So far, the City of Calgary is averaging roughly 18 noise complaints per day over the first four days of the Calgary Stampede, and one ticket has been issued.

From July 2 to 5, the City of Calgary said they’ve received 70 noise complaints for various tents and events across the city.

Of those, there have been 40 complaints about the Cowboys Music Festival at Cowboys Park (compared with 39 last year), and 15 involving the Badlands Music Festival located at 725 – 9 Avenue SW (compared with six last year).

There have also been one complaint for National Saloon, five for Whiskey Rose, and one for Mexifest (which happened over the weekend).

(Editor’s note: The original story had National Saloon with 15 complaints, based on City of Calgary information. It has now been corrected to reflect the proper amount.)

The City said that peace officers are out each night taking noise readings from nearby residential locations.

“We’re pleased to report that every noise reading taken for Cowboys Music Festival has been below their allowable maximum decibel limit as prescribed in their Noise Exemption Permit,” the City of Calgary said.

The City and Cowboys weren’t singing from the same songbook in the days leading up to the Calgary Stampede, with a protracted noise debate that ultimately landed on a compromise. It allowed for louder music than the permits initially allowed, but required a concert shutdown of midnight, with lower-decibel-level music until 1 a.m.

Meanwhile, the one ticket issued by the peace officers was to the Badlands Music Festival.

“After multiple warnings, a ticket was issued last night to event organizers at the Badlands Music Festival tent for exceeding their allowable maximum decibel limit. That ticket is now under review,” the City of Calgary said.

“We strongly encourage event organizers to adjust decibel levels to comply with their noise exemption permit and to avoid escalating enforcement action.”

Previously, Badlands Music Festival had provided information to area residents that they would be monitoring sound levels at all times to ensure compliance with the Community Standards Bylaw.

“We have taken numerous steps with speaker technology, and environmental design to limit the impact of the stage sound to the surrounding community,” read the message.

“Please know that we take bylaw compliance seriously.”

The City of Calgary said that it would provide updated noise complaint and violation data on July 9.