said John Vickers, former executive director of the Buskers Society.

Vickers said that despite their best efforts, complications within the greater Victoria area made it impossible to continue to operate in the B.C. capital.

91裸聊视频淥ne of the issues with International Buskers, with its large family following, is that being able to accommodate the volume of visitors can be challenging. We subsequently expanded our relocation search across the Island and then opened the opportunity up to municipalities across the province. Once we did that, we had several municipalities vying for the festival and ultimately the municipality of Kamloops was given the nod for 2018.91裸聊视频�

Vickers added that he expects Kamloops officials to announce the 2018 dates and other details later in the year.

To keep the busker celebration alive in Victoria, the Downtown Victoria Business Association announced the innaugual in November 2016. The six-day festival is set to be held from July 11 to 16, 2017 with stages throughout downtown Victoria.