Sunrise Record Store Coming To Lansdowne Place Mall

Sunrise: Canada's Record Store has updated their list of locations they're expanding to, and it now includes Lansdowne Place Mall in Peterborough.

Sunrise—which features independent music on CD and vinyl, DVD movies and pop culture toys, games and apparel—made the announcement of updated locations, including LP, on Wednesday (March 22nd).

No word yet when exactly it is opening at LP, but new stores start rolling out in April. This is great news for the mall, which recently lost HMV when it went bankrupt and closed its stores across Canada. Part of Sunrise's success will be capitalizing on the resurgence of vinyl.

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Kim Mitchell To Celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday In Peterborough

Canadian rock icon Kim Mitchell will be celebrating Canada’s 150th right here in Peterborough with thousands of fans.

The Canada’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Committee and Peterborough Musicfest announced that Mitchell will open the 2017 Musicfest season on Saturday, July 1st, 2017. As part of the Canada 150: Celebrate At Home initiative, Peterborough Musicfest will launch its 31st season by opening on July 1st.

“Peterborough Musicfest is incredibly proud to be a part of the weekend-long celebration of Canada’s 150th celebrations in the city,” says David Feeley, Peterborough Musicfest Board Chair. “The City of Peterborough and the people of our community have supported Musicfest for over 30 years and we look forward to being an anchor event for the festivities.”

The City of Peterborough is offering residents a great reason to Celebrate at Home and ring-in Canada’s 150th birthday in style during the Canada Day long weekend in July 2017. The Canada’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations Committee has been planning four days of celebrations running Thursday, June 29th to Sunday, July 2nd, 2017.

JUST ANNOUNCED: Canadian rock icon @TheKimMitchell to celebrate Canada’s 150th in Peterborough! @ptbo150 #ptbo150 https://t.co/eqD0m85D5I pic.twitter.com/bER4rHSdf1

— Ptbo Musicfest (@PtboMusicfest) November 17, 2016

“There is something so quintessentially Canadian about celebrating this milestone with Kim Mitchell—his songs have been an anthem for so many Canadian summers,” says Mike Melnik, 150th Committee Chairman. “We believe Mitchell’s concert will be one of the many good reasons we’re giving local residents to circle the long weekend on the calendar and Celebrate at Home here in Peterborough.”

The committee will be working closely with established Canada Day events such as the Canada Day Parade and the New Canadians Centre Multicultural Festival, which already bring out the crowds by the thousands.

Special to the 150th milestone will be an extra three days of fanfare involving a partnership with the DBIA to host two days of local music and celebrations downtown, and a partnership with Parks Canada to host a day of free family-oriented events with a strong historical and cultural flair.

Over the winter months, the committee will be releasing details of these exciting events as they are confirmed.

Watch this message from Kim about playing Peterborough...

Canadian rock icon sends a special message to Peterborough as he gets set to play Peterborough Musicfest for Canada's 150th - Saturday, July 1, 2017 - free admission concert!

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Kiefer Sutherland Told This Amazing Story About Reuniting With His Best Friend In Peterborough On "LIVE With Kelly"

Actor-musician Kiefer Sutherland was on LIVE With Kelly on Wednesday morning (September 21st) and mentioned this beautiful story about reuniting with his best friend from his childhood, Steve Barker, at a show Kiefer played at Peterborough Musicfest this summer. 

Kiefer was told backstage Barker might be there, and between songs Kiefer asked if there was a Steve Barker in the crowd. Sure enough, Barker stood up at the back and the crowd applauded. This was the first time Kiefer had seen Barker in 15 years.

You can listen to the clip here beginning at 3:48 mark...

Uploaded by The Entertainment Spot on 2016-09-21.

"It’s pretty special as our vision is to create a memorable guest experience for our audience and here it happens for our celebrity artist," Peterborough Musicfest General Manager Tracey Randal says.

Thanks @RealKiefer for the Peterborough shout out on @LiveKelly! We were thrilled to have you on our stage! #ptbo #musicfest30 pic.twitter.com/5aOFZbuoqt

— Ptbo Musicfest (@PtboMusicfest) September 21, 2016

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12,000 High Valley Fans Lit Up Peterborough Musicfest On Closing Night

High Valley put on an amazing show Wednesday night (August 24th) at Peterborough Musicfest, which closed out another terrific season with a huge crowd in attendance.

Del Crary Park on the banks of Little Lake was lit up beautifully by 12,000 High Valley fans with their cellphone lights, as can be seen in a great video posted to the Peterborough Musicfest page. Watch it below...

High Valley also tweeted about some great cowboys in the crowd...

Two pretty cool Cowboys!! Hope you loved the show! pic.twitter.com/bG9tXkExk3

— HIGH VALLEY (@HIGHVALLEY) August 25, 2016

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