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Ticket Prices

Ticket prices vary for each concert and venue.


Tickets

All 2010 concert tickets are available for purchase now.

Showplace Box Office
(705) 742-7469 and online at www.showplace.org.

Titles Bookstore (705) 743-9610 and Moondance, Peterborough (705) 742-9425


Venues

Market Hall Theatre

Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. North, Peterborough
Market Hall Theatre, located at the corner of George St. and Charlotte St. in downtown Peterborough (DISPLAY ON MAP), has been Folk Under the Clock's home since 1986. With 125 seats in tiered moving risers and 200 seats on the floor, the room can become anything the performance requires
This historic site is a 350-seat, intimate, non-smoking, licensed, wheelchair-accessible venue, revered by artists and fans alike.

Showplace Performance Centre

Showplace Performance Centre, located on George St. near King St. in downtown Peterborough (DISPLAY ON MAP).

This venue is licensed and boasts 650 seats, along with excellent acoustics.


About Folk Under the Clock

Folk Under The Clock, Peterborough's folk concert series, came to be on September 23, 1986 with its very first concert featuring Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie Maclean (www.dougiemaclean.com), now an international folk legend who has since played the series numerous times.  Over the years, the concert series has featured some incredible acts from Canada and around the world. 

Featured artists have included Tom Paxton, Loreena McKennitt, Eric Bogle, Andy Irvine, Dar Williams, Fairport Convention, Waterson-Carthy, Rawlins Cross, Rare Air, Colleen Peterson, James Keelaghan, Lennie Gallant, The Rankin Family, Archie Fisher, Ron Hynes, The Tannahill Weavers, Martin Simpson, Spirit of the West, Dervish, Danú, Four Men and a Dog, Andy M. Stewart and Manus Lunny, Vin Garbutt, Oscar Lopez, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Ian Tamblyn and many more.

Folk Under The Clock is a labour of love for artistic director Mike Barker, who started and still runs the concert series, along with his wife Sonja and a dedicated group of friends. Mike has been involved in the folk music scene for over 30 years in Peterborough and Edmonton. He has also been a judge for the 2004 Juno Awards (Roots and Trad. solo), served on many local music committees, and contributes to the yearly "critics choice" selection published by Penguin Eggs, Canada's Folk Roots and World Music Magazine. Mike has also been a judge for the 2005, 2006 Canadian Folk Music Awards.


Contact Info

Mike & Sonja Barker with Bruce Cockburn
Mike & Sonja Barker with Bruce Cockburn at Showplace, April 2009

Mike Barker, Artistic Director
(705) 743-3372
folkundertheclock@cogeco.ca


Great Links

We recommend a visit to these great Folk information sites:

  • Canadian Folk Festivals
  • Penguin Eggs
  • Hugh's Room
  • Canadian Folk Music Awards


    Special Thanks

    Market Hall Theatre, Showplace, Soundpro, John Muir, Ben Wolfe, Quid Novis and all volunteers. Cheers, Mike Barker

    Many thanks to our sponsors and to all of our dedicated fans and friends for all their support.

    Thanks to Quid Novis - host and home for Folk Under the Clock since 1996!


  • Folk Under the Clock
    Peterborough's Folk Concert Series presents the
    24th Season · 2009 - 2010


    Welcome to the 24th. season of Folk Under The Clock in Peterborough. We are excited to offer a fabulous line-up of concerts this season.

    In the Autumn 2009 series we are presenting a mosaic of brilliant singer-songwriters. For the Spring 2010 series we present three top-notch acts from the UK... enjoy!


    Autumn 2009 Series
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Friday, September 25, 2009
    Lennie Gallant
    Friday, October 23, 2009
    Alex Cuba
    Saturday, November 28, 2009

    Spring 2010 Series
    Martyn Joseph
    Saturday, February 13, 2010
    Kate Rusby
    Friday, March 12, 2010
    Oysterband
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010

    Eliza Gilkyson
    Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8 p.m.
    Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough

    Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.

    Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.

    Eliza Gilkyson

    Eliza Gilkyson a poetically gifted singer-songwriter, and politically minded, has become one of the most respected musicians in roots, folk and Americana circles. This Austin-Texas based Grammy nominated artist has appeared on Austin City Limits and has toured with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Richard Thompson.

    Eliza is the daughter of legendary songwriter Terry Gilkyson whose songs have been covered by Dean Martin and Johnny Cash (Memories Are Made Of This) and wrote such standards as, ‘Green Fields’, ‘Marianne’ and “Bare Necessities’ as in Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’.

    Eliza’s latest recording, Beautiful World... is brilliant, one of her best and features songs that explore an optimism and love for the world despite its violence and darkness. “This may be my most joyful recording yet”, says Eliza. Mixing Americana, jazz, rock and folk styles, the album has a decidedly different feel from Eliza’s last few albums.

    “Lush and passionate...edgy lyrics with piercing imagery” – New York Times

    “Eliza Gilkyson has arrived at the highest echelon of Austin’s songwriting community” – Austin Chronicle


    Lennie Gallant
    Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8 p.m.
    Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough

    Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.

    Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.

    Lennie Gallant

    This prolific Canadian songwriter/performer has released 7 albums, which have won him a host of awards and nominations from both Juno and East Coast Mucis Awards. His 8th. Album, If We Had A Fire will be released late July, 2009 and will be the feature of this Canadian tour. He is also working on a new French album after the success of his last French recording, Le Vente Boheme.

    He has toured all over North America and in Europe with his band, in acoustic settings and with symphony orchestras.

    “Energetic…dynamic….inspirational…a powerhouse of a show!” – The Halifax Herald

    Over 30 artists have recorded his songs internationally, including Jimmy Buffett. “I have always wanted to bring Lennie Gallant’s music to the forefront”, says Jimmy Buffett.

    He was recently inducted into the Order of Canada , where it was said, “Gallant has garnered much respect for his hard hitting songs chronicling the lives of people dealing with tremendous adversity and serious issues...songs like, ‘Peter’s Dream’, ‘Island Clay’, ‘Man of Steel’, and ‘Hope for Next Year’.

    Gallant has written for feature films, theatre, documentaries, and television series. He co-wrote the theme song for the first World Acadian Congress and for Pier 21, Canada’s immigration gateway. Lennie has played many times for Folk Under The Clock and...

    “He’s one of the best songwriters today” – The Performing Songwriter.


    Alex Cuba
    Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 8 p.m.
    Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough

    Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.

    Now on sale: Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.

    Alex Cuba

    Cuban soul rocker and two time Juno Award winner for Best World Music Album, Alex Cuba, hails from Artemsia, Cuba (60 km. from Havana) and resides now in Smithers, British Columbia.

    Alex Cuba won a National Song Writing Competition in Cuba when he was 18, but only recognized his singer/songwriter path upon moving to Canada after years playing bass in traditional Cuban groups alongside Roberto Fonseca and Javier Zalba (now with Buena Vista Social Club), recording three albums and touring Europe.

    Musically he lies everywhere in between; his sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords subvert commonly held notions of what Cuban music is.

    Alex is on the vanguard, crafting a cross cultural sound that mirrors his geographical journey. Not tied to tradition, this Cuban-Canadian prefers his vintage Gibson over... el cencerro (cowbell) anytime!

    His songs have been strongly supported by iTunes, where he has had several # 1 songs on various charts and he recently recorded with Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo) and Nelly Furtado. A new album will be released in October 2009 and this Canadian tour will promote a set of new songs.

    With a heart as big as his retro ’fro, Cuba focuses on what he does best, crafting songs that cut through linguistic and cultural boundaries like a machete through sugarcane... Viva Alex Cuba!


