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The World Famous Collingwood Elvis Festival

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Rose Bilak
7 years ago

Elvis can’t leave Collingwood.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Elvis is King! I have been attending for 24 years. They need to go back to basics and make it more affordable, ie, put the local beer tents back up, and stop overcharging for tickets.

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Carolyn MacDonald
7 years ago

I have attended this festival for years and travel with a lot of other fans from all over southern Ontario. We shop and spend money when we come to Collingwood. Please continue the festival!

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Rob White
7 years ago

I performed as a keyboard player for the first time back in 2006 with “Paco” Paul Danesi and have loved the memories ever since.

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Anonymous
7 years ago

Must keep it going, bring all my sons and daughters and all the grandchildren for a funpacked family weekend

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Jean Beckett
7 years ago

Please keep the Festival alive

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laurence shepley
7 years ago

Why are they even discussing shutdown of the festival? It's profitable,high exposure for Collingwood,good clean fun!

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Cheryl Ninno
7 years ago

Elvis reminds me of my late Mother!!!! Grew up listening to him. She was in LOVE. Please help me keep her and Elvis memory ALIVE!!!

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Rose darmanin
7 years ago

Please keep Elvis festival. It is very popular.

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Lucy Moncrieff
7 years ago

keep the festival going, it's important to so many and a positive financial impact on Collingwood 's vendors.

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serena richmond
7 years ago

Save the Collingwood elvis festivalas I have eta friends there every year , I have never been there except for 1 time , and had no time to visit wit them they need to lower the hotel rates .

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Dianne Baker
7 years ago

Elvis was and still is an integral part of music. The festival brings together multiple generations, cultures, races and brings back the true feeling of love, unity and good times. Keep the festival going.

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Bev McCormick
7 years ago

My favourite holiday, stay 7 days

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Janet Gibson
7 years ago

The Festival has helped put Collingwood on the world's map. It brings revenue in for many of the local businesses - those that wish to participate. It provides excellent entertainment to thousands. To end it now would be very sad.

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yvette guay
7 years ago

My 3 sisters and i have been coming for as long as this wonderful festival has been going,we never miss it and are heart broken thinking this may be the last year,please make all the Elvis lovers happy,we range from 80 years young to 69.We do not want to rest Collingwood,we love everything about this festival,we have met many new people and our Elvis singers are amazing.we love them all as they are all wonderful.Please continue.Elvis will never die.He has been in my heart since i was 10.Thank you for listening

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Carolyn Caranci-Rosvelti
7 years ago

Pls keep the Elvis Featival Going!!!!!❤️

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annette biss
7 years ago

there is no other this must continue

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Rick biss
7 years ago

Love festival please keep it going

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Lorre Lewis
7 years ago

There are never any words when it comes to ELVIS Presley he is and will forever be number 1 bringing fans and ETA’s from all over and the business it brings to the city the festival is in ...oh wait I found the words ...just stupid to end what should always be.‼️

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Lisa Lesage
7 years ago

I am writing in Support of the Collingwood Elvis Festival, As a Festival organiser there are some things that I think the council needs to consider. !st every tourist that visits your area brings money to the Town, as one of those people I can tell you it costs me anywhere from 1000.00 to 1500.00 each time I come to the festival. This money is spent in B&B,s or motels, I eat one meal a day at our residence for that week and then we are at restaurants in the Town for the rest of our meals, I say our because we are a group of 6 to 10 people that don't live in the area in fact it is a 6 hour drive to collingwood for us. We grocery shop in collingwood to get the food that we eat at the residence when there and we also go to the LCBO. I have done a lot of shopping for clothes when there and not at the vendors but at the stores that are there all year. Last year my visa took a hit of 400.00 spent on clothes. If your legitimace for shutting down collingwood Elvis Festival is due to businesses not making money on that time frame, I call hog wash. The other aspect of holding a festival in your town is that you have a wonderful opportunity to decrease your tax base for the people who live there. When people come to a festival they look around at the town and they often decide that they like the place and then consider retiring there from the city when it is time for that to happen in there life. This will in turn cause property that would otherwise be left vacant by deceased members of the community to be purchased by new people coming to the town and so then the assessments are still there for the property. The taxes are payed and the town flourishes. I could go on with many reasons to continue the Festival in Collingwood but I think that you all ready have the information that I could give you. and so my Question to the council are you on a different agenda that is personal rather than for the benefit of your town. Of course this is just my opinion and I feel that ot