It is increasingly rediculous how city Events have become all about buying crap. What happened to the days where the Event was just that, an Event. Now its "the" place to go, to walk, observe, and buy useless crap. Recently, there was a Street Jazz Festival which started years ago where bands would play on the street a half a block form eachother. When it first started, you could easily walk form band to band and enjoy the music. People would come who's intention was to listen. The street would be blocked from traffic and the music filled the air. After some years, more and more would come to the Event which did make it more difficult to get close but still you could hear and enjoy the music. Because of this kind of attention, greed as usual creeps in. Now, instead of bands a half block from eachother, you have kiosks. Kiosks of venders selling you food, bed sheets (bed sheets?), bubble guns, wrist bands etc. You also have wall to wall people who could care less about the music but there because its an Event. I say, STAY HOME!! I also say, get rid of the Kiosks and bring back the music. This selling of crap is distroying the Event. This is the same now for anything, whether Food, Busker or Doggy festivals. Enough already, why ruin such a good thing. If you need this revenue to hold the Event, don't hold the Event. Its destroying what was great and making it a complete waste of time.