Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights

Every summer, the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights, a non-profit, charitable organization in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, hosts a series of free outdoor concerts every Wednesday and Saturday night at Del Crary Park, located in the downtown on George Street, adjacent to Little Lake. 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.

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
• The Sweet

External links

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

References