Shuttle Service

With almost 200,000 attendees, our continuing goal is to reduce gas emissions and congestion in the downtown core. 

Our shuttle bus service will continue for a second year to offer you a direct link from the Burlington Fairview GO Station to the Festival site. Ample parking is available on both sides of the GO Station. The shuttle service, provided by Burlington Transit, will drop you off at the John Street transit terminal, within a short walking distance to plenty of great Canadian music.

Your contribution of $2 to ride the shuttle round trip will help to keep this convenient program sustainable. Park and ride the shuttle bus and do your environmental part.

BIKE CORRAL

New this year is our onsite Bike Corral. If you are able to cycle down to the Festival, you can simply check your bike at the Corral - get a ticket - enjoy the Festival, and pick up your bike when you are ready to go. This fenced and supervised area is located near the playground in Spencer Smith Park. The fee is only $2 and will go entirely to help supportour free Festival!

Sorting – Recycling and Composting

Annually, Festival volunteers sort over 7 tonnes of waste (or 2,200 bags).  Of this, almost half is diverted from the landfill to recycling and composting.  Festival goers are encouraged to participate in the program.  Located throughout the Festival grounds are recycling and garbage receptacles.  Please help out the Green Team by using the proper receptacle and reduce their sorting efforts.   

The Festival also uses compostable beer cups made from a corn derivative.  Help us by putting your cup in the “CUP COMPOSTER” sleeve placed in convenient areas where beer is served.

The Festival continues to look for ways to reduce and divert waste.  In the future, we hope to introduce innovative package options for Festival vendors. 

We would also like to thank our Friends at Burlington Green for supporting our Festival! For more information please visit www.burlingtongreen.org

Congratulations Gerry Murphy!

Last year, Gerry Murphy received the Environmental Award at the Civic Recognition Awards Ceremony - awarded to an individual or group who, through dedicated efforts to improve and/or protect Burlington's environment has been an example to the community.

This was in recognition of his drive, hard work and devotion to the Festival's Green program. Since 2004 the Festival has sorted 2,200 bags of garbage each year resulting in diverting tonnes of garbage to recycling and composting. Gerry has done this with his devoted (almost) round the clock, small team.

Gerry humbly accepted the award by stating "I never expected to be Garbage Man of the Year". During the introduction there were many good words stated about these efforts but also credit to the quality and value that the Festival brings each year through the many hard working volunteers. In Gerry's gracious thank you speech, he acknowledged family, Green team members, the City and Region who all supported him, the Festival and its greening efforts.  Last night, the Mayor and council continued to show support of the Festival through acknowledgment and congratulations to Gerry.

With our new funding partners of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, we are pleased to be able to develop and sustain Gerry's and the other's efforts. In addition this year, we have been able to add a shuttle service from the Burlington GO to Downtown. This will be the start of a larger plan to get cars out of the Downtown congestion during the event and eventually off the road when the 190,000 come to visit. Thanks again, Gerry!