‘Festival is not under threat of being cancelled’

International Crowd Management (ICM) stated this week it has terminated an exclusive agreement with Boonstock following a number of safety-oriented service reductions requested by the festival promoters.

Brent Pollock, president of the Vancouver-based security company, said ICM was informed last week by Boonstock Productions that they would not require several contracted services and there were also significant cuts to the security deployment and an order to refrain from communicating directly with the RCMP and B.C. Liquor Branch.

A search is on for a new company to be on site within three weeks.

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In reference to a press release put out by ICM Security reporting that they terminated the security agreement, we want to assure Boonstock attendees and supporters that the festival is not under threat of being cancelled because of ICM’s withdrawal.

We don’t want to go into too much detail about what happened, but suffice it to say we are in talks with other security management companies and are confident we will find a provider to meet the needs of attendees, the RCMP and the community.

This festival is first and foremost about you, the music fans, attending the event and your safety is paramount to us. Nothing has changed in that regard. We look forward to hosting some of the worlds top Artists and Musicians, and we are thrilled to highlight the beauty of Penticton and the Okanagan region to our attendees from all over the world this August Long Weekend.