“That’s what I tell the artists and what we try to do, to bring something new to the table no matter what,” he said the morning after the five day festival had wrapped.
And it seems to have worked, based on the scores of people who crowded Hudson’s downtown core last Saturday during the peak Hudson Music Festival day that included the Hudson Street Fair, which had been organized by a separate group.
A Hudson resident, Mackay, who plays drums for Canadian Music Hall of Fame band April Wine, said he, his wife, Lynda Clouette, and a handful of volunteers spent the better part of a year planning the event.
And they did it all for free.
“All the money we had went to the artists, to promotion or to the techs we used,” Mackay said, adding, “This year everything went smoother so I guess we learned from the past.”
Another success was keeping the music fest and street fair running until almost midnight Saturday.
“That was a first, in the past everything would close down around 5:00, and this year it went until 11:00 (p.m.).”
Music, street festivals rock Hudson
- Publié le 3 Août 2010
- Publié le 1 Octobre 2010
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Kristina Edson
Musicians ‘bring something new to table’
For Blair Mackay, the fourth annual Hudson Music Festival was all about taking chances and trying new things.
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