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

No R&B, no pop 鈥� just the blues.

For Lake Country鈥檚 cultural development coordinator, , there鈥檚 really no better way to chase away the mid-winter 鈥渂lahs.鈥�

And he says that鈥檚 the concept behind the .

Held at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country, Donn鈥檚 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 year鈥檚 line-up included Papa Dawg,Vernon鈥檚 , Jim Byrnes, Sabrina Weeks and Kenny 鈥淏lues Boss鈥� Wayne with Sherman Doucette.

As a former president of Festivals 琉璃神社, and the man behind 琉璃神社鈥檚 New York New Years event, Canada Day concerts and Parks Alive, Donn admits, he knows a thing or two about pulling together a party 鈥� but even he was 鈥渟urprised鈥� by the success of the Winter Blues Festival.

That success, he added, has spurred him on as he begins planning next year鈥檚 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.