Hamilton’s Festival of Friends: The free music fest that’s lasted 50 years
Running a music festival is a perilous thing, a task that might be best left to ultra-optimistic, foolhardy dreamers. It’s not a profession for the faint of heart. Most festivals eventually — and often quickly — flame out.
- ▪Running a music festival is a perilous thing, a task that might be best left to ultra-optimistic, foolhardy dreamers.
- ▪It’s not a profession for the faint of heart.
- ▪Most festivals eventually — and often quickly — flame out.
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Running a music festival is a perilous thing, a task that might be best left to ultra-optimistic, foolhardy dreamers. So many things can go wrong. The weather. Logistical breakdowns. Crowd control issues. It’s not a profession for the faint of heart. Most festivals eventually — and often quickly — flame out. Canada has lost a few of them recently. Rifflandia, an excellent late-summer event in Victoria, B.C., has been cancelled for 2026 with no plans to bring it back. The Sound of Music Festival, held in Burlington, Ont., is no more, although it was replaced by the Lakeshore Music & Arts Festival. And Elora Riverfest, in Elora, Ont., one of the greatest small-town music festivals in the country, has folded.And it’s not just a Canadian problem. Festivals across the U.S.
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