•     Prince’s Island becomes an urban village of 12,000 people daily with zero crime

•     on site, there are 225 port-a-potties, 60 tents, 4 miles of 50 and 100 ft. extension cords, 1000 sheets of plywood, numerous stage risers

•     local firemen cruise the river in their jetboats to protect the Island

•     over 20 rafters have been caught over the years trying to sneak onto the Island (affectionately known as the Calgary Yacht Club)

•     50 bikes collected on site one year and sent to Central African Republic

•     at least 3 naked people have been found swimming across river over the years

•     A man from Ohio rode his motorbike to the festival with his dog

•     2 Chicago pals have made the annual trek to the festival for the last 7 years

•    1500 volunteers put in 22,000 hours

•     64 outstanding musical groups from 16 countries perform over 125 unique performances on 7 stages.

•     Appetites of all kinds are satiated by 38 artisans and culinary delights from 20 vendors

•    53,000 audience members attend annually including 3570 kids and seniors admitted free-of-charge

•    86 unclaimed water bottles

•    5605 kilos of recycled materials

•    in 2009, the audience drank 1,363.5 liters of Sangria, 618 bottles of wine and 418 kegs of beer over the weekend

•    we diverted 4.2 tonnes of organic (compost) material from landfills in 2009

•    80 litres of cooking oil were converted into diesel fuel

•     we recycled 8,500 lbs of cardboard, 5,700 aluminium cans, 2,000 plastic bottles, 1,700 glass bottles and 1,500 other containers in 2009.

•     84 tonnes of CO2 emissions were offset by planting 500 trees and giving away 200 free tree seedlings to patrons

•     5000 plastic plates reused and washed over the weekend

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