Monday, 9 June 2014

2014 Unionville Festival

Finally some good weather!  Was looking forward to this event for a while.  With the crappy long winter we had it just seemed like forever before Jakes on Main could get that patio open! With the nicer weather I knew it was going to be packed.

For some reason Unionville Festival organizers closed down the street party that was supposed to happen and kept Main St open.  Jakes still extended the patio to the street with fences to allow more patrons to enjoy some open air tunes and beverage drinking.  Jakes new patio bar was in full swing and I brought some additional speakers and placed them outside to get some more volume.  Placing speakers at Jakes is not so easy and even though it was in open air it sounded surprisingly good with decent low end.

Finally got to open the windows fully in the bar area.  It's a make shift DJ booth but I love the view to the patio and the fresh air.

Line up at "The Cage"

Me on my perch.  Best view in the house!

Favorite moment of the night for me is when I dropped Usher's "Yeah (2014 DJ Kontrol Remix)" right after the build up in "Turn Down for What."  Big reaction came from the crowd with hands in the air. Thought about it in the car on the drive in.  Guess it worked!

Also played for the first time a tune called "The Prize" by a local artist who usually comes by on Friday nights.  Didn't see him out there but wanted to play it anyways.  Have a listen here and show some support! You can check out more of their stuff at soundcloud.com "wearetheschool."



Unfortunately could not make it out Saturday night as I was tied up with another event.  Probably would have went down early to catch all the other stuff going on in town.  Sunday was a right off so couldn't make it.  But by the sounds of it another successful festival.

Last post was October 13th.  Shame!  Not for lack of events though. Will post some move events in the coming weeks.