I have some concerns about the turnstyle numbers being used as is for counting attendance… as anyone who attended could tell you, any time anyone had to exit and leave the building (to get a drink, have a smoke, get lunch, etc.) they had to re-enter via the turnstyle and were therefore counted again. I must have been counted at least 8 times myself… (Saturday – when I arrived, coming back from getting coffee, coming back from getting lunch, leaving to meet Raph’s girlfriend outside to give her some books for Raph, coming back from getting a coke, returning on Sunday, leaving the building to meet James outside and take him over to the booth, and coming back from getting a coke).

I would guesstimate the actual numbers for TCAF to be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 2,500-3,500 unique visitors. The only way I could see them really counting attendees accurately would be to introduce a single count method such as a passcard or a sticker that each person receives once. Problem is those things cost $.

The other thing is that government sponsored festivals such as TCAF aren’t really “free” as the funding comes from the taxpayers.

Kevin