“My sweetheart Louise had just gone through a surgery. To perk her up, I said let’s go down to the fireworks.” – James O’Conner, Windsor, ON

“I don’t know where I’d be today if it wasn’t for Midnight Madness. I wouldn’t have met my wife I guess!” – Paul Barrington, Oakville, ON

“I know in one of the venues near the library, one day I was just sitting out on a Saturday afternoon and a woman singer got and she was absolutely fabulous.” – Kelsey Mason, Oakville, ON

“I remember when Old Home Week was on the island and the bridge across to Northampton from Woodstock had a road off the side of it to get down to the island.” – Sally Teague, Meductic, NB

“Just the sense of community, the sense of people coming together, joining together. It was the first festival in the city that I saw.” – Julienne Gautier, Hamilton, ON