The city says from its perspective, Centre of Gravity went quite well this past weekend.
The tenth annual festival drew a sellout crowd of roughly 8000 people on Saturday night, and wasn't disrupted by any major incidents.
Mayor Colin Basran says he credits founder Scott Emslie for adapting over the years.
"I will say, on numerous occasions he has come to City Hall and asked if he could move this event back to a long weekend," he said.
"Given feedback we've received from residents and various business associations, council has chosen not to allow him to do that, which has made it tougher, particularly given all the events that have been competition to him for so long - he's outlasted them."
Earlier this summer, the Pemberton Music festival was abruptly cancelled, after organizers filed for bankruptcy, just weeks before the show.
A construction worker's costly error is what lead to a six-storey condo building burning to the ground beside the Water's Edge building last month.
But are there further measures the city can put in place to try and prevent a similar incident in the future?
Basran says he can't see what those would be.
"We have to remember too, this was an extraordinry event. And we have to remember the cause of this fire, at the end of the day, it was a lone roofer working with a blowtorch on a roof. I don't know how we as a city could have policed that," he said.
Basran pointed out another factor was that the building's sprinkler system wasn't activated, though it's not clear whether it was supposed to be at that point in time.
Several units in Waters Edge were also destroyed, along with 10 heavily damaged units at Walnut Grove Motel.
Council approval for the proposed 37-storey condo tower at Water Street and Sunset Drive is still yet to come.
Mayor Basran says anyone who has concerns about the project hasn't missed the chance to talk about them.
"What council has said is, we believe that that is the appropriate place for a high-density development. What now comes in the later steps is the development permit, and a development variance permit, because they will want to go higher than what the city's bylaws call for," he said.
"So the public will be able to give us their thoughts on that, but that will come in a future step."
If built as it's currently designed, the two towers would be the tallest in the city.
A date has not yet been set for the development permit to hit council's agenda.