People claim lights festival near Toronto turned away hundreds of ticket holders without notice Ontario
promised attendees a magical evening with the release of hundreds of paper lanterns, but some ticket holders are alleging they trekked all the way to Ohsweken just to be turned away by local police.
According to one person who reached out to blogTO, their fiancee and thousands of other people bought tickets for the show and attended the venue only to find it cancelled. "We were lining up at the event in our car, and police officers were turning everyone away as the event was 'cancelled.' Then people were reporting seeing lights. Turns out a select few were still part of the event," read their email.and you'll see multiple commenters asking for their money back or complaining about the lack of notice.
"It takes just one email to not piss off 11k people. Any communication would be great," read one comment.But did the organizer oversell tickets? Did they secure a permit to host the event? Was the festival downright cancelled? According to a statement sent from the festival to blogTO, the answer to all of those questions is no.