Fancy a festival or a day out that won’t break the bank? We’ve got 50 of them. Ciara McDonnell reports

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Once known as the World Street Performance Championship, it’s now the Laya Healthcare City Spectacular. Enchanted by the show for years, Ellie O’Byrne wanted to know what road leads you to earning your living as a professional contortionist, unicyclist or iron bender.

FOR most people, the bathroom would be an unlikely place to start a career but for sword-swallower Aeriel Manx, it was the obvious choice.