A 19-year-old graduate from Okanagan College is set to play alongside Canadian greats at Country Music Week in Halifax.
Ben Klick needs to win a province-wide competition and is among the top three finalists in the contest. The West Kelowna resident is vying for a spot in the British Columbia Country Music Association’s (BCCMA) Spotlight Performance Contest. The winning artist, to be announced on June 19th, will perform at the celebrations in Halifax from September 10th to 13th and take home more than $10,000 in cash and prizes.
Klick is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, and he plans to perform at festivals around the Okanagan ahead of the launch of his band’s new EP.
Ben Klick hopes to win the BCCMA contest (Photo Credit: Contributed)
“The summer months are extremely busy,” Klick says. “I definitely live in the now. I’m hoping when the EP drops in August it will start a little buzz, and I’m going to get a cross-Canada tour going. It would be a great career boost to win this competition.”
The country singer, who recently completed an Audio Engineering and Sound Production (AEMP) certificate with Continuing Studies at Okanagan College, has a dozen performances lined up over July and August, including West Kelowna’s Music in the Park on July 3rd, the Country, Beer and Barbecue Festival at Big White Ski Resort on July 4th, and Rockin' River Country Music Festival in Merritt from July 30th to August 2nd.
Klick hopes to become a household name in country music, much like his idols Shania Twain, Keith Urban, and Brad Paisley. In July, Klick will follow in their footsteps and head to Nashville to work on the second half of his next EP, which he began recording in March.
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