Festivals might be one of the only things around where admission prices are not rising.
Ticket sales have been strong for the 45th Vancouver International Wine Festival (VIWF) perhaps in part because organizers have not raised prices from last year, VIWF executive director Harry Hertscheg told BIV.
The festival has absorbed some cost increases and has been reluctant to try to pass them on to festivalgoers, he said.
“People are spending enormous amounts of money on going to see Taylor Swift, and they are travelling like crazy and seeing professional athletes,” he said. “Then they don’t have any money left for local groups and events. I’m hoping people will
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