It's hard work getting a festival site ready to host a major music event, and even harder when the site is severely damaged by a plough wind storm.
But a small team of dedicated workers are dealing with exactly that as they get the Ness Creek site ready for the Northern Lights Bluegrass Festival next weekend.
Ness creek festival goers caught a break this year. A major storm rocked the site a day after the festival. Now a month later workers are still dealing with the damage. They're trying to get the site ready for the northern lights bluegrass festival next weekend.
While the festival site was largely untouched by the storm, plough winds blew through the camping area. While no one was hurt, trees fell on two cabins and some tents.
Tom Kennedy, the organizer for the festival, says a dedicated team of six workers have cleared the trees from the grounds. They've fixed damaged cabins, cleared trails, and made the site look like itself again.
"Fortunately, we've had the help of a bobcat and skidder which did most of the work but thanks also to the help of a lot of local people too," says Kennedy.
They hope to have everything done by Monday, when the bluegrass music camp begins here on site. It's the lead up to the festival, which starts on Friday. Organizers say thanks to a lot of hard work the site will be ready to host another great show.
"It's constant music, it's blue grass, it's folk, it's a nice mix of music, and we certainly invite everybody out to it," says Kennedy. "It's a great time."
