PTBOLive Kicks Off Summer Concert Series With Opening Night
/The PTBOLive Summer Concert Series opened its 20-show series at the Peterborough Memorial Centre parking lot Friday night.
Jeremy Giles, Market Hall Manager Chad Hogan, Coun. Keith Riel and Emily Martin on the Enbridge Energy Stage during setup of the opening night. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Kicking off the series is Classic Albums Live performs Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon on the Enbridge Energy Stage.
“We’ve got a local stage, local production crew, a local food truck and local artists on the state throughout the summer as well,” said Jeremy Giles, PMC facility manager. “It’s really a good local feel and it’s nice to do this for the community.”
The Enbridge Energy Stage at the PMC parking lot. Two digital screens accompany the stage at each side. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
Concert-goers attend the show in their parked vehicles in front of the stage to comply with COVID-19 health protocols.
The series is a collaboration presented by Peterborough Memorial Centre, Showplace Performance Centre and Market Hall Performing Arts Centre.
“We haven’t done anything for live music in a long time,” said Emily Martin, Showplace general manager. “Having an outdoor event is really easy to do in terms of being able to bring large numbers of people together.”
“The city has been waiting for something like this,” said Councillor Keith Riel. “It’s a night for the family and I think people need a break.”
Pink Floyd is one of three Classic Albums Live performances of PTBOLive. Photo Courtesy of Peterborough Memorial Centre.
The following is the current lineup of the series:
June 25 Classic Albums Live performs Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
June 26 The Jim Cuddy Band with special guest Express & Company
June 27 Splash N Boots
July 2 Big Wreck with special guest Heaps
July 9 The Reklaws with special guest Jesse Slack
July 10 The Trews with special guests Adam & Cale Gontier from Saint Asonia
July 16 Classic Albums Live performs Led Zeppelin's Zeppelin II
July 19 “The Father” Drive-in movie night
July 23 Chad Brownlee with special guest SJ Riley
July 24 Drive’N Queens, Peterborough’s first-ever drive ‘n drag show
Aug 7 Shaun Majumder with Ali Hassan
Aug 14 Sinatra with Matt Dusk
Aug 15 Mini Pop Kids Live
Aug 16 12 Mighty Orphans Drive-in movie night
Aug 20 Classic Albums Live performs The Beatles' Abbey Road
Aug 27 Jackson Delta with Emily Burgess & The Emburys
