Council's unanimous vote Sept. 25 to increase local arts funding pleased Sue Judge, executive director of the Prince George Folkfest Society. “We were all so pleased with council’s reaction and their pledge of support,” said Judge.
"This is huge for all of us as all of our agreements are up for renewal this year so they all have to be renegotiated. And I was really pleased to hear that they are very supportive of an arts strategy. That came up during the meeting and they were all very supportive of that and I think it’s super important for this city.
” Judge said that she doesn’t know exactly what the boost will mean to the Coldsnap Music Festival, which the society organized and presents each year. “But all the money we ever get from anybody always goes back into programming,” Judge said. “And we’re changing things up a little bit with the format of Coldsnap to be more shows in a little more compact fashion.
We’re also trying to do more shows throughout the year and just announced the Dak’et, Shun Inli 2024, Music in the Fall show .” The show is presented in the Dakelh language and, with support from Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, the Prince George Folkfest Society is celebrating arts on Lheidli T’enneh Territory with an evening of live music Saturday, Oct. 26 at Knox Performance Centre.
It features Juno-award winning artist and Coldsnap alum Celeigh Cardinal and AV and the Inner City. Judge noted that during many events in the city, including Col.