Earlier today (May 11), the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) announced the line-up for its series of free lunch-time concerts this summer featuring local musicians.
Back for its second year, Live and Local Lunches features rock, folk, blues, country and jazz on Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. in the courtyard of Peterborough Square at the corner of Charlotte and Water streets in downtown Peterborough.
“This is a great way for people to see some of the immense talent we have in this community while enjoying some delicious take-out from our many local restaurants,” says Terry Guiel, DBIA Executive Director.
Here’s the schedule of this year’s concerts:
- May 26 – Missy Knott
- June 2 – Earl Wilfong
- June 9 – Rick Fines
- June 16 – Christine Atrill
- June 23 – Whitney Paget
- June 30 – Catfish Willie & Washboard Hank with a special Canada 150 Show
- July 7 – Dixie Cats
- July 14 – Hot Club 3
- July 21 – Dean James
- July 28 – Nick Ferrio
- August 4 – Steve Driscoll
- August 11 – The Smoking Jackets
- August 18 – TBA (rain date)
- Augyst 25 – TBA (rain date)
Live and Local Lunches is a partnership with the DBIA, Peterborough Square, Gerri’s Arts and Crafts, Bench Tech, and Shorelines Casinos,
“We are very happy with the relationship we have built with the DBIA and are excited to support Live and Local Lunches for 2017,” says Bryan Buchanan, General Manager at Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs. “In association with DBIA and other local organizations, it helps bring positive change to the communities that we proudly serve.”
