Canadian music icon Fred Penner is returning to Peterborough to perform a free family concert at Lansdowne Place Mall (645 Lansdowne St. W., Peterborough) on Saturday, March 3rd.
The children’s music peformer is best known for his song “The Cat Came Back” and his television show Fred Penner’s Place, which aired on CBC in Canada from 1985 to 1997.
The two-time Juno winner most recently took home the Best Children’s Record award at the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards, for his album Hear The Music, which features Ron Sexsmith, Alex Cuba, Basia Bulat, The Good Lovelies, Terra Lightfoot, Afie Jurvanen (a.k.a. Bahamas) with backup vocals from Fred’s own family.
VIDEO: “I Hear The Music” performed by Fred Penner
Fred last performed at the Peterborough Folk Festival in the summer of 2016.
Presented by Lansdowne Place and the Peterborough Folk Festival, the concert begins at 12:30 p.m. at Centre Court with performances by local musicians Kate Suhr and Melissa Payne, followed by Fred’s performance from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
“Children’s and family activities have always been an important part of the festival in the summer,” says Ryan Kemp, artistic director of the volunteer-run Peterborough Folk Festival. “We are really excited to team with Lansdowne Place to bring Canadian icon Fred Penner to Peterborough.”
The free concert is part of the Peterborough Winter Folk Festival (previously known as the February Folk Folly), which runs at various venues from Friday, March 2 to Saturday, March 10, 2018.
The festival also includes a series of ticketed concerts. Downchild Blues Band performs at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre on Friday, March 2nd. The Sheepdogs will be at Showplace Performance Centre on Tuesday, March 6th, followed by Randy Bachman on Wednesday, March 7th, with special guests Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs opening on each night.
On Friday, March 9th, My Son The Hurricane with special guest Broken Harmony will take the stage at the Red Dog Tavern and, on Saturday, March 10th, Peterborough’s own Mayhemingways (Benj Rowland and Josh Fewings) will be releasing their new album “Skip Land” at The Mount, with special guest Ali McCormick.
For more information on the Peterborough Winter Folk Festival and how to buy tickets, visit www.peterboroughfolkfest.com.
