Collingwood to host Wakestock

Collingwood to host Wakestock:

Wakestock is finally GOing to Collingwood. After a lengthy stay in the Toronto Islands for many years (2005 to 2008), the town council unamiously approved on having this multi-day event being held in Collingwood. I first posted my own view about the rumours of the event surfacing back last month. At the time, the internet community is surfacing rumours that the festival won’t take place in the Toronto Islands as it had for many years. This plan can now finally be ruled out.

The event will take place on August 6th to August 9th, 2009 at Collingwood Harbour. The Issues surrounding the event were addressed by the organizers of the event to the town council. In 2004, the demise of Wakestock was contributed to the hundreds – if not thousands of fans that were rowdy and were arrested for druken behaviour and many phsyical fights.

It’s a wait-and-see scenario for many people in Collingwood. If the organizers do not abide to the rules set by the council, the town has the authority to stop the festival at any time and at all costs. The main drawback to having the festival in Collingwood is that – how would people in the Toronto area without a car would be able to shuttle back from the concert venue and into the downtown core? My solution: have major sponsorships sponsoring shuttle buses. It would can cost a lot of money, but it does make a lot of sense. How about carpooling/ridesharing? That would be a definite bonus (despite a recent provincial decision that bars Pickuppal from operating in the province of Ontario).