Dawson City Music Festival called off for first time in 4 decades

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Dawson City Music Festival called off for first time in 4 decades – CBC

by ahnationtalk on April 17, 2020375 Views

COVID-19 pandemic means no summer festival for first time in 42 years

Apr 17, 2020

It’s one of Yukon’s biggest and longest-running annual events — but it’s not happening this year.

Like so much else, the 2020 Dawson City Music Festival has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers made the announcement on Thursday.

“We are terribly heartbroken,” said Andrea Vincent, the festival’s producer.

“Longtime volunteer Glenda Bolt said it best — she said [the festival] has faced forest fires, and floods, and more. And it took a worldwide pandemic to stop us as Yukon’s longest running music festival.”

The July festival was marking 42 years this summer. Over its history, it’s become one of Yukon’s best-known events, both among local music lovers and musicians across the country.