The annual In From The Cold concert, known as “The Heart of a Peterborough Christmas”, returns for its 18th year on Friday, December 8th and Saturday, December 9th at 8 p.m. at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and children (the ticket price includes all surcharges and taxes) and are available at Moondance (425 George St. N.) or from the Market Hall website at www.markethall.org.
In From The Cold was launched in 2000 by John Hoffman, Susan Newman, Rob Fortin and Curtis Driedger, a group of accomplished Peterborough roots musicians who came together to establish an annual Christmas concert that would be unlike any other. In a few short years, In From the Cold had become the hot ticket of the Peterborough Christmas season, selling out the Market Hall for two nights every year and raising over $110,000 for YES Shelter for Youth and Families over the years.
As always, this year’s show will be anchored by the acts that developed the unique In From the Cold sound: folk/vocal group Carried Away, Enrique “Roy” Claveer (aka Curtis Driedger), The Convivio Chorus, fingerstyle guitarist Michael Ketemer, and Celtic harpist Tanah Haney.
Here’s what you will see and hear at this year’s concert:
- Christmas carols and seasonal folk songs of Scottish, Irish, English, French Portuguese, German and Appalachian origin, all presented in In From the Cold’s signature Celtic style
- Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”, set to music by Susan Newman
- A lush new choral arrangement of the ever-popular “Silent Night”
- Sweet sound of instruments rarely heard at Christmas concerts: Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, banjo, concertina, tin whistle, fiddle and bouzouki
- The lush harmonies of the Carried Away and the Convivio Chorus, featuring original choral arrangements by Susan Newman and John Hoffman
- More holiday musical surprises from Enrique “Roy” Claveer and his band of intrepid local youngsters
Concert Sponsors
As always, In From the Cold and the YES Shelter for Youth and Families are grateful for the generous support or businesses and organizations from the Peterborough community.
This year, Wild Rock Outfitters in downtown Peterborough is the first-ever Platinum Sponsor of the concert. In addition to their regular donation, Wild Rock Outfitters will be generously donating all proceeds from an upcoming event to In From the Cold as a sponsorship.
Wild Rock Outfitters is celebrating 25 years in business with a special event on Wednesday, November 29th. The event includes a meal and drink at Brio Gusto on Charlotte Street, a ticket for the Skydiggers concert at the Market Hall on November 29th, free swag from Wild Rock and Trek, and the chance to chat with Olympic cyclist Emily Batty. For more information about the event, visit Facebook.
All the sponsors for this year’s concert are:
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
- Bell Media (Country 105, Energy 99.7, BOB FM 91.9)
- Camp Ponacka
- Kawartha Credit Union
- kawarthaNOW.com
- LLF Lawyers
- Monkman Gracie & Johnston Insurance Brokers
- Moving Media
- Teachers for Kids
Red Sponsors
Green Sponsors
- Christensen Fine Art
- Long & McQuade Peterborough
- Pressland Print & Graphics
- Sadleir House Facility
Past comments about In From The Cold
“In From the Cold is the start of the real Christmas season.” – Concert patron
“The Yuletide cheer was enhanced by a cadre of talented Peterborough musicians presenting a charming and laudable program for the capacity house … A great cause, a great crowd and another outstanding night for Peterborough, the Youth Emergency Shelter and our plentiful local talent.” – Jonothan Fiddler, The Peterborough Examiner
