Afrofest is a great festival, representing many of Toronto's diverse population. It deserves the full weekend, not just one day.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Torontonians love this festival - as proven by year over year attendance. Why would you change it? We need diversity in music as well.
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Miriam
10 years ago
Please keep this place going
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Nick Krewen
10 years ago
So, let me get this straight - you're banning Afrofest due to the threat of noise violations, but you've okayed Bestival and loud EDM music for the same site and venue? You need to reverse this decision pronto.
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Adedapo Fabunmi
10 years ago
Nothing must happen to Afrofest, I mean nothing
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Yusef Dualeh
10 years ago
What a complete disaster. This is discrimination, plain and simple.
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Bessi
10 years ago
Either give us the 2 days, or cut every other festival down to 1 day...lets play fair
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chouppette
10 years ago
Well I'm just surprise to see it
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Jaimee cho
10 years ago
One of the best festivals in Toronto do not get rid of what is part of Toronto's cultural movements
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Nicholas
10 years ago
2 days out of 365...if we can tolerate the air shows then the same condition should be afforded a much less noisy afrofest
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Sabra Ripley
10 years ago
In a city that prides itself on it's arts ad cultural diversity we should be doing everything we can to support authentic, grassroots, community driven events like this one. We need to do more to help them make this happen, not putting up road blocks!
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Jess Showers
10 years ago
This is clearly discriminatory. Keep Toronto diverse and noisy!!
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Maya Banjac
10 years ago
Diversity is what makes Toronto such an amazing city! 2 days out of the year to gather great drummers and listen to great rhythms as well as watch dancers perform is in my opinion not too much to ask for! Toronto should be the leader in interesting and innovative ideas and allow these festivals to be part of such a cosmopolitan city!
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Menisha Hodge
10 years ago
I've attended this event for years as it falls on my birthday weekend, please don't restrict this to just one day
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Cecil Lewis
10 years ago
Festival must must continue.
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Diarra
10 years ago
To support my community
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MaMariette
10 years ago
Keep the good Vibe *Afrofest*
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Lee Patience
10 years ago
If the city puts any form a restriction on the black community where this even is concerned it will show us that Toronto is not much different from the USA
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Alphabetizer Polemist
10 years ago
That is wrong
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Akasha Allen
10 years ago
This turn of events is truly a shameful act for Toronto. Where is the appreciation of culture in the city that is so incredibly diverse?! How do a few biased noise complaints amount to a HUGE cultural festival being cut down to just one day?! I, as a citizen of this city, and as a person of colour, cannot stand by and let this happen just to satisfy the very few people that can't seem to understand that we need to live, learn and celebrate TOGETHER! Not divide into racially motivated discrimination. Please Toronto, do better than this.
Afrofest is a great festival, representing many of Toronto's diverse population. It deserves the full weekend, not just one day.
Torontonians love this festival - as proven by year over year attendance. Why would you change it? We need diversity in music as well.
Please keep this place going
So, let me get this straight - you're banning Afrofest due to the threat of noise violations, but you've okayed Bestival and loud EDM music for the same site and venue? You need to reverse this decision pronto.
Nothing must happen to Afrofest, I mean nothing
What a complete disaster. This is discrimination, plain and simple.
Either give us the 2 days, or cut every other festival down to 1 day...lets play fair
Well I'm just surprise to see it
One of the best festivals in Toronto do not get rid of what is part of Toronto's cultural movements
2 days out of 365...if we can tolerate the air shows then the same condition should be afforded a much less noisy afrofest
In a city that prides itself on it's arts ad cultural diversity we should be doing everything we can to support authentic, grassroots, community driven events like this one. We need to do more to help them make this happen, not putting up road blocks!
This is clearly discriminatory. Keep Toronto diverse and noisy!!
Diversity is what makes Toronto such an amazing city! 2 days out of the year to gather great drummers and listen to great rhythms as well as watch dancers perform is in my opinion not too much to ask for! Toronto should be the leader in interesting and innovative ideas and allow these festivals to be part of such a cosmopolitan city!
I've attended this event for years as it falls on my birthday weekend, please don't restrict this to just one day
Festival must must continue.
To support my community
Keep the good Vibe *Afrofest*
If the city puts any form a restriction on the black community where this even is concerned it will show us that Toronto is not much different from the USA
That is wrong
This turn of events is truly a shameful act for Toronto. Where is the appreciation of culture in the city that is so incredibly diverse?! How do a few biased noise complaints amount to a HUGE cultural festival being cut down to just one day?! I, as a citizen of this city, and as a person of colour, cannot stand by and let this happen just to satisfy the very few people that can't seem to understand that we need to live, learn and celebrate TOGETHER! Not divide into racially motivated discrimination. Please Toronto, do better than this.