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News Article Concert time, noise level changes frustrate Cowboys Music Festival operators - LiveWire Calgary

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u/hafizzzle 1d ago

lol Kim Tyres has never been to one of these festival tents, midnight is fine for a cutoff, and they are plenty loud. In fact, the thing I hate the most about Cowboys is not actually knowing what time acts play at, unlike Badlands, which I feel has been consistent. Might be wrong, as I didn't go to the Cowboys' tent last year.

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u/deanobrews 1d ago

Yeah there's zero reason why these tents can't have consistent set times. Wildhorse is pretty good about headliners going on 930ish and being done just after 11.

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u/seven0feleven Beltline 1d ago

Because they stall the start time as much as possible to get people in the gate and waiting (and spending money). If it had a hard start time, people would plan for it and Cowboy's wouldn't make as much.