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Yeah. I've skipped it since COVID, partly because even if being outside is lower-risk, absolutely crowding into a tight space outdoors is still a good way to get it. But it's long been kind of underwhelming for the cost, with most of the content being decidedly fast food/bar food chains. They also go out of their way to be a pain to bike commuters, and are probably (unlike any other festival) more parasitic upon downtown than synergistic. I tend to scout it, decide I don't want to hang out in Churchill Square on a hot summer day watching suburbanites eat, and go support a local restaurant who probably is not having the best of weeks.
Friday Night and Sat Rokin August in St Albert
I've been playing catch up since that last air quality disaster made me as sick as a dog. I'll probably take it easy, but still go to the downtown market, and since I'm not really feeling like cooking I'm probably wandering down to Cariwest specifically for the purpose of grabbing food.
The monopoly Folk Fest has on Gallagher Park and the Edmonton Ski club is frustrating. They have basically complete veto power over any changes to that space and refuse to work together in good faith with any other partners.
This is actually a very good idea, it is a nice location that works well for such functions and it could be utilized more, especially now with the LRT being nearby.
