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The teeny Yukon hamlet of Dawson City seems like one of those places that is basically perfect in every way if you can handle a bit of chilliness and can somehow get your ass out there. The Dawson City Music Festival in particular has made a name for itself by hosting consistently strong and diverse lineups over the past few years in a relatively intimate setting (the population of the place is something like 2,000 people.) This year's lineup featured some of Halifax's finest, including Rich Aucoin, Amelia Curran, Steve Gates and the mayor of Sackville Shotgun Jimmie. Exclaim! was at the fest and has posted a very nice and detailed review of the show (example: Aucoin playing for little kids and playing with Nathan Lawr for the first time ever, Curran being "effortlessly charming") and has provoked both my envy and unwavering sense of local pride. You can read it here.
