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The February Folk Folly


The Peterborough Folk Festival & Peterborough DBIA proudly present: The February Folk Folly!

When & Where:
Saturday February 27th
various locations downtown Peterborough
between 1pm & 5pm

What is the February Folk Folly ? 
Is a music crawl in beautiful downtown peterborough taking place at various downtown buisnesses where live music usually dont take place. 


This is a FREE! All-Ages! and Family Friendly event encouring everyone in the community to explore downtown and enjoy some of the best national and local talent on the music scene .

Details:

Lineup for the free pop up concerts on Saturday, Feb. 27:

1:00 pm Mayhemingways — The Whistle Stop Café, 141 Charlotte St.

1:30 pm Express and Company — Cottage Toys, 180 Charlotte St.

2:00 pm Evangeline Gentle — Under One Sun, 386 George St. N.

2:30 pm Rick Fines — Knock On Wood, 440 George St. N.

3:15 pm Wayne Petti (Cuff The Duke/Greylands) — Plush Boutique, 364 George St. N.

4:00 pm Terra Lightfoot — Catalina’s Barbeside, 131 Hunter St. W.

4:30 pm Travis Good (of The Sadies) & James McKenty (of The Spades) — The Only Café, 216 Hunter St. W

The day part of folk folly ends around 5pm so we encourage everyone to book a reservation at one of the many great restaraunts downtown Peterborough has to offer ( or before for a great lunch ! ) 
need some ideas visit here-> http://downtownptbo.ca/category/eat-drink

Ticketed night time events:
The evening portion of the folk folly are ticketed/paid events where we encourage you to purchase your tickets in advance. There is an early all-ages show and a late 19+ show. If you are under the age of 19 we have made sure you are still able to see Terra Lightfoot and Greylands perform in the afternoon.

Early Show
Gordon Best Theatre
The Sadies
w. Express and Company
7pm doors 7:30 show
$25 online
buy tickets now! 
https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/14717/

Late show
Red Dog
Terra Lightfoot
w. Greylands
10pm doors
$8  
buy tickets now! 
https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/14668/

Earlier Event: February 27
Artspace Book + Zine Fest
Later Event: February 27
Storytelling Through Photography