Save Afrofest! Toronto's African Music Festival

Keep the spirit alive, make it a three days event to feel the rhythm. C'mon TORONTO !!!!!!

You shouldnt stop different cultures from enjoying themselves, even if it may be different from the way you party.

Keep art culture alive!

We need more events like this in Toronto! Not less!

Save afrofest

Keep Afrofest intact. This longstanding festival, looked forward to by many, is an important part of Toronto's diverse cultural fabric. Scaling its duration back by 50% is excessively punitive and significantly reduces access / opportunities to attend and will likely lead to significantly higher crowd volumes (and thus other challenges) as everyone tries to attend on one day instead of two. There are other ways to go about addressing issues that inevitable arise with events of the scale.

Savez- vous l'importance de ce festival culturel? Afrofest est un festival culturel qui permet à la population Canadienne de connaitre une petite partie de l'Afrique. Ce festival donne une richesse à notre culture Canadienne. Il permet de se comprendre et de vivre en harmonie avec les autres cultures présentes dans notre belle et unique ville Toronto. UN JOUR N'EST PAS ASSEZ!!!!!!

I participated once in Afrofest and it was a wonderful and most soul-uplifting experience. I support the protest against the attempt to reduce it from a two-day to a one- day event. It sounds discriminatory. I very much hope the festival will be allowed to continue to run for two days. Thank you. Adebisi Sowunmi

I love going to Afrofest, and I would not like to see its growth hindered in any way, shape, or form. I dont seem to ome accross any information about the city shortening or complaining about any other festival. Latinfest, salsa on st. Clair, Taste of Danforth etc... Please.... this is Canada. Lets be fair. It really is just 2 days out of 365.

This is so sad The Beaches Jazz Festival is on for a month and Gay Pride is on for weeks, yet a two day African Festival is too much? From the on set it is like the city and the media have tried to destroy this beautiful, family-friendly event and it needs to stop. As an artist of African descent there are not a lot of venues and opportunities for us to perform and now you are trying to destroy this one. What a shame Mayor Troy you said you were here to help the issues that black people face while you were campaigning and now you have changed your tune.

The revolution will not be televised.

Its history. Its fun and showing our culture. Its not often we get to represent our things.

It's very disappointing to see the city act this way. Please let Afrofest operate as planned.

Afro fest is a foundation event I attend every year, please let's not change the legacy Afro Fest has established.

heavy handed dismissal of a long standing festival of culture and music of toronto.

Not right. It's a beautiful event that is needed in our city. Reducing it to one day dimishes its ability to remain financially viable. City Hall, do the right thing, make it work.

The show must go on!!

Why? Why? Why? A little noise over the 2 days is surely bearable! Let's not discriminate.

We are watching you and will remember come voting time Mayor Tory and City Council.

This event is so important!