When an event is crowded I take it as a sign of success, but when it's *congested* like this one was I see it as a sign of negligent management -or worse greed. The solution is as simple as selling a limited number of tickets ahead of time, obviously the organizers are not interested in that, instead they boast of attendances of 40 and 50 thousands for the event. That's just crazy.
Unfortunately Charlotteans must be really starved for street festivals since they oblige year in and year out. I don't know, I'd get if this was a free Rolling Stones concert or another once in a lifetime event ... but for Greek folk dancing, gyros and stuff?
Since it's a community event rather than a purely commercial venture I gave it an extra star.