An annual multi-day music festival is not something that happens just in those days.

There’s organizing to be done, a pile of paperwork to be filed and funding to be applied for among a long list of other responsibilities.

And there needs to be people to work on all of that throughout the year.

The Frostbite Music Society is once again facing the possibility of not hosting its festival, which was held every February from the late 1970s up until this year.

There are few board members to take on the work that needs to be done leading up to the festival.

In an interview this morning, Frostbite president Michael Bellon said a meeting has been booked for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday to see if there are enough people willing to serve on the board and work toward a festival for 2015.

“We do need fresh blood,” he said, noting the board, which would ideally have seven to 10 members, is down to four members, with one set to soon move away.

Frostbite last hosted its annual festival in 2013. The 2014 festival was cancelled after a number of funding application deadlines were missed due to the departures of producers and the turnover in board members.

It did partner with Bringing Youth Towards Equality to bring a Battle of the Bands event to the Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre early this year.

As well, local musical talent continues to use the society’s Chambers House in Shipyards Park as a practice space and, in some cases, recording studio.

Bellon noted the society also hosted a bar during the Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival, at the Sourdough Sam events.

While many have expressed interest in seeing the Frostbite festival back on their calendars, Bellon said there needs to be people working on the event over the next few months to make it happen.

If there’s not a good core of board members, it just can’t happen, he said.

For Bellon, the festival has meant “a lot of fun times,” but he said times seem to be changing.

When Frostbite started, he noted, Rendezvous was about the only other major event at that time in the year, and it did not have the music events that it does today, such as the Sheepdogs concert.

“Now the calendar’s pretty well jam-packed,” he said of the numerous events happening during the winter, including at Rendezvous.

And that may mean it’s time for Frostbite to change its focus.

He cited scaling back from a weekend of shows and workshops to one big evening dance party could be a possibility, noting that it’s often the big dance parties people talk about when they remember Frostbite.

There’s also the potential of working with other groups to bring music to their events and perhaps shifting focus to the Chambers House to give musicians a space to practice.

As Bellon noted, it may be time for the festival “to call it a day” unless there are new people involved that want to keep it going.

He noted too though “there’s always room for revival” if there are people willing to put in the work.

He’s inviting all interested in the future of Frostbite to come out to next week’s meeting or to call the Frostbite office at 668-4921.