Profound thanks also to our festival-goers for taking such great care of the festival site, Victoria Park. Despite our large, capacity crowds that were consistent with last year’s attendance, when measured by bin capacity, we were able to divert 64 % of waste generated at the festival from landfill, through diligent sorting of compost and recycling at Eco-Stations. Our dishwashing program using reusable stainless steel dishes also helped to cut down the volume of waste considerably. We normally have two 40 yard bins of garbage. This year we had less than one full bin of waste going to landfill. Measured by volume, we had 2.2 total bins of waste, of which 36% was garbage for landfill, 40% was cardboard recycling, 12% was other recycling (cans and bottles) and 12% was compost.

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The festival theme this year is ‘Retro Revolution’. This concept is meant to celebrate our heritage in new contexts and honour folk traditions in a contemporary setting. We continue to bring attention to current trends in the Canadian indie/roots scene by showcasing established artists, and younger artists who have grown up influenced by Canadian folk icons and traditional genres such as blues, bluegrass, Celtic and country.