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 Added on 01/20/2022  Rich Howells  competition , contest , coronavirus , Finnegan’s , Kingston , Mohegan Sun Pocono , Plains , River Street Jazz Cafe , Scranton , V-Spot , Wilkes-Barre

The contest is called “The Big Break,” where seven acts will compete across four stages for some major prizes, but the real challenge has been behind the scenes where Eyal Filkovsky is hoping this experience doesn’t break him.

With just days until the first night of live performances is set to begin, musicians have been dropping off the bill left and right, forcing him to rearrange months of plans while still promoting the shows at Finnegan’s Irish Rock Club on Jan. 21, the River Street Jazz Cafe on Jan. 22, The V-Spot on Jan. 29, and Bar Louie at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Feb. 11.

“The biggest challenge, aside from contracting COVID and losing two weeks of my life, has been that we have had five bands drop out because a member tested positive for it,” he said exhaustedly.

“Other than that, there’s that constant fear that the state will be shut down again, leaving everything to be postponed and rescheduled. That can end up being a lot of extra work.”

Ironically, the pandemic also served as the original catalyst for this event. The 39-year-old Wilkes-Barre resident previously lived in Colorado where he teamed up with local radio DJ Trevor O’Connor of Trevor Rocks Denver to hold the first Big Break contest in 2012. The last two years have taken their toll on…

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