Been going for years!! It is a tradition in our city
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J.A. Shalpa
10 years ago
I've commented on the NOW magazine article on Facebook, and stated it is unfair that Afrofest has been discriminated against and cut back to one day.
The "Noise" problem at Woodbine Park is endemic to that location, due to poor foresight and design by the City of Toronto. Woodbine Park is a flat, basically open area, with nothing to absorb or divert sound from bouncing of distant building creating more dissonance.
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thomas madondoro
10 years ago
We also require opportunies. Level the playing field
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Gloria
10 years ago
Please do no change Afrofest! Thanks!
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Mary-Jane McKitterick
10 years ago
Racist, discriminatory decision. Cut all music festivals including Bestival if you dare! Or give Afrofest - BEST music festival in TO back their two days. And enough with the patronizing 'reward for good behaviour' comments.
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Anne Fanfair
10 years ago
Toronto reflects the diverse population of the world. We should Celebrate and embrace each other cultures, whereby Afro Festival should reign for years to come.
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Michaela
10 years ago
There's a festival every weekend in the beach! That's what makes the beach so great in the summer why are people targeting this one festival ?!
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wayne
10 years ago
We need this festival to last longer then a day
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Anonymous
10 years ago
This is unjustified. The Jazz fest goes on for *".+4( 2 wks a various hours big street all night event and for some reason that is not and issue but Afrofest that has a schedule time.. turns out to be the event that has noise violations.. this is ridiculous.. Racism to the core
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Jermaine Coleman
10 years ago
Smh always pulling these stunts
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Mbongeni Nunu
10 years ago
We need Afrofest for the full weekend, its the only festival fro africans in the city and it brings people from all over the world to visit toronto.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Bring back 2 day Afrofest... This is one African event that all africans can unite... Afrofest is important to us!
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Joanne lauzon
10 years ago
keep the festival ,we are a multicultural city
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Mike DeHaan
10 years ago
Afrofest has hosted a fine event at Woodbine Park for several years; attendance numbers testify to that.
If some bureaucrat is using the PanAm ceremony as an excuse... shame on you, because civic officials were promoting the PanAms to the hilt.
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Marcus Sills
10 years ago
This seems incredibly unfair! These festivals make our city a worldwide destination and bring in alot of money. I hope the city can find a way to allow afrofest to continue!
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Renee Robinson
10 years ago
AfroFest for two days! A great celebration of culture, tradition and a great weekend for Canadian families.
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Eric Grant
10 years ago
I live directly north of Woodbine Park, in the Woodbine Corridor, and I support Afrofest and wish to see it restored to a two day event.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Save Afro fest
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Attasha
10 years ago
There's no way this family oriented event will accomodate its current patrons with only ONE day...please reconsider, our community needs this.
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Gaelle
10 years ago
This is nonsense ! The only time we have for Africans is getting taken away.
Been going for years!! It is a tradition in our city
I've commented on the NOW magazine article on Facebook, and stated it is unfair that Afrofest has been discriminated against and cut back to one day. The "Noise" problem at Woodbine Park is endemic to that location, due to poor foresight and design by the City of Toronto. Woodbine Park is a flat, basically open area, with nothing to absorb or divert sound from bouncing of distant building creating more dissonance.
We also require opportunies. Level the playing field
Please do no change Afrofest! Thanks!
Racist, discriminatory decision. Cut all music festivals including Bestival if you dare! Or give Afrofest - BEST music festival in TO back their two days. And enough with the patronizing 'reward for good behaviour' comments.
Toronto reflects the diverse population of the world. We should Celebrate and embrace each other cultures, whereby Afro Festival should reign for years to come.
There's a festival every weekend in the beach! That's what makes the beach so great in the summer why are people targeting this one festival ?!
We need this festival to last longer then a day
This is unjustified. The Jazz fest goes on for *".+4( 2 wks a various hours big street all night event and for some reason that is not and issue but Afrofest that has a schedule time.. turns out to be the event that has noise violations.. this is ridiculous.. Racism to the core
Smh always pulling these stunts
We need Afrofest for the full weekend, its the only festival fro africans in the city and it brings people from all over the world to visit toronto.
Bring back 2 day Afrofest... This is one African event that all africans can unite... Afrofest is important to us!
keep the festival ,we are a multicultural city
Afrofest has hosted a fine event at Woodbine Park for several years; attendance numbers testify to that. If some bureaucrat is using the PanAm ceremony as an excuse... shame on you, because civic officials were promoting the PanAms to the hilt.
This seems incredibly unfair! These festivals make our city a worldwide destination and bring in alot of money. I hope the city can find a way to allow afrofest to continue!
AfroFest for two days! A great celebration of culture, tradition and a great weekend for Canadian families.
I live directly north of Woodbine Park, in the Woodbine Corridor, and I support Afrofest and wish to see it restored to a two day event.
Save Afro fest
There's no way this family oriented event will accomodate its current patrons with only ONE day...please reconsider, our community needs this.
This is nonsense ! The only time we have for Africans is getting taken away.