Peterborough Musicfest

For other uses, see Festival of Lights (disambiguation).

The Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights, , later renamed the Peterborough Musicfest, is a non-profit, charitable organization in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, which hosts a series of free outdoor concerts every Wednesday and Saturday night during July and August each year. The concerts are held at Del Crary Park, located in the downtown on George Street, adjacent to Little Lake.

History

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"

The 2015 festival included concerts by Randy Bachmann and Francesco Yates.

Past performers

Performers at the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights in 2005

• 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

External links

• Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights
• Quid Novis - Peterborough Festival of Lights