In 2017, I attended a cultural event at Swangard Stadium.
That day, I was sitting in the grandstand looking out across the entire venue. It's a large outdoor stadium, with seating for about 4,500 people. The stage, the running track, the grandstand — the whole space was filled with people and energy.
At the time, I only had a very simple thought: the people who are able to organize events in a place like this must be incredible.
Back then, I was simply someone sitting in the audience. I never imagined that one day I would be standing on the other side of those stands. And I certainly never imagined that one day I would try to create a festival for this city in the very same place.
Looking back now, it feels interesting how things unfold. Some ideas once felt very distant — so distant that they never even crossed my mind. But a few years later, we really did bring the Canada Bubble Tea Festival to Swangard Stadium.
Sometimes I still think about that moment sitting in the grandstand. If someone had told me back then that one day I would be organizing an event here, I probably wouldn't have believed them.
But many stories begin exactly this way — slowly, and almost unexpectedly.
— Eric YangFounder, Canada Bubble Tea Festival
