[3] The Festival boasts over 1,000 volunteers, general admission exceeding 40,000 people and a budget as high as $750,000.
The festival is made up of over 30 acts, held over four days, totalling about 120 performances.
[1] In 2008, the festival received up to $100,000 in federal funding through the Arts Presentation Canada program of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
[5][6][7] Musician Bill Merritt, a Canadian rock bassist, was director of the Festival, which he co-founded.
He died at age 66 from brain cancer on March 25, 2014 at Riverview Health Centre, Winnipeg.