DAWSON CITY – The Dawson City Summer Concert Series began last Friday, the first of 11 noon-hour concerts planned for every Friday until Aug. 30.
The first show, with singer-songwriter Chris Bourque, was blessed with clear skies, warm weather and a welcome bit of a breeze.
Most of the series will be at the Gazebo, with a couple of exceptions. Last summer, inclement weather drove one of the events into the Palace Grand Theatre, so that might happen again.
The line-up features some local bands and performers, as well as those visiting for the event. Today featured local band Woah, Bear!
On June 21, tying into National Indigenous Peoples Day events, Boyd Benjamin. Kevin Barr will return to Dawson and perform at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, a block or so north of the Gazebo.
On June 28 the visiting Cryptozoologists from Whitehorse will present their gritty music at the backyard of the Dawson City Music Festival building at the corner of Third Avenue and Harper Street.
July 5 will see Kim Beggs bring her country flavoured stylings back to Dawson and to the Gazebo.
On July 12, local band Ska Party! will rock the Gazebo, while on Aug. 2, Keziah will visit the Gazebo.
Aug. 9 will feature Canadian indie folk musician Pat LePoidevin from eastern Canada.
Aug.16 will bring Ellorie McKnight, a bilingual singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist currently living in Whitehorse.
On Aug. 23, Sunnydale’s Driftwood Holly will return from wherever he’s been travelling to lately to entertain at the Gazebo.
On Aug. 30, the series will wrap up with West Dawson’s Joey O’Neil, who has recently been performing at a number of venues across the nation.
The music series is organized by the Klondike Visitors Association, with the assistance of the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture, the Yukon government, Yukon Lotteries, the City of Dawson, and Parks Canada’s Klondike National Historic Sites.
The series is broadcast locally on CFYT, 106.9 FM, in Dawson City, or anywhere in the world on their website.
