The Manitoba Country Music Awards are taking place Saturday, November 10 at The Metropolitan Entertainment Centre in downtown Winnipeg. The evening, hosted by Patricia Conroy, will give away awards in 19 categories.
One of those categories, honouring the best Festival or Event of the Year, has nominated the Niverville Olde Tyme Country Fair for the third year in a row.
The other nominees include Dauphin’s Countryfest, Festival du Voyageur, Howl at the Moon Music Festival, Steinbach Summer in the City, and Stonewall Quarry Days.
“This is an evening not to be missed as we bring the province’s largest country music community together,” reads a statement from the Manitoba Country Music Association. “Several of Manitoba’s top country acts will entertain guests as the prestigious awards are handed out to the highest-voted artists.”
Olde Country Fair organizer Dustin Krahn sees the nomination as validation of the hard work of the many volunteers on the fair committee. He points out that it takes a huge amount of effort on the part of a lot of people for a town like Niverville to pull off such a big event with so many moving parts.
“Having been through a couple of challenging years, and more recently the major changes that we’ve been trying to implement, it’s a big honour for our committee to be nominated,” says Krahn. “Hopefully it means we are doing something right. It is a lot of work for a small organizing committee, even more so this past year with a lot of changes being made and much tighter finances. I thought the committee did an amazing job, and this nomination is a well-deserved pat on the back for them.”
