Charlottetown's Tragically Hip event focusing on accessibility

Charlottetown's public screening of Saturday's Tragically Hip concert will be the first event where the city will use its new accessibility checklist.

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Charlottetown and Summerside are both providing public screenings of The Tragically Hip's highly anticipated last concert of their Man Machine Poem tour to be broadcast coast-to-coast on CBC radio and TV, streamed online, and on large screens in many public spaces across Canada.

Wayne Long, events development officer with the City of Charlottetown, said the Victoria Park screening will have a particular focus on accessibility.

"Twenty per cent of our washrooms will be accessible washrooms for persons with disabilities," said Long.

"There will be an accessible viewing area clearly identified and signed but also have hosts to help people transition from the parking area into that particular area. Parking obviously is a natural one. It will be very close by and there will be someone in that area to coordinate the parking."

Long also said the city has made arrangements for Pat and the Elephant, a non-profit organization that provides special needs transportation, to offer their services later into the evening. Riders will have to call ahead to arrange for that.

Where to park

Saturday night's concert starts at 9 p.m. AT.

There will be a number of street closures coming into effect at 6:30 p.m. around Victoria Park, so there's no parking on streets around the park area.

Instead, the city is directing concert goers to park in the downtown core, including in city parkades, which are free to use for the weekend, The parking lots located behind the government buildings on Terry Fox Drive will also be open.

Summerside's public broadcast of the concert is taking place at the festival grounds at Green's Shore.

Both events are free to the public.

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