I Mother Earth, David Wilcox and Dwayne Gretzky Announced For Peterborough Musicfest Lineup With Several Other Acts
/I Mother Earth, David Wilcox and Dwayne Gretzky were some of the acts listed for this year’s Peterborough Musicfest lineup, announced at the Silver Bean Café on Tuesday morning.
TRACY CONDON, PETERBOROUGH MUSICFEST BOARD CHAIR (LEFT) WITH TRACEY RANDALL, GENERAL MANAGER (RIGHT) AS THE FREE CONCERT SERIES RELEASES THEIR LINEUP FOR THIS YEAR. PHOTO BY DAVID TUAN BUI.
This adds to acts Tenille Townes, Down With Webster and Metric who were announced before the full lineup release.
Three dates (July 10, July 27 and Aug. 10) will be announced later.
“There's something for everyone, there's so many acts that I want to check out and I just think it's going to be an incredible summer,” said Tracy Condon, Musicfest chair.
Statistics regarding the Musicfest’s economic impact, according to a study conducted by Community Futures Peterborough and PKED supported the Economic Impact Assessment, were released during the announcement.
They were surveyed at the park last summer and were evaluated by STEAM Pro (Sport Tourism Canada).
“The $4.3M Economic Impact was assessed by evaluating the amount of money generated by Festival activity which encompasses the local community, the county, province and even nationally,” said Raff Melito, Musicfest marketing and communications manager. “It includes not only fees paid out by the festival for its operations, but also the broader impacts on local businesses, increased employment and the multiplier effect of circulating money within the economy.”
“The $2.3M combined spending reflects the amount that people attending the festival spent last year,” explained Melito. “That would include accommodations, meals out, transport, spending in local shops, etc.”
The free concert series kicks off with country music star Tenille Townes on June 29. In its 37th season, Musicfest hopes to continue to draw crowds that has been supportive over the years.
“It's free, I think that's the most important thing. There's no barriers to people attending and I think that's so important in this day and age when everything is a little harder for people economically,” said Condon. “I think it's a place where you get to see such talent. Music brings everyone together, it's so good for community and for mental health so all of these things coupled together, you can't go wrong with that.”
The following is this year’s Musicfest schedule:
June 29: Tenille Townes
July 1: Road Apples (Tragically Hip Tribute Band)
July 3: Aysanabee w/ Cale Crowe
July 6: Tim Baker and the Great Lake Swimmers
July 10: TBA
July 13: I Mother Earth
July 17: Metric
July 20: Beau Dixon Band
July 24: Rêve
July 27: TBA
July 31: Down With Webster
Aug. 3: Elton Rohn (Elton John Tribute)
Aug. 76: Dwayne Gretzky
Aug. 10: TBA
Aug. 14: Choir! Choir! Choir!
Aug. 17: David Wilcox
