Sommo Festival hopes to keep dancin’ in September [Video]

Organizers are hoping to keep the Sommo Festival in September following a successful second year for the music and culinary showcase in Cavendish, P.E.I.

Taylor Jack, director of operations for the festival, said about 20,000 people were in attendance Friday night, more than the Cavendish Beach Music Festival drew in a single day in July. More than 16,000 tickets were sold for Saturday.

“We want to try to keep it around September,” Jack said. “We want to work with the municipality. We want to work with the retail people, you know, the cottage owners, everybody. I think continuing a season longer than we can works.”

Last year, the Sommo Festival was held in July on the heels of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival, which has been staged for 15 years. 

Jack said other than traffic — some were saying it took about two hours to exit the area — the …