OVERLAND PARK, Kan. , Aug. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nothing ruins a weekend festival faster than drenching rain, but what creates disappointment for festival-goers can quickly result in financial disaster for festival organizers.
Buskerfest , an annual celebration of street performing in Lawrence, Kansas , recently faced an uncertain weather forecast, worrying both festival organizers and performers who make most of their money for the weekend from tips from the audience. Mat Ricardo , a world-renowned street performer sponsored at Buskerfest by Vortex Insurance, came all the way from England to delight the audience in Lawrence . A street performer for more than 30 years, Ricardo is familiar with the havoc the weather can play with a street festival.
"This is the nature of street performing ," Ricardo says. "You learn very quickly to not stress about the things you can't control. And weather is the number one thing.
I can spend literally a whole day on planes to get here, arrive here feeling really bummed out and tired and get myself together and if it rains, it's like that was all for nothing. But you can't feel depressed about that. Not my fault.
It's not your fault." It might not be anyone's fault, but it is a lost weekend of revenue. The weather in Lawrence turned out to be beautiful for Buskerfest, where Ricardo was able to wow the crowd with his signature Extraordinary Gentleman act.
But if the rain had shown up, the event was insured by a weather insurance policy from .