Eight great reasons to head to the Street Performance World Championships

One of Ireland's favourite free festivals is coming back to Dublin and Cork… and here's a taste of what you can expect.

Anyone knocking around Dublin at the weekend would do well to check out the action at the 2013 Street Performance World Championships (SPWC) on Merrion Square.

Yep, it's that time of the year again, when the world's best buskers and street perfomers converge on the capital - and then, the weekend after, the real capital, to battle it out for the title of world's best.