Blue Rodeo Returns to The Peterborough Memorial Centre in December
/Canadian country icons Blue Rodeo is returning to the Peterborough Memorial Centre (PMC) on Dec. 28.
Photo courtesy of Blue Rodeo.
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Hometown PTBO: Matt "Diamond" Holtby On Going From a Radio DJ to a Musician
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This week on Hometown PTBO, Pete Dalliday talks with musician and former radio DJ Matt Holtby about going from the radio booth to music, his recent affiliation with DOSES and past musical projects.
Tribute Band Against the Wind Bringing the Bob Seger Experience Back to Peterborough
/Tribute band Against the Wind is bringing the Bob Seger Experience back to Peterborough on Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. on the main stage of the Showplace Performance Centre.
Photo courtesy of Against the Wind.
The group consists of an eight-piece band, lead singer and three female backup singers in the band. The show will play through five decades of Seger jams such as “Night Moves”, “Roll Me Away” and the Grammy Award-winning hit “Against The Wind.”
The Toronto-based tribute band’s “Heartland Rock” performance guarantees an authentic vocal portrayal of Seger-Rock.
“(The audience) is going to get a very high-calibre representation of Bob Seger’s music,” said Jeffrey Dean Goldstein, Against the Wind’s drummer. “It’s energetic, it’s tight, it’s powerful. The show is very well-paced.“
He says Against the Wind emulates the same Seger-style rock performance Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet band, a group Seger formed in 1974, would give the crowd.
“It’s going to be a feel-good type of experience because when people hear this music they think back to their youth,” explained Goldstein. “There’s so many things that people did in life to this music, and (the show) brings back these memories.”
For the younger crowd, Goldstein assures the calibre of the high-energy show will entertain them.
“People will be up in the aisles dancing, like they do at every show, and singing along. That’s what we encourage,” he said.
Photo courtesy of Against the Wind.
Goldstein formed the tribute band in 2012. He says he’s been a Seger fan since he was 13.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, the band was unable to tour for the last couple of years and say that they are happy to be back now in 2022.
“Peterborough’s been wonderful to Against the Wind,” said Goldstein. “We played at Musicfest in 2018 and we’re trying to get a spot for next year. We used to play at Market Hall, we performed there three times and we were very well-supported.”
Doors open for the show at 6:30 p.m. and it will start at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online or contact the Showplace box office at 705-742-7469.
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Photos: 33rd Annual Peterborough Folk Festival Rocks Nicholls Oval Park
/Following ticketed events at Market Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings, free performances were held throughout the weekend in Nicholls Oval park as part of Peterborough Folk Festival.
Nathan Truax and band performs during Peterborough Folk Festival 2022. Photo by Luke Best
First organized in 1989 as part of the now defunct Peterborough Arts Umbrella, the festival became a not-for-profit organization in 2001 and a registered charity in 2018.
The mandate of the festival is to promote folk music and arts within the Peterborough community as well as provide safely accessible venues and diverse audiences for both local and Canadian touring musicians.
The 2022 edition of Folk Fest featured acts such as the Sudbury string band, Murder Murder.
I, The Mountain from Kitchener played through sunset and into the evening.
Afie Jurvanen, known by his stage name, Bahamas headlined the show with a packed performance on Saturday Night. Jurvanen was born in Toronto and raised in Barrie.
On Sunday the 12-piece band from the Niagara area, My Son The Hurricane performed during the day. Lead singer Jacob Bergsma, wore a Zellers smock to commemorate the announcement that the Canadian company would be returning.
In addition to the performances, the festival featured an artisan village, a food village and valet bicycling parking provided by B!KE Community Bike Shop. Reusable dishes were used by food vendors and a team of volunteers washed and returned them to keep the festival as eco-friendly as possible.
The Peterborough Folk Festival is a volunteer-run, non-profit, registered charity organization and relies on the generosity of sponsors and donors to keep the event free.
