No Vancouver folk festival for 2023, event facing permanent cancellation
“After two years of COVID-related shut-downs, we came back in 2022 to find the festival environment greatly changed.
Many of our service providers and suppliers had completely disappeared which necessitated herculean efforts and massively increased costs just to cover the basics of production, like stage, fencing, and tents. We had a great festival, but we did not break even,” festival board president Mark Zuberbuhler said.Zuberhueler said along with rising costs, the festival also faced new financing issues including vendors demanding up-front payments, “which our cash flow does not allow.
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