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Lake Countrysa国际传媒檚 second annual Winter Blues Festival helps people beat the mid-winter blahs

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Held at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country, Donnsa国际传媒檚 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.

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As a former president of Festivals Kelowna, and the man behind Kelownasa国际传媒檚 New York New Years event, Canada Day concerts and Parks Alive, Donn admits, he knows a thing or two about pulling together a party sa国际传媒� but even he was sa国际传媒渟urprisedsa国际传媒� by the success of the Winter Blues Festival.

That success, he added, has spurred him on as he begins planning next yearsa国际传媒檚 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.