If you’re interested in making a donation or learning more: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/peterborough-folk-festival/
Photos: The Strumbellas perform at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park.
/Juno award-winning band, The Strumbellas, performed at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park Wednesday night.
Photos by Luke Best
Attendees were happy to welcome them back to Kawarthas, by filling the park and dancing into the night. The Strumbellas did not disappoint. With a high-energy performance they had the crowd singing along to their hits such as “Spirits,” “We Don’t Know,” and “In This Life.”
The evening was concluded with an encore featuring a cover of Shania Twain’s “That Don’t Impress Me Much.”
Lead singer Jimmy Chauveau described the evening as “all sorts of magic” and that he couldn’t wait to come back.
54-40 Fills Del Crary Park With Biggest Show Of the Season For Peterborough Musicfest
/It was a packed house at Del Crary Park as rock band 54-40 had the city on their feet at Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday night.
The band wasted no time in getting the crowd pumped, opening with their hit song ‘Nice to Luv You.’ They followed their act with several more fan favourites such as She La, Ocean Pearl and I Go Blind. During their encore, the band slipped in a cover of Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’ in the middle of their set.
This concert had the biggest attendance of the season according to Tracey Randall, Musicfest general manager.
“There are over 8,000 or 9,000 people here, she said. “This is more than the Sam Roberts band.”
Children's Music Group Wiggles To Perform At Peterborough Memorial Centre in October
/As part of their Big Show Tour!, Children’s music group ‘The Wiggles’ is performing at the Peterborough Memorial Centre (PMC) on Oct. 7 announced on Tuesday.
The group has been entertaining children for over 30 years. Their Treehouse TV shows are on in six million homes and the number one program with kids aged 2 – 11 across all kid’s networks in Canada. Photo courtesy of The Wiggles.
The group is touring Canada from Sept. 28 until Halloween and have not performed in the country in three years.
New Wiggles Tsehay Hawkins, Caterina Wiggle and John Wiggle, from the Fruit Salad TV series are new additions to the tour.
"We're so excited to be coming back to perform in Canada,” said Anthony Field, Blue Wiggle. “The show also features a variety of dance styles and performances, and we're bringing all our Wiggly friends too."
Tickets are available on the group’s website or through the PMC website starting on July 22. Children under a year old have free admission but must sit on the lap of someone with a valid ticket.
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Riverview Park and Zoo Announce Concert Remaining Lineup For Gazebo Concerts
/Animals and people are rocking Riverview Park & Zoo’s gazebo concerts as they announced the rest of their lineup of five shows announced on Tuesday.
The Donny Woods Band from the Sunday concert at the Gazebo. Photo courtesy of the Riverview Park & Zoo.
The free shows are run on select Sundays from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The following is the lineup of the zoo’s concert series:
July 24 - Knightshift
July 31 - Wylie Harold & Radio Flyer
Aug. 7 - The Fade Kings
Aug. 21 - Peterborough Concert Band
Sept. 4 - Electric Swing City
Classic rock and country performances from Steve Waters and Cartwright Boundary respectively were one of the early concerts that happened on May 21.
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Photos: Sam Roberts Band Rocks Peterborough Musicfest at Del Crary Park
/Less than one year since their last appearance in town, the Sam Roberts Band performed at Peterborough Musicfest at Del Crary Park Wednesday night.
This was the Sam Roberts Band’s third appearance in Peterborough. Their first appearance was at Showplace Performance Centre on Nov. 24, 2014. Photos By Luke Best.
Fans packed the park and were ecstatic to see the Sam Roberts Band return since their last appearance in August. The drive-in concert at the Peterborough Memorial Centre was cut short due to a storm.
After so much time without concerts, Sam Roberts told the crowd to “Throw your shame out the window and dance!”
Throughout the evening, the alternative rock band played fan favourites such as “Shapeshifters” and “Brother Down.” Roberts shared stories of playing Peterborough for the first time in 2002 at the since-closed nightclub, Sin City to a single attendee named Kevin.
