Canadian Folk band Spirit of the West performed at Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday night (August 14th). Here's a slideshow we captured...
[Photos by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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The 2013 Peterborough Folk Festival is just around the corner, and apart from a full day Saturday, August 24th, at Nicholls Oval with music, food, workshops and an artisan village, the entire weekend has events worth checking out with friends and family.
From Friday, August 23th to Sunday, August 25th, the Peterborough Folk Festival will take place in venues across Peterborough. Friday is the Kick Off with a first-ever Pop-Up concert series which leads festival goers to four shows in four downtown businesses. Each stop brings participants closer to the feature concert at The Market Hall, starring Joel Plaskett (pictured in poster image above). Tickets for Joel Plaskett are on sale at The Market Hall and Moondance Records and are $25. The Pop-Up series, however, is free.
“This is a fun way to bring the Folk Festival right downtown, and to support local musicians and businesses,” says Nick Ferrio, Artistic Director of the Peterborough Folk Festival. “The idea is to have a travelling caravan of festival goers visiting the four Pop-Up concerts at local shops and restaurants, which will eventually end up at The Market Hall for our feature concert.”
The likes of Hollow Hills, Jos. Fortin, Dave Tough, and Michael C Duguay will be performing in charming venues in the downtown core. Each Pop-Up concert will last approximately 20 minutes. Folk Fest volunteers will lead participants to each venue.
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The weather, the bands, the vendors, the bars, the restaurants, the community spirit, the conversation, the dancing, the smiles, the laughter, the high fives, the hugs, the love. Yes, Hootenanny 2013 on Hunter Street—one of the best streets anywhere—on Saturday (August 10th) was one of those magical days that show what this community is made of. It was beautiful. It was inspiring. It was positive. It was a bucket list moment in time. It was a day people who were there will be talking about for years to come. And it came to a dramatic, euphoric, frenzied goosebumps ending with The Spades rocking their last show ever (see picture above by rock star photographer Michael Hurcomb) in front of thousands of appreciative people fully engrossed in the moment. No one wanted it to end. No one wanted this day to end. Perhaps Maren Fine summed it up best on Twitter when she said "Wish I could bottle all the energy and enthusiasm generated by @HootenannyPTBO in @downtownPtbo yesterday #thisisliving #supportlocal!!" Here's what people have said about it on Twitter...
Check out photos here from Hootenanny 2013.
—post by Neil Morton
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PtboCanada's Chalk Talk is a snapshot of people's favourite thing about Peterborough. Watch for us around town as we would like to feature your favourite thing too! In this edition of Chalk Talk, Mayor Daryl Bennett was very enthusiastic about "The volunteer spirit of Peterborough!"
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The tractor parade serves as the kick off to the Peterborough Ex .
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A Night at the Movies is the latest musical production at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, and it premieres on Friday (August 9th). You won't be able to prevent yourself from a little toe-tapping or singing along as the cast perform tunes from your favourite movies both new and old. Directed by Natalie Dorsett, choreographed by Melissa Beeby, and with musical direction by Dustin Bowers, this show is lively and full of energy—made up of a cast of over twenty performers. Here's a glimpse of one of their final dress rehearsals before opening night. Take a look and see if you can guess which movie they might be from!
A Night At The Movies runs this Friday (August 9th) and Saturday (August 10th) at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, and then again from Thursday, August 15th through Saturday, August 17th, with 8 p.m. showtimes. Tickets are $18/adults, $16/seniors and $10/students. Visit the box office for tickets or call 705.745.4211.
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PtboCanada's Chalk Talk is a snapshot of people's favourite thing about Peterborough. Watch for us downtown as we would like to feature your favourite thing too! In this edition of Chalk Talk, Robbie Peever chose "Early mornings at the farmers market."
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Below is a video of Peterborough's John Grant Jr. (take a look at his trick shots, too) making the
Legendary Mammoth Burger, which will be available for a limited time at
the Hard Rock Cafe in Denver. The burger includes 24 ingredients
(Grant's number in lacrosse). He will also be taking on all challengers in a
speed eating contest. Grant, of course, stars for the Peterborough Lakers in the MSL and plays pro with the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League.
—PTBOCanada's sports reporter Scott Arnold
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PtboCanada's Chalk Talk is a snapshot of people's favourite thing about Peterborough. Watch for us downtown as we would like to feature your favourite thing too! Kyla Callan's favourite thing is "I like to go to the zoo."
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