Quesnel Billy Barker Days Festival Another Big Success

There was a significant turnout to all of the events held during the 49^th Annual Billy Barker Days Festival in Quesnel.

Society Secretary Lynne Wright said a lot people showed up for both Seniors Day and Kids Day despite the weather.

“Teen Time turned out to be quite successful this year and the band on Friday night was well received. Saturday I think the parade went off very well, I didn’t get to see it because I was driving the Billy Barker Days float but I’ve heard great comments. And the Sunday night Drone show drew a lot of people as well.”

Wright said the Saturday night live performance of the “Totally Shania” the turn out was incredible.

“The park was packed! I think probably about the fullest I’ve ever seen it for a headliner so that was a great success. And we got thanked multiple times over the 4 days for all the work we do which is much appreciated.”

Now that the 49^th Annual Billy Barker Days Festival is in the books, the Society will now begin to put the wheels in motion for next year’s event.

“This Thursday is our beefs and bouquets meeting where the public is welcome to come and as we say, give us your beefs and bouquets and it will be at CNC at 5:30. We take all the feedback and get back to work again in September,” Wright said.

She noted the sponsorship they get from the businesses is unbelievable, Quesnel is such a supportive town, when you approach a business it’s not very often you get no.

“Somebody said on Saturday that there wasn’t an empty hotel room in Williams Lake, Quesnel, and Prince George that weekend. We get a lot of visitors from 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, I even talked with somebody from Ottawa and Oregon. Now usually they have some sort of family connection that they’re coming back to but we still draw people from all over the place,” Wright said.