In the tiny town of Pemberton, B.C., it's been three days of music and mayhem for the inaugural Pemberton Festival.
Congestion near the front of the stage - and gridlock on the road.
"I think it's reasonable," one driver told CTV News. "There's 40 thousand people here, what do you expect? There's one road in and one road out."
With about half of concert goers driving in everyday, it's generally faster to walk than drive along the two lane highway.
The fear is that it's much more dangerous.
Video shot on a digital camera shows a shuttle bus being pulled from the ditch late Saturday night -- amid cheers from the string of vehicles stuck behind it.
Concert organizer Shane Bourbonnais says he's pleased with the outcome of the inaugural event.
"Every great festival has its hiccups in the beginning," he says.
"I think our hiccups (are small) considering the challenges that we faced in the short period of time, I'm very pleased."
So far, this weekend's most serious highway accident had nothing to do with the concert.
"It doesn't appear to be related to the incident other than the fact that it was an officer who was coming off shift who collided with a vehicle that crossed the center line," says RCMP spokesperson Lea-Anne Dunlop.
The officer is okay. The oncoming - and possibly impaired -- driver is in hospital.
To this point, concert goers are being praised by RCMP -- who won't say how many have been kicked out for bad behavior, but admit it is only a small number compared to how many are in attendance.
Just what will happen here next year is not for certain, but already several major artists are apparently clamoring for the stage.
On stage Saturday night, Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne praised the first-ever Pemberton Festival.
"You guys gotta keep this thing going. This is awesome."
It's a wish organizers hope to oblige.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Sarah Galashan.
