Troubled reggae festival can’t stop the sheriff: Headliner pulls out; cash gate seized

August 22, 2010 · Filed Under Festivals in the News, News

Gary Dimmock, The Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa’s Reggae Festival had already been off to a bad start when news ricocheted Saturday that Bob Marley’s son, Ky-mani, had pulled out as its headliner.

Then, at around 7 p.m., as some lined up to get in, while others were demanding refunds, a provincial sheriff, accompanied by Ottawa police, came for the cash receipts at the front gate.

The enforcement officer showed concert staff a court judgment against the festival and its founder, Benjamin Williams, and started seizing bills from the cash box.

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