The Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights, later renamed Peterborough Musicfest, is a non-profit, charitable organization in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, which hosts a series of free outdoor concerts. In 2015, Peterborough Musicfest was recognized as a Top 100 Festival and Event in Ontario.[1] The concerts are held at Del Crary Park, located in the downtown on George Street, adjacent to Little Lake.
History
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Founded in 1986 by Fred Anderson, these concerts were followed by a choreographed illuminated boat show and a fireworks display.
Beginning in 2005, the festival chose to forgo the aging boat show in favour of hiring more well-known performers and improving the fireworks display. Then in 2009, the fireworks were sacrificed due to cuts to the festival's budget. The festival board is proposing a name change to "Little Lake MusicFest" by 2010. Board members want the new name to focus on the music, seeing as the lights are no longer part of the festival.
The festival was later rebranded as "Peterborough Musicfest"[2] .
In 2023, the music festival attracted an estimated 110,000 people and generated $4.3 million annually for the region. [3]
Past performers
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- Serena Ryder
- Kiefer Sutherland
- I Mother Earth
- Gowan
- Hey Rosetta!
- The Box
- The Spoons
- Platinum Blonde
- High Valley
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Tegan and Sara
- Tebey
- Sloan
- Hanson
- Colin James
- 54 40
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Monkeyjunk
- The Proclaimers
- Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
- April Wine
- I Mother Earth
- Kalan Porter
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Natalie MacMaster
- Arrogant Worms
- Lighthouse (band)
- Cowboy Junkies
- Beatlemania
- Blue Rodeo
- Wide Mouth Mason
- Emerson Drive
- John McDermott
- The Trews
- Davy Jones
- Thousand Foot Krutch
- The Stampeders
- The Spades
- Tommy Hunter
- The Leahys
- Glass Tiger
- Sweet
- Lights
- Our Lady Peace
- Mad Pasties
- See Spot Run
External links
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edit- ^ "2015 TOP 100 FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN ONTARIO ANNOUNCED". Discover Magazine -. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ^ "Photos from Melissa Payne’s concert at Peterborough Musicfest". kawarthaNOW, July 6, 2015
- ^ "Peterborough Musicfest generates $4.3M annually for region, study shows - Peterborough | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2024-07-13.