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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
It appears whoever put up those posters may have jumped the gun
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This event has NOT been approved by town council for Aug 16 as it conflicts with Jazz At The Lake. The proponents are to appear before town council at next week's meeting (Apr. 28). At their last appearance they said they'd change the date which could mean a change in the lineup.
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That's actually a pretty cool look into how those get approved, though. It's interesting that a town like Sylvan Lake would have a festival with Foster the People (Which I believe would be their first show ever in Alberta) just sitting there ready to be announced like that, and then town council comes in and goes "Nope, small jazz festival near by, rejected!".
And then that's it, a cool festival that would have been the hit of the summer and had thousands of Calgarians heading up just disappears and most people will have never even known it was a possibility.
Makes me wonder what other really cool Calgary/Alberta festivals/concerts are close to being a go and then don't clear one hurdle or another and the general public never knows.
I would bet dollars to donuts that some major outdoors shows that passed Calgary and played most other Canadian cities like Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, ACDC etc, had serious plans/proposals for Calgary before being shot down for one reason or another here.
