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It's a block from my house so I'll head out to Druh Farrell Day. Yeah, looks light on content and Memorial Drive is completely backed up. They should have just closed the whole thing down and routed traffic through downtown rather than try to funnel all the traffic through the single lanes.

edit: just got back from it. Pretty weak overall. Unless you're between the ages of maybe 4 and 12 or have an unhealthy interest in municipal public information kiosks, there's very little to do. The activities that were there didn't have a lot of organization to them, and there wasn't a lot you could just stand around and watch. And as I mentioned before, the whole road closure idea didn't really work. Either close the whole thing or don't close it at all. Even with the meridian, people seemed reluctant to use the roadway, while the two lanes of motor traffic were backed up through the whole neighbourhood. It doesn't make it a pleasant experience to walk down a street when half the street is full of gridlocked traffic.

I actually do hope that they do it again next year, as it could be a decent festival if it was more planned out.

Also funny to see the "official beer gardens" at Osterio in Kensington. They closed off their entire parking lot, filled it with table and umbrellas. And they had four customers out there.