    Martyn Joseph
    Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.
    Market Hall Theatre, 336 George St. Peterborough

    This will be the last concert in the Market Hall until after renovations.

    Tickets: $29 advance, $35 door, students $15 at door only.

    Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org. Also at Titles Bookstore & Moondance - Peterborough.

    Martyn Joseph

    Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other. Shades of Springsteen, Knopfler and Dave Mathews there may be – but he stands in his own right, built on a reputation for giving what thousands have described as the best live music experience of their lives.

    One of acoustic music’s most arresting artists, the Welsh singer songwriter has been in demand on both sides of the Atlantic for over two decades. Martyn’s 25 year career has embraced some notable achievements including 5 Top 50 UK chart positions with songs such as “Working Mother”, “Dolphins Make Me Cry” and “Let’s Talk about It In The Morning,” and appearances and tours with, amongst others, Suzanne Vega, Marc Cohn, Joan Armatrading, Runrig, Clannad, Chris de Burgh, Art Garfunkel, Jools Holland and even Celine Dion and Shirley Bassey. He has won fans everywhere with his uncanny fusion of material – feisty, pulls no punches big issue numbers alongside stripped bare love songs.

    Across a 25-year career, and having released his 30th. album Evolved in October 2008, Martyn’s song catalogue is an awesomely impressive archive of our times. Always charming, sometime alarming, Martyn Jospeph is a unique songwriter who digs deep and delivers an ultimate life affirming message. One of the most unusual and compelling performers you are likely to encounter.

    "Joseph proves that the path to integrity is a celebration not a chore. An artist of enduring worth." – MoJo


    Kate Rusby
    Friday, March 12, 2010 at 8 p.m.
    Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. Peterborough

    Tickets: $35

    Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org.

    Kate Rusby

    Kate Rusby is recognized as England’s preeminent traditional folksinger. The Guardian described her as a “Superstar of the British acoustic scene”. The BBC described her as “The first lady of young folkies” and has handed her four BBC Folk Music Awards. She is also one of the few folk artists to be nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

    Kate is 33 and grew up and still lives in South Yorkshire and toyed with acting before embarking on her well-documented rise to the nearest folk gets to superstar status.

    Music became embedded in her soul as she and her siblings, Joe and Emma, were carted around the folk festivals, where mum and dad, Steve and Ann, would be playing in their ceilidh band or dad would be looking after sound systems.

    Her latest album is Awkward Annie and Helen Brown wrote in the Daily Telegraph: “Listening to Kate Rusby’s lovely new album, it occurred to me that she’s England’s answer to Dolly Parton. Not in terms of the wigs and sequins, but in her quaveringly sincere ability to tell a simple, downhome story in a song and make your heart ache for it”. Dolly Parton... as it happens is one of her greatest musical influences.

    It’s taken many years to book Kate and for her to tour North America... you are in for one rare and special treat!


    Oysterband
    Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.
    Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St. Peterborough

    Tickets: $35

    Showplace Box Office and on-line www.showplace.org.

    Oysterband

    England’s Oysterband recently released, The Oxford Girl & Other Stories, a set of all-new acoustic recordings of 14 classic Oysterband songs to mark their 30th. Anniversary. Great Big Sea often thanks the Oysterband for giving them their hit song, “When I’m up I can’t get Down’.

    Oysterband occupies an unusual position in the world of music, combining folk sensibility and acoustic instruments with rock dynamics and sharp engaged songwriting. The passion and energy of their live performances has become legendary. Starting as an amateur ceilidh band their career has grown exponentially to include festivals and tours in 35 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America.

    They have recorded 13 studio albums and a collaborative project, called The Big Session, which is also the name of the festival they host each year in the U.K.

    John Jones their lead singer has just released a solo album and the bands latest album Meet You There has been widely hailed as their best recording ever, I agree.

    We are thrilled to welcome back Oysterband, after there stunning concert at the Market Hall two years ago. What a way to end this thrilling season!




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