Cobourg Street Piano Man Video Covering Hedley's "Perfect" Goes Viral

UPDATE (September 11th): And here is the man—now identified as Michael McNamara—doing a great version of "Say Something" as well...

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A YouTube video of a man, Michael McNamara, playing a public piano in Cobourg, Ont., near Peterborough is going viral with more than 150,000 views. And for good reason. Watch the man do an incredible version of Hedley’s "Perfect" below…

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Watch: Peterborough Musician Scarlett Grace Covering "Bitch"

picture via @ScarlettGraceA

Cool cover version below by Peterborough musician/songwriter/actress Scarlett Grace of Meredith Brooks' "Bitch", with Brian Black on guitar.

To hear more of Scarlett's songs, go to her YouTube channel.

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the music video to meredith brooks' song- "bitch"

Here's Your Chance To Win PTBOCanada.com VIP Tickets To Emerson Drive

Nashville's Emerson Drive are playing Peterborough Musicfest Wednesday, August 27th at 8 pm to cap off another amazing lineup this season at Musicfest at Del Crary Park, and it's sure to be a big crowd.

We're giving away a pair of VIP tickets for you to sit in our PTBOCanada.com seats (we've been a proud sponsor of Musicfest again this year) up near the front.

For the chance to win Emerson Drive tickets, all you have to do is "Like" us on our Facebook page (if you already are a fan of our page, you already have a chance to win!). We'll be picking a winner from our PTBOCanada Facebook page the week of August 18th.

Good luck!

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Here Is Your Chance To Win PTBOCanada VIP Tickets To Royal Wood

PTBOCanada File Photo (Evan Holt)

Lakefield's Royal Wood, multiple Juno-nominated singer and songwriter, is playing Peterborough Musicfest Saturday, August 23rd at 8 p.m. at Del Crary park.

We're giving away 4 VIP tickets for you to sit in our PTBOCanada.com seats (we're a proud sponsor of Musicfest) to see him. For the chance to win, all you have to do is "Like" us on our Facebook page and tell us there why you'd love to see him (if you already are a fan of our page, you already have a chance to win!). We'll be picking a winner from our PTBOCanada Facebook page the week of August 11th so enter now!

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Royal Wood's 1st single FOREVER AND EVER from his upcoming release THE BURNING BRIGHT on MapleRecordings. Due in stores March 18th 2014 The single version. Produced in Co-operation with MuchFACT, A Foundation To Assist Canadian Talent, Supported by Much and M3, divisions of Bell Media Inc. Visit: http://www.royalwood.ca

A Look From High Above At 14,500 People In Peterborough Rocking Out To Tegan & Sara

Tegan and Sara put on an amazing free show last night (July 23rd) in front of about 14,500 fans at Del Crary park as part of Peterborough Musicfest. And the action was caught from above by a plane.

"Musicfest trys to get some aerial footage of one show a year," explains David Feeley, Musicfest board member and TVCogeco Manager, Programming & Community Relations. "This year, TVCogeco did a rental for an hour to get our own footage from around the city and the park." Take a look below at the aerial pictures TVCogeco supplied to us...

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Look At The Lineup For 2014 Peterborough Folk Festival

This year's Peterborough Folk Festival takes place August 22nd to 24th, and features another stellar lineup. See the poster below for the list of musicians performing, and go to their website for more deets on locations, bands and times.

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Peterborough Radio Station EXTRA 90.5 Launches Indiegogo Campaign To Bring Rush Here

Local talk sports radio station EXTRA 90.5 FM is trying to bring RUSH here to play Peterborough. They've launched a "BRING RUSH 2 PTBO!" Indiegogo campaign and are nearing $4,000 already of their $253,000 goal. They're basically selling 3,900 tickets to a show that doesn't exist yet to convince them to play here. If you give to their campaign, it's zero risk. "Credit cards are only charged if the show sells out, and full refunds if the band doesn't play," according to their Indiegogo page. Learn more about the campaign here.

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How To Win VIP Blue Rodeo Tickets!

For the chance to win 2 VIP Blue Rodeo tickets to their special August 8th concert for Trent University's 50th Anniversary at Peterborough Memorial Centre—including the chance to meet the band, get an autograph, and have your photo taken with them—simply "Like" our Facebook page. (If you already "Like" us, you're automatically entered in contest.) Your seats will be right on the floor!

We'll be picking a winner in the next couple weeks!

So "Like" us now to enter!

And congrats Trent, you are indeed looking beautiful at 50!

The official music video for Blue Rodeo's single, "Hasn't Hit Me Yet", from their 1993 album, FIVE DAYS IN JULY. Directed by Curtis Wehrfritz. © 1993 Warner Music Canada. www.bluerodeo.com

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Here Is Your Chance To Win PTBOCanada.com VIP Tickets To Tegan And Sara

[UPDATE July 10th: You know what, this contest is so much fun that we want to give away another pair of Tegan and Sara tix as well! So now we're giving away 2 pairs of tix! Deets below on how to enter!]

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ORIGINAL POST

Super indie rock duo Tegan and Sara are playing Peterborough Musicfest Wednesday, July 23rd at 8 pm, and it's expected to be a HUGE crowd. We're giving away a pair of VIP tickets for you to sit in our PTBOCanada.com seats (we're a proud sponsor of Musicfest) up near the front. For the chance to win, all you have to do is "Like" us on our Facebook page (if you already are a fan of our page, you already have a chance to win!). We'll be picking a winner from our PTBOCanada Facebook page the week of July 14th.

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2014 Hootenanny On Hunter Street Lineup Announced

It's another awesome, diverse lineup put together by organizer Jonathan Hall for the 4th Annual Hootenanny on Hunter, which takes place Saturday, August 9th, and is a free event. We're stoked! Full lineup and more info in this poster below...

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