The mayor says he will be looking into what the city can do to help Edmonton festivals stay afloat amid ongoing financial struggles coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
. It comes as several local festivals say they are having to make hard decisions about the future of their events.
“This rapidly evolving challenge is threatening the very fabric of our festival and others like it. Without immediate support, our festival will be very different,” Megan Dart said Monday.The Fringe isn’t the only Edmonton festival that’s struggling. The Works Art and Design Festival is another popular summer event having to make big changes this year. Typically a 13-day festival, this year’s event has been reduced to just five days.
“There may be hard decisions yet to come,” Rooke said. “The show will go on … It will happen. It’ll be there. It’ll be impactful. It’ll be a fun thing.”The executive director of Arts on the Ave, which produces a number of local festivals, said inflation has really hit the arts community. Christy Morin said fuel costs at this past winter’s Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival were double what they typically are.
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