Cavendish country music festival in P.E.I. wins best festival award

For the second year in a row, an event in small-town P.E.I. has won a national award for staging Canada’s best country music festival.

The Canadian Country Music Association has chosen the Cavendish Beach Music Festival as 2019’s best country festival, fair or exhibition, over a number of well-known events including the Calgary Stampede.

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Other nominees for the prize were the Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose, Alta., the Boots And Hearts Music Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ont., and the Havelock Country Jamboree in Havelock, Ont.

The annual award is voted on by members of the country music industry from across Canada.

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Festival organizers in Cavendish say 75 per cent of those who attended this year’s event in July came from outside the province.

They say the event generated about $10 million in visitor spending and $1.2 million in wages.