Arcade Days-Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2001
Artsplosure-NC, USA, 2003
Ashbourne Street Festival, UK, 2013
Brockville Riverfest-ON, 1999
Brockville Busker Festival-ON, 2002
Burlington Balloonfest-ON, 1998
Burlington Kids Festival-ON, 1999
Buskers On The Bordwalk, Saint John-NB, 2001 & 2006, 2014
Calgary International Children's Festival-AB, 2007
Canada Day Celebreation, Midland, ON, 2012
Canada Day Celebration, Niagara O.T.L.-ON, 1998 & 2000
Canada Day Celebration, Town of Edson, AB, 2010
Canmore Children's Festival-Alberta 2006 & 2010
Calyspo Days, Kincardine-ON 2005 & 2006
Carnival de Cadiz-Spain, 1998 & 2000
Capetown International Comedy Festival, South Africa, 2008
Civic Centre, Reading-UK, 1999
Charlottetown Festival of Lights-PEI, 2001
Clear Lake Children's Festival-Manitoba, 2005
Cobourg Buskers Festival, ON, 2012
Coffs Harbour Busker Festival-Australia 2004 & 2005, & 2012
* Winner of "Best Busker Sunrise TV" - 2005
Deep River Summer Festival, ON 2004
Delhi Harvest Festival-ON, 2000-2003
Denver International Performers Festival-CO, USA, 2002
Drumbo Fair Fall-ON, 1998 & 1999
Dundas Buskingfest-ON, 1998-2000 & 2002 - 2003, & 2012
Easton Buskers Series-Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2001-2003
Edmonton Int'l Street Performers-AB, 2001 & 2003-2011, 2013
* Recipient of The Golden Finkelini Award - 2010
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival-ON, 1998 & 2000
Festival of Friends-Hamilton-ON, 1998-2000
Gaulker Festival-Interlaken,Switzerland, 2014
Glastonbury Performing Arts Festival, UK, 2013
Goderich Childern's Festival, ON
Grand Falls Salmon Festival, NFLD, 2002
Grande Prairie Street Festival-AB, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011
Heart Of The City Buskfest- Auckland, New Zealand, 2002
Halifax Int'l Busker Festival-NS, 2001,2003, 2011
Ithaca Summer Festival-NY, 2003
Jack Frost Children's Fest, Charlottetown, PEI., 2005
Jozi International Comedy Festival, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2008
Kidspark-Kitchener, ON, 2005 & 2009
Kingston Busker Rendezvous-ON, 1999 & 2000 & 2002
* Winner of "Best Novelty Act" - 2002
Kitchener Oktoberfest-ON, 1994-2002, 2011
Kelowna Life & Arts Festival, British Columbia, 2005 & 2006
Lakealive, Guelph-ON, 2003 & 2004
Lilac Festival-Calgary, Alberta, 2001
Longest Days Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon, 2006
London International Children's Festival-ON, 1999
London Street Performers Festival 1998
Los Ramblas, Barcelona-Spain, 1998 & 2000
Mississauga Waterfront Festival-ON, 2003 & 2004
Nelson Buskerfest- New Zealand, 2002
Nelson Int'l Street Performers Arts Festival-BC, 2001
Northern Alberta Children's Festival, 2005-2011
Okanogan Int'l Children's Festival, B.C., 2005 & 2010
Oklahoma City Festival Of The Arts, USA, 2008
Orangeville International Busker Festival-ON, 2004
Ottawa Int'l Busker Festival-ON, 1999 & 2000 & 2003
Ottawa Int'l Children's Festival-ON, 2013 -2014
Pacific National Exibition, Vancouver, BC, 2010
Parry Sound Canada Day Celebration-ON, 2004
Plattsville Fall Fair-ON, 1998-1999
Port Credit Biskers Festival-ON, 2011 & 2013
Port Elgin Beach Party, ON, 2012
Red Deer Street Festival-AB, 2003 & 2008
Saskatoon International Children's Festival-SK 2004 & 2006, 2014
Sherwsbury International Street Theatre Festival-UK, 2007
Singapore River Buskerfest, 2000 & 2002
Spraoi Festival, Waterford City, Ireland, 2008
Spruce Groove Busker Festival-AB, 2003 & 2005
St. John's Busker Festival-NFLD, 2010
Streets Alive Festival, Owen Sound, 2012 & 2013
Sydney Streetfest-NS, 2001, 2011
Toronto Int'l Buskers Festival-ON, 2002 & 2004-2005
Truckfest, Kitchener-ON, 1993-1998
Virginia Beach Street Series-VA, 2002
Walkerton Busker Festival-ON, 2007
Water Fire-Providence, Rhode Island, 2001
Waterloo Buskerfest-ON, 1995-2004, 2008
Waterloo Jazz Festival-ON 1998 & 1999 & 2001
Wellington Busker Olympics- New Zealand, 2002
Windscape Kite Festival, Swif Current, Sask., 2010
Windsor Int'l Busker Festival-ON 1999 & 2000 & 2002
Winnipeg Int'l Children's Festival-MB 2004, 2009, 2011, 2014
Winnipeg Fringe Festival-MB 2004
Woodstock Street Festival-ON, 1998&2005
Woodstock Cowapolooza-ON, 2004
World Int'l Festival of Nations, Jacksonville, FL- 2005 & 2006
About Us
Over the last 20 years Phil LeConte has been a professional performing variety artist based in Waterloo. His company, The Silly People, has a global reputation for producing high quality variety performances. With The Silly People, he has performed in over twenty countries, every Province in Canada, and at over 400 events and international festivals.
In 2002 he produced, directed, and performed an indoor variety show which led to the creation of a series that ran for 4 years and 25 shows. These shows allowed him to build his reputation in the Waterloo Region and gave him the opportunity to work with many local and international artists. The success of these indoor shows lead to the creation of the Waterloo Arts Festival.
Following the 5 year run of that event, he created the Kitchener-Waterloo Comedy Festival. That Comedy festival was designed to attract world class comedians from all over the world, and to offer a three day experience in the Waterloo Region that compares to other international comedy festival like Just For Laughs, the Halifax International Comedy Festival and the Winnipeg International Comedy Festival.
Now after 9 years, the Comedy Festivals have expanded to Port Credit and Burlington making his events the second largest in Ontario.
All of his performing and festival experience has culminated with the Port Credit Busker Festival where he will take the helm and pour is creative blood into an event that supports the art form that is his first love and passion.
Silly Phil has been vaccinated in accordance to the Government of Canada’s health recommendations.
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Waterloo "Busker" Camp
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Winnipeg Free Press
SuperBowl XXXIX, 2005, Jacksonville, Florida
10th Annual International Juggling Festival- New Zealand
Circus and Magic Partnership - C.A.M.P. - Manitoba, 2001 - present
CKCO's Final Round
Deep River Summer Festival 2004 with Sloan & The Arrogant Worms
K-W Arts Awards-ON, 2005
* Performing Artist Nominee
Matchbox Twenty, Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Mother Goose Pantomime - Theatre Athena
Summer Splash 2002 with Our Lady Peace, David Usher & Colin James
Stuart McLean Live, Banff, Alberta
Vinyl Cafe, Canadian tour
Ong Teng Chong, former President of Singapore
Waterloo Juggling Festival
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