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[Matt R.]

Crepe Creep is hosting a tasting booth at the 2026 Tinto Rocks Food and Music Extravaganza. See you there!

[Victoria Watcher]

Who would not give $8 a month for the right to use the “proud supporter” logo and bragging rights inside your business?

10,000 individual citizens would likely pay that.

In 35 years of running this well-known and respectable prestigious event, they have never attempted to build a book of small individual donors. Why not?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 January 2026 - 11:56 AM.

[Blair M.]

I think you’d find that the names on these banners have indeed provided substantial funding (or goods in kind): https://gvha.ca/even...ny-splash-2025/

 

As to why there aren’t more banners, which would mean more private funders - I don’t know. 

[Victoria Watcher]

I think you’d find that the names on these banners have indeed provided substantial funding (or goods in kind): https://gvha.ca/even...ny-splash-2025/

 

As to why there aren’t more banners, which would mean more private funders - I don’t know. 

 

For sure, but like I say why not build a book over 35 years, of 20,000 small donors?

[Victoria Watcher]

Why not hold it on Saturday to attract more out-of-town guests?

 

Neither Alberta nor the US has a holiday the following Monday.

 

Hotels can give it a harder "Splash weekend" push.

 

I know, I know, some of you will say "hotels are already full in the summer!"

 

They mostly are, but they almost all use dynamic pricing now, they can GET MORE MONEY on this weekend.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 12 January 2026 - 02:00 AM.

[mbjj]

One year when it was rained out it was held on the lawn and it worked out well. I'm pretty sure by the second year it was in the harbour as I remember going over to Vancouver to see Les Miz or something and returning to the bus depot just as it was ending. I'd be happy with it on the lawn. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Why not hold it on Saturday to attract more out-of-town guests?

 

Foster will perform on a floating barge accompanied by the Victoria Symphony at the (Saturday) Inner Harbour event, with surprise guests expected to appear.

“We are going to take the bar and raise it,” Ravenhill said.

 

https://www.timescol...august-11983953

 

 

So it's the Symphony Splash just one week later than usual?