Drumheller's DinoFest will not be running this year, but the Drumheller Festival Society is eyeing 2016 for DinoFest's return.
Drumheller’s DinoFest will not be returning in 2015, confirms Drumheller Festival Association President Ryan Semchuk.
“We’ve had a great amount of support from the community, both with sponsorships and volunteers. But moving into this year, the problem is it’s not a sustainable model, the way it’s set up.”
Semchuk said it was a tough decision for the board to make, but they felt it was better to look at options to generate revenue during the next DinoFest. The Festival Society is eyeing 2016 to hold the next DinoFest.
The cost to hold DinoFest Semchuk estimates at $25,000 per year, in addition to the in-kin donations, and DinoFest didn’t receive any grant funding this year as they had in the previous years.
The last DinoFest free community festival was held in June 2014 at the foot of the World’s Largest Dinosaur,
An estimated 2,700 people attended the 2014 DinoFest.
