Festive boost to town revival

(Clockwise from left) An artist painting with a spray can during the Butterworth Fringe Festival 2017; visitors browsing through reproductions of old signage for sale; Great Dave on a unicycle and juggler JP Koala entertaining the crowd with a streetperformance. — Photo: ASRI ABDUL GHANI/The Star

THE Butterworth Fringe Festival (BFF) over the weekend drew a good crowd, despite a rainy start at the newly completed Jeti Lama Rain Garden.

Held for the third time, the event saw thousands of people turning up to celebrate the arts, culture and heritage of Butterworth town.