ABBEY ROAD ON THE RIVER

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ABBEY ROAD ON THE RIVER (AROTR) is a 5-Day, Multi-Stage Live Music & Art Festival honoring the music, love & spirit of John, Paul, George & Ringo. The festival, which has been called "The biggest event of its kind in North America", was first held in Cleveland, OH in 2002 at the Nautica Pavilion & Entertainment Complex, then moved to it's new home at the Kentucky Center & Belvedere Festival Park in Louisville, KY in 2005. In 2007, AROTR expanded to include shows in Scranton, PA & Belleville, Ontario, Canada. This page features some of the photos & memories from all of Peter's appearances as a solo performer, and with The TRAVELING BEATLEBURYS, at all of these Fab festivals.
Also on this page are photos from the 2 BENTON GEORGE HARRISON BEATLE FESTS (BGHBF) that Peter has performed at in Benton, IL.

August 9-11, 2002 - Cleveland, OH @ the Nautica Pavillion & Entertainment Complex
- Peter performed solo for 3 shows and also performed "Goodbye George" with the Canadian band All You Need Is Love for the "Tribute To George Harrison", which featured George's sister Louise and over 75 musicians.
- photo of Peter & Louise (c) 2002 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

August 6-9, 2004 - Cleveland, OH @ Cleveland Public Hall & Mall "B"
Peter performed 6 solo shows, 4 shows w/ Two Of Us & 3 shows w/ Liverpudlian & Fab motivational speaker, John MacCarfrae, including 1 show at Cleveland Public Hall, on the same stage that The Beatles played in 1965. In May, Peter performed solo @ the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. 
- photo of Peter, Gary Lee & John MacCarfrae  (c) 2004 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

May 26-28, 2006 - Louisville, KY @ the Galt House & Belvedere Festival Park
- Peter performed 3 solo shows & 2 shows with Two Of Us. 2 of these shows were with Phil Berube on bass guitar & vocals & John from the Bootlegs, resulting the in 1st Traveling Beatleburys performance. Peter & Two Of Us also performed "Handle With Care" in the "Concert For George" @ the Bombard Theatre. Also appearing at this years show were guest speakers Pete Best (The Beatles original drummer) & Alan Williams (The Beatle 1st manaager).
- photo of the Traveling Beatleburys (c) 2006 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

June 2, 2007 - Scranton, PA @ the Scranton Cutural Center
- Peter performed 1 solo set, 1 set w/ Sam Pellegrino & Gary Quinn & 1 set with the Traveling Beatleburys. Performing w/ the Beatleburys were John from the Bootlegs on drums & Dave from Abbey Road Live! on bass guitar.
- photo of the Beatleburys & Gary Quinn (c) 2007 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

Sept. 6-7, 2007 - Benton, IL @ the Hard Day's Night B&B & Benton Town Square

- Peter performed w/ 2 of the original Four Vests, Gabe McCarty & George Warren, who performed w/ George Harrison during his 2 week stay w/ his sister Louise in Benton in Sept. 1963. Peter also performed 3 times w/ Rex Van Zant (Dark Horse the Tribute) on the front porch of the Hard Day's Night B&B.
- photo of Peter w/ Gabe McCarty & George Warren (c) 2007 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

August 1-3, 2008 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada @ the Empire Square & Empire Theatre
- Peter performed 2 shows w/ the Traveling Beatleburys, and sang "Piggies" during All You Need Is Love's performance of the entire "White Album". The Beatleburys were also joined by Mark Rashotte & members of the Cryers for 3 songs during the "Summer Of Love" set. All of the Beatleburys took part in all of the grand finales & after hours jam sessions. Also on the bill was Terry Sylvester performing w/ the Cryers.
- photo of the after hours wrap party (c) 2008 by Andy Forgie. All rights reserved.

August 8-10, 2003 - Cleveland, OH @ the Nauttica Pavillion & Entertainment Complex.
Peter performed 2 shows with Ira Krime on drums & vocals and Michael Ravage on bass guitar & vocals. In addition to these 2 shows, Peter was one of the 5 finalists in the "We Hope We Passed The Audition" contest, which was won by Sam Pellegringo & Ken Vold (aka: Two Of Us & future Beatleburys). Also appearing as guest speakers at this years show were Louise Harrison & Sam Leach (The Beatles 1st promoter in Liverpool)
- photo of Peter, Ira & Michael (c) 2003 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

May 27-29, 2005 - Louisville, KY @ the Galt House & Belvedere Festival Park
- Peter performed 3 solo shows & 2 shows with Two of Us. Also appearing at this years fest were The Smithereens & guest speaker Louise Harrison. Earlier in May, Peter performed @ the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England with John Macarfrae.
- photo of Peter & Two Of Us (c) 2005 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved. 

