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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.



