The 2021 'Summer of Yard Series' has come to an end and for Johnny Pacey, this summer may have been the best one to date.
The musician from Dauphin did 10 shows in Dauphin and he was also joined by a few other musicians throughout the summer months.
Johnny was raising money for the Dauphin Food Bank this summer and to date, he's raised $250. Although he won't host any more live shows, for now, you can still donate to the cause by reaching out to Pacey on Facebook.
When deciding where he wanted to donate the money raised from his shows, Johnny say choosing the Food Bank in town was a no-brainer.
"I'm all about feeding people, everyone needs to eat," said Pacey. "If I can help someone get a meal, I'm all for it. Any chance that I can get to raise money and awareness for the food bank, it's definitely near and dear to my heart."
Pacey has spent most of his life in Dauphin and he says that won't change as this is home. So that means next summer, be on the lookout for Pacey as he will be back outside performing live for all of Dauphin to hear. After all, jazz music is his love.
"Jazz music has been and will continue to be my first love in my life, music in general," ended Pacey. "There are days that I can tell I'm having a bad day or something and I'll go downstairs and play a few tunes, then all of a sudden things are back to normal."
Johnny will hand over the money raised to the food bank in the next couple of weeks as donations continue to roll in.