May 24-28, 2007 - Louisville, KY @ the Galt House, Belvedere Festival Park & Ali Center
- Peter performed 3 solo shows, 3 shows w/ Kevin Ashba on keyboards & vocals & 5 shows w/ the Traveling Beatleburys. Also appearing at this years show was Denny Laine (from Paul McCartney's Wings & Moody Blues) performing with the Cryers. 
- photo of The Traveling Beatleburys (left to right: Phil Berube, Kevin Ashba, Sam Pellegrino, Peter Conrad, Kenny Vold & Barry Katz), (c) 2007 by Andrea Royce.  All rights reserved.

June 15-16, 2007 - Belleville, Ontario, Canada @ the Empire Square & Empire Theatre
- Peter performed 2 solo sets & performed in the grand finales each night. Also on the bill was the Pete Best Band & the hosts of the festival, All You Need Is Love.
- photo of Peter & Pete Best (c) 2007 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

May 22-26, 2008 - Louisville, KY @ the Galt House & Belvedere Festival Park
- Peter performed 5 shows w/ The Traveling Beatleburys, including the "Concert For George" which also featured Jimmy Pou, Gavin Pring & Itchycoo Park (from Scotland). Also performing at this years fest were The Pete Best Band & Terry Sylvester (from The Hollies & the Swingin' Blue Jeans), performing with The Cryers.
- photo of the Beatleburys w/  Gavin Pring, Jimmy Pou & Itchycoo Park (c) 2008 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

October 4, 2008 - Benton, IL @ the Benton HS Gym & Hard Day's Night B&B
- Peter performed 2 solo sets @ the Hard Day's Night B&B and perfomed a solo set & w/ AfterBeat for the 2nd Benton George Harrison Beatle Fest. Also on the bill was the Pete Best Band.
- photo of Peter w/ AfterBeat (c) 2008 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved.

November 7, 2008 - Louisville, KY @ the Executive Inn
- Peter performed 2 solo sets & sat in w/ the Steve Sizemore Group on 3 songs for the 1st AROTR Fall Benefit for the St. Joseph's Children's Home. Also performing on the bill were Abbey Road Live!, The Vinyl Kings, Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes & the Johnny Doughnut Experience.
- photo of Peter playing electric site (c) 2008 by Judy Conrad. All rights reserved

May 21-24, 2009 - Louisville, KY @ the Galt House & Belvedere Festival Park
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Thurs. May 21 - @ 9pm The Traveling Beatleburys performed on the Fountain stage. @ 10pm Peter sang "Revolution" & "Helter Skelter" w/ the Steve Sizemore Group on the Fountain stage.
Fri. May 22 - From 5am - 8am, Peter & Sam performed & were interviewed for 2 Louisville TV stations (Fox 41 & WHAS 11). @ 3pm, The Beatleburys performed in the Archibald Room for the "Concert For George - The Solo Years" & @ 3:30pm, Peter performed w/ the Cryers in the recreation of the
"Concert For Bangla Desh".
Sat. May 23 - @ 1:30pm, the Beatleburys backed up Alan Vaughn on the River stage. @ 2:30pm, The Traveling Beatleburys performed on the River Stage. @ 8pm, Peter performed a solo set in the Daisy Room w/ a little help from some Beatleburys & Gary Quinn
Sun. May 24 - From 12-2pm, Peter was one of the judges for AROTR's "Singing Contest" @ the Cove stage. At the same time, the Beatleburys (minus Peter) backed up Alan Vaughn on the Main stage. @ 2pm The Traveling Beatleburys performed on the River stage & @ 6pm, Peter performed solo in the Daisy room (again w/ help from some Beatleburys). @ midnight, Peter, Kevin & Bruce played "Handle With Care" & "You May Be Right" in the Archibald Room during Hal Bruce's Midnight Jam. Kevin played keyboards for the entire jam, and everybody was on stage for the "Hey Jude" finale.

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