Save Afrofest! Toronto's African Music Festival

This shouldn't even be necessary, what are they thinking?

Save Afrofest!

This is totally unacceptable. When the Jazz festival runs all around the city no one files a complaint to get it banned. Now that this is a African event the whole city is up in arms.

This's Canada we Africans we have only 2 days to show case our culture costumes and other Canadian Citizens we need to have the same rights as other groups have look at Gay parade they have the all week look at Caribana they have three days why only us Africans you give us one day this is racism.

We are à melting pot and all inclusive, except when it comes to music. The beating of the drums and the rhythmic sounds of africain music are lost on them. Now it becomes too loud.

Let the festivities live on!!

This kind of discrimination is vile and disgusting! “The sound company we employ works with most of the events at Woodbine Park, including Canada Day and Beaches Jazz festival concerts, and use the same sound equipment, crew and sound levels. The volume at Afrofest is no different than at those events but in our case they are being called violations.”

Save it!!

We want 2 days.

I really care about this cause, and I'd love it if you joined me in supporting it. It's free and takes just a few seconds of your time. Thanks!

One day is not enough to accomodate the influx of visitors coming to the event. It has become a major event that fosters the awareness of African cultural heritage in North America. It also helps to show to the outside world the multiculturalism of Canada. Maintaining the existing two day schedule will be the absolute right time to do.

Africa is at the heart of all music. It's time we stop covering that up and start celebrating the vibrancy, history and beautiful cultures this amazing continent has to offer.

Afrofest must go on!!

Save afrofest

worst multi-cultural city ever.

STOP RECOLONIZING OUR SPACES!!

We are active participant and performer of this festival and I consider important for artists all round to have this festival continue so that we can create communities through music.

So the real culprit has shown it's face. In the article, citing noise violations and time restriction violations. Are rather feeble complaints in the grand scheme of things. And the city counsellor site unsubstantiated noise violation to bolster her claim for denial of the permit is also crap. How is that the Jazz festival goes on for days till the wee hours of the morning right in the very back yard of the very same residents filing the complain. Over looking this fact. Or is it a case of nimbism bourne out of racial intolerance. The later however prove to be the contributing factor behind the permit denial.

Once again the city attacks organizations promoting African culture and black culture. I am white and its hard not to jump to the conclusion that groups organizing rock and roll shows hollywood movies get to shut down major streets and everyone else should just stay out of the public eye....

There are so few other events like this for the Black Community, We can't afford to lose this. It's about far more than just music.