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Filberg Festival a hot four days
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Terry Farrell Record Staff
The BC Day long weekend ended in spectacular fashion, with the annual Quality Foods Festival of Lights fireworks celebration. The Record held a fireworks photo contest and this submission from Laurence Subra Bieusses was deemed to be the winning entry. Laurence won two tickets to the Filberg Summer Concert Series presentation of Del Larson for the entry. For a photo gallery of our favourites, go to www.comoxvalleyrecord.com, or see our Facebook page.
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Another weekend, another festival in the books. This year’s Filberg Festival will go down as a hot one, in more than one regard. The temperatures were hot all weekend – just shy of 30 C all four days – and the entertainment was as hot as it gets. About the only aspect that bucked the trend was the merchandise. There were some very cool pieces available. The numbers still have to be finalized, but early returns indicate that the 2014 Filberg held its own. “In terms of people coming through the gate, I think we are pretty much on par with last year,” said co-producer Wendy Sears. “Saturday was definitely the busiest day - we were probably at capacity on Saturday, which is about 5,000.” She said that was to be expected, based on not only previous years, but also on the entertainment schedule. “Saturday usually is busy, and we did sort of program the music that way,” she said. “Royal Wood was a really big draw on the main stage.” As was David Gogo, who had fans dancing in the aisles. He even joined them for one song, playing licks on his guitar while strolling among the appreciative crowd. The entertainment was an eclectic lineup, set to suit a wide range of age groups, and just as wide a range of genres.
“The music really was the biggest change to the festival this year,” said Sears. “Traditionally it’s been a lot more folk and kind of bluesy. This year we consciously programmed a lot of different acts; different genres. We had Latin, we had Ken Lavigne that the older crowd really enjoyed, and Daniel Wesley for the younger crowd. We are trying to (expand) the demographic a little bit.”
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