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AS A group of loyal volunteers packed up the last remnants of this year's Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival, they reflected on another successful event.
Festival founder and director Colin Thompson said a number of venues and punters had expressed great feedback about the four-day event.
"A vast majority of venues have already given us so much feedback for how (the festival) panned out," he said.
"A lot of venues outlayed cash to be involved and that all went to artists and production. It went to making (the festival) happen, so those efforts and commitments have been rewarded."
Not matter what street you walked down in the Bendigo CBD at the weekend, a soundtrack of blues was sure to follow you.
Mr Thompsons said it was hard to pin down just one highlight or favourite act.
"The beautiful thing is everyone has their favourite acts," he said.
"That’s what our festival is all about. It's about lifting a stack of great artists that aren’t as well known as they deserve to be.
"I can't think anyone we didn't get great feedback about."
On Sunday, the last day of the festival, highlights included Checkerboard at The Golden Vine, Hat Fitz and Cara (who played two sets on Saturday as well) and The Capital's Ladies Got the Blues show.
The Civic Gardens was also packed most of the weekend with families enjoying the sunshine.
"We are just rapt to deliver such a family-friendly environment for the event," Mr Thompson said.
"People want to keep looking for this festival to be bigger and better but we just want to focus on the better and let the bigger take care of itself."
We just want to focus on the better and let the bigger take care of itself.
- Colin Thompson