(photo courtesty Doc Walker website)

The country headliner for Steinbach's Summer in the City festival has been announced. Chair Keith Unger says it will be Doc Walker. "We're very excited. They're from Portage la Prairie. They just did a Christmas show in Winnipeg that was phenomenal and they've been doing festivals across Manitoba(and North America), packing the houses."

Unger says they broke with tradition to announce the country headliner much earlier than in past years. He explains, this gives people an opportunity to buy tickets to give as Christmas gifts. Unger notes, "A lot of us have client lists and a lot of us have friends and family that we buy small gifts or stocking stuffers for. A lot people that come to our festival are coming home to Steinbach  at Christmas to where they were born or lived or have family and this is a great way to give them a gift about Steinbach."