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festival's profits were half a million dollars short of its expenses. When it rained in 2004, attendance numbers fell to 22,000 and the festival lost another half-million dollars. In 2006, the city decided to begin charging admission, but the deficit stayed around $ 500,000. The 2007–2008 budget included significant cuts that required the festival to be scaled back. Saturday and Sunday music was limited to
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