Founded by bandleader Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighborhood in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, where traditional calypso (kaiso) was born amid the boastful, humourous and militant chants of the roaming stickfighters. Situated near the fishermen’s wharf, the area was a site of constant defiance and conflict, a place where sticks and stones, songs [...]

Miss Emily Brown’s debut album, Part of You Pours Out of Me, named one of the top twelve albums of 2008 by CBC’s Alan Neal, marked a graceful entrance onto Canada’s independent music scene. OnJanuary 18, 2010 Emily released her sophomore album, In Technicolor, which features songs written as part of her Canada Council for the Arts sponsored winter-long songwriting project that explores her [...]

The D’oh See Dough Boyz are well into their second decade of providing the perfect square dance party.  These festive occasions have included weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, school functions, and even a theological convention.  The classic old time square dance, now as in the pioneer past, brings together friends, neighbours and complete strangers alike, and [...]

Friday, August 27, 2010 – Royal Wood in concert Presented in part by the Canadian Canoe Museum. Tickets $15 – available in person at Titles Bookstore and the Canadian Canoe Museum, or you can purchase them online at the Canadian Canoe Museum website. Singer-songwriter Royal Wood has spent years perfecting his craft of balladry and pop music. His [...]

Emerging Artist Award Winner 2009 Missy Knott is a 20-year-old aspiring artist breaking out of Peterborough, Ontario’s extraordinary music scene. Widely known for her soulful, angelic voice and her music genre diversity, Missy is on her way to the top. Alan Greyeyes, co-chair of Manito Ahbee Festival Inc says “Missy’s dope! She’s got the talent [...]

The Avenues are a high energy, foot stompin’ three piece band, from Peterborough Ontario. Drums, bass pedals, banjo, guitar and vocal harmonies. They formed in the winter of 2009 and have already started their plans to take over the world. They can sound like a balls-to-the-wall bluegrass band, but can also hit you with a [...]

Since forming in late 2008,The Strumbellas have been blowing the doors off of clubs and festival stages across Southern Ontario. Their singular mix of alt-country harmonies, bluegrass instrumentation, and big pop hooks makes them natural heirs of the Toronto indie folk scene built by Royal City, The Sadies, Hayden, and Cuff the Duke. Though their [...]

The Resolutionaries Marimba Band are a group of local Peterborough musicians. Marimba is a traditional Zimbabwean instrument that combines sweet melodies with African rhythms: Marimba Music, a mix of age-old African tunes, Modern innovations and TransAtlantic “livasporic” inspiration. The Resolutionaries Bios: Chaka Chikodzi is a polymorphous individual, going quickly in many directions. Zimbabwean stone sculptor, performer, [...]

From her debut record, Orchestra for the Moon, Jenn Grant’s name has surfaced in four star reviews from Harp and The Globe and Mail, earned her several East Coast Music Awards nominations, and landed her on tours with the Great Lake Swimmers, Hayden, Justin Rutledge, Martin Tielli, Danny Michel, and The Weakerthans. There are traces [...]

Dave Tough is an Ottawa-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who performs and records solo as well as with others. His most recent solo CD is called Lost Things. As a sideman and writer-composer, Dave has worked with lots of great musicians, including Serena Ryder, Michael Johnston and Beau Dixon. He also performs with the Silver Hearts occasionally [...]

The McFlies Recipe for Home-Cooked Musical Mayhem: Take seven uniquely talented organic musicians. Marinate in roots, acoustic, classical, folk, pop, rock and country influences. Stir. Add jam. Mix in approx. two dozen instruments: melodica, ukulele, accordion, upright bass, mountain box, glockenspiel, violin, banjo, guitar and whatever else is handy. Add selection of classic songs of [...]

Festival Stage Hosts – Evening AD’s Notes: We loved them so much in 2009 and 2010, we decided to bring them back to host the Festival Main Stage in 2011! I go ‘way back with these guys, and they need little introduction to the Ptbo crowd.  Lotus played a regular gig at the MoHo back [...]

AD’s Notes: These guys played the PFF in 2010, but they were so extraordinarily good, and so few people got to see them, we had to bring them back this year to make sure everyone gets a chance to hear this fabulous music. Bio With a band name like Acres and Acres, one immediately conjures [...]

Zachary Lucky is a touring singer songwriter situated in central Saskatchewan.  Dividing his time between his city home and the family homestead.  He currently splits his time writing songs, serving coffee, and touring a ridiculous amount. “Lucky’s music is as mature as his attitude — an easy on the ear, soft-spoken affair with a lyrical [...]

Emerging Artist Award Winner 2010! AD’s Notes: Bio: Returning to Canada from a long sojourn in the state of Utah, Kate Le Deuce is bringing something unique to the alternative country scene. Channeling 1970s country music, when men lived hard, drank hard, and drove hard, she sing songs for truck drivers, drunks and sad bastards. [...]

Workshops presented in partnership with Sadleir House; focused workshops with professional musicians.� Details TBA.

Workshop cost: $10/session

Free-for-all, day-long celebration with music, food, arts, crafts, a Children's Village and much more!� Nicholls Oval/Rotary Park.