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Lake Country Winter Blues Fest bigger and better in its second year

Organizer Ryan Donn says heѻýs already planning the 2019 edition

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Lake Countryѻýs second annual Winter Blues Festival helps people beat the mid-winter blahs

No R&B, no pop ѻý just the blues.

For Lake Countryѻýs cultural development coordinator, , thereѻýs really no better way to chase away the mid-winter ѻýblahs.ѻý

And he says thatѻýs the concept behind the .

Held at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country, Donnѻýs popular event saw six impressive blues acts take over the community building for the second year in a row, and for the second year in a row, it sold out.

This yearѻýs line-up included Papa Dawg,Vernonѻýs , Jim Byrnes, Sabrina Weeks and Kenny ѻýBlues Bossѻý Wayne with Sherman Doucette.

As a former president of Festivals Kelowna, and the man behind Kelownaѻýs New York New Years event, Canada Day concerts and Parks Alive, Donn admits, he knows a thing or two about pulling together a party ѻý but even he was ѻýsurprisedѻý by the success of the Winter Blues Festival.

That success, he added, has spurred him on as he begins planning next yearѻýs festival, which will be headlined by the irrepressible .

Donn says he is also planning a Celtic Festival for 2019, and that will likely follow a similar format to the Winter Blues Festival.

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Erin Christie/Morning Star Legendary blues musician, Jim Byrnes entertained the audience with stories about playing with Ray Charles, among others, in between songs during his performance at the Winter Blues Festival in Lake Country Saturday night.
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BC boogie babe, Sabrina Weeks gets the crowd moving at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country during the second annual Winter Blues Festival Saturday night. (Erin Christie/Morning Star)
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Vernonѻýs own Brandon Schmor opens the second annual Winter Blues Festival at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country Saturday night. (Erin Christie/Morning Star)
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Sherman Doucette dazzles during his set at the Winter Blues Festival in Lake Country Saturday night. (Erin Christie/Morning Star)


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