As many of you may be aware, there is a poutine fest going on at the RA Centre, and I wouldn’t recommend going.
Typically, these are awesome - great vendors, great food. The event holders however, shameful.
613events is charging an entrance fee… to go spend more money on food. One of the vendors asked if we were charged to come in, we said yes, and he told us all about how annoyed and upset all the trucks were because of this, as they’re charged $3000 to be there for the weekend and the fee has been pushing people away. The vendors were told that “people don’t need to come eat than” if the fee is the problem. The greed of 613events is disgusting, and wanting to line your pockets is exactly what’s wrong with things like this. The event was also advertised as being a “poutine and mac my cheese fest” with “30 vendors”. There was literally not a single Mac and cheese truck, and the only place serving it was a rib truck as a side. Additionally, the “30 vendors” consisted of about 5 poutine trucks. The rest were random food vendors which was fine, but included places that did window installation and a Costco tent (???).
We were made aware that people complained enough at their previous event that they removed the entrance fee at the Orleans location. Spreading the word as I’m tired of stuff like this.