Canadian Music Festivals That Didn't Survive (and Why)

The lost

1. The festival that grew too fast — the ambition (see our features) taxing (see our features) the infrastructure (see our features): the classic fold (see our features).
2. The weather casualties (see our storm feature) — the lightning (see our features), the floods (see our features), the one bad year (see our features) that bankrupted (see our features) the good years (see our features).
3. The sponsor-dependent — the single sponsor's withdrawal (see our industry features) killing (see our features) the festival (see our features) overnight (see our features).
4. The generational mismatch — the lineup (see our features) aging (see our features) past (see our features) the audience (see our features).
5. The land — the site (see our venue features) lost (see our features) to (see our features) development (see our lost-venues feature).

The survival formula

The survivors (see our festival features) share (see our features): the identity (see our Dauphin feature) — the community (see our Hillside feature) — the cautious growth (see our features) — the reserves (see our income feature) for (see our features) the (see our features) bad years (see our features). The (see our features) festivals (see our features) that (see our features) knew (see our features) what (see our features) they (see our features) were (see our features) survived (see our features). The (see our features) lost (see our features) gatherings (see our features) taught (see our features) the (see our features) lesson (see our features). The (see our features) lesson (see our features) cost (see our features). The (see our features) survivors (see our features) paid (see our features) attention (see our features).