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TRUE Festival presented in downtown Amherstburg By Jonathan Martin mherstburg’s first T E estival met with heavy winds and temperatures that dropped below freezing last Saturday, which resulted in a less-than-fabulous turnout. erhaps a couple hundred people shivered their way downtown over the course of the festival to partake in the event’s axe-throwing, whiskey tasting, maple butter sampling and dance partying. Toward the end of the night, when drag ueens isco esus and Koko Starr stepped out onto a pop-up stage, a crowd of 50 or so people bunched together to watch the performance despite a healthy sprinkling of snow. Sarah an Grinsven helped put the event together alongside her colleagues at the tourism o ce. s her son launched an axe toward a wooden target under the guidance of Windsor-based Bad xe Throwing, she braved the frigid temperature in a very 0s-looking fur coat and voluminous wig. “This festival is all about embracing peace, love and Canadiana,” she said. “Embrace the cold ” an Grinsven said that she knew T E estival’s attendance would likely be “very weather-based.” “ esterday was the coldest day of the year,” she said. “If you weren’t already signed up to partake in
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Drag queens Disco Jesus (pictured) and Koko Starr perform at the Amherstburg TRUE festival last Saturday night. (Photo by Jonathan Martin) one of the events), you weren’t going to sign up on the coldest day of the year.” Still, she added that any increased tra c in mherstburg’s downtown core is welcome. Businesses along alhousie Street extended their business hours, she said, in order to accommodate the expected throngs of visitors. Brian owkes co-owns Lot 10 Brewing Company, a bar which sat right in the middle of the festival grounds. “There are definitely a lot of new faces tonight,” he said. Groups of people, still bundled in their hats and scarves, nearly filled his space. Throughout the night, it seemed that the bulk of those patronizing the downtown core could be found indoors.
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Two such patrons spoke to TT in the shelter of one of three connected, in atable domes erected in King’s avy ard ark. In the centre dome, Wolfhead istillery served its locally-produced li uor. In the other two, people chatted and sipped away the cold. “I’m from Leamington and he’s from etroit,” said ito rtale, motioning to Walter Mc ew. The two men have been dating since September. rtale said he and Mc ew heard about the T E estival through an LGBT 2 -focused acebook group. an Grinsven said the event partnered with Windsor-Essex ride est. The T E estival’s inception stemmed from the concepts of “peace, love and inclusivity,” she said. (Continued on page 2)
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