 Since the initial one night stand against the corporate-sponsored New Music West festival, Music Waste has become an integral part of the Vancouver music scene, highlighting the most innovative and exciting bands of Vancouver and surrounding areas.To make the festival as accessible as possible, all of the shows cost a maximum of $5 and are held at venues within walking distance.From 2004 to 2008, Music Waste had been organized by Only (magazine), who also printed a festival guide featuring absurd, tongue-in-cheek write-ups about the bands performing.