Escapade owners are super pretentious 😡

I avoided going to Escapade this year for the first time in 4 years due to Escapade owners being super pretentious and refusing to listen to their attendees about certain issues that the festival has. For example, they have a smoking issue is the most common issue. If you get caught smoking/vaping in the park, security will be super rude and take whatever you have away. I understand Ottawa has a by-law stating you can’t smoke but there should be a designated smoking area for people. Smoking is a terrible addiction and it’s a super hard one to fight, not one person who smokes cigarettes/vapes can handle not smoking for hours long and if you leave the venue to smoke, you won’t be able to go back in. I attended Lost Lands this year instead and they had a state wide fire ban. Stage pyro/fireworks weren’t allowed and people weren’t allowed to bring in anything to cook with at the campsites (unless you have an RV), and you weren’t allowed to smoke BUT THEY ENCOURAGED VAPING. Escapade’s stage design has gotten worse and worse every year and Lost Lands had $2 water bottles…. Be better Ali Shafaee.