The Wire Megazine – Promising Peterborough Nothing Since 1989

The Concerts

Joel Plaskett

Mon, Oct 19 at 08:00 PM Market Hall Joel Plaskett has never seemed all that interested in standing still. For more than three decades, the Nova Scotia songwriter has moved like a bright pinball through Canadian music […]

Community

Peterborough Artists, There’s Money on the Table — EC3’s 2026 Grant Program Is Open

Making art is one thing. Paying for it is another. For Peterborough artists with a project rattling around in their heads — a record, a show, an installation, a performance, something strange nobody has quite […]

Miss Advice

Miss Advice: September 2026

September is when everyone returns from summer pretending they’ve changed. New routines, fresh goals, cleaner calendars. Give it three weeks. By October you’ll be eating crackers over the sink and avoiding someone you slept with […]

The Interviews

Interview: Bazil Donovan

(December 2018) The year was 1984 and Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor and Bob Wiseman decided to put together a band and call it Blue Rodeo. Joined by bassist Bazil Donovan and Cleave Anderson on the […]

Music News

Irish Millie Steps Out of the Frame With New Release

Irish Millie has spent most of her life being told, in one way or another, that the world works a certain way. Can You See Me? sounds like the moment she finally decided the world […]

Music News with Dee Draper

Peterborough's Irish Millie Releases New Album 'Can You See Me?' Featuring Single "Boy At My Funeral" September 8, 2026
SUSAN AGLUKARK New Single "For You" & Concerts. September 3, 2026
"Raise My Fist" by Shy-Anne Hovorka August 31, 2026
ASTRA-Indo-Canadian Rocker - Reclaims Her Power From Abuse on Fearless Single "IDGAF" August 31, 2026
Triumph Rock & Roll Machine Reloaded 2026 Tour 2nd Leg August 25, 2026

Major Rotation

Ontario’s Music Festivals Are Fighting for More Than an Audience

For decades, the outdoor music festival was one of the simplest promises in entertainment: put a few good bands in a field, sell some tickets, bring in food and beer, and let the crowd make […]

In The Clubs

Four Local Voices Take Over the Porch & Pint

Porch & Pint Pub Sunday, September 27, 2pm-5:30 The Porch & Pint Pub is leaning into what it does best on Sunday, September 27: a relaxed neighbourhood setting, a pint within reach, and live music […]

Comedy

RICO & ROSTRUP: Fill Market Hall (with Song)

Fri, Sep 25 at 07:30 PM Market Hall Rapid’s End Improv presents the infamous Rico & Rostrup