Saturday will be the singer-songwriters first ‘hometown’ show since her rise to stardom in 2020.
“Growing up I remember school trips to the Lift Lock,” said Sacha. “Peterborough would be one of the closest ‘big cities’ to me growing up.”
Sacha released her EP The Best Thing and the single Standards, which, to date, has been streamed 10 million times and counting, in July 2020.
“I’ve been in the music realm for a long time but 2020, for some reason, presented an opportunity for mem to be seen and heard. I guess the world shutting down gave people the opportunity to look around.”
After the success of her EP, her collaboration with The Reklaws on their smash What The Truck gave Sacha her first gold-certified hit.
A Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star nominee in 2021, Sacha was named an iHeartRadio Future Star, and three of her videos – for the songs Cheers, Standards and What The Truck – have received regular play on CMT.
She says that growing up in Warkworth has influenced the type of music she writes and plays.
“My parents were musicians,” she said. “I grew up small town, country living. We grew our own veggies, stuff like that. My mom played every kind of music around the house. Music was an influence from day one.”
She says that concert goers can expect songs that they can sing to, new songs and songs that take people back.
“I’ll share my story and hopefully people can leave inspired, knowing that anyone out there have a dream and all dreams can come true if you just work hard and stay authentic to yourself.”
After her show in Peterborough Sacha will head to the Boots and Hearts music festival in August, and will tour with popular country duo Maddie & Tae in the fall.
This event is completely free, with first come first served seating. It is suggested that concert goers bring a lawn chair, chairs will be available to rent at the venue.
If a storm occurs during a concert a cancellation announcement will be made from the stage. Peterborough Musicfest will not issue a cancellation call until 7:45 p.m. a fifteen minutes before the scheduled start of 8 p.m. Rescheduling of cancelled concerts is not guaranteed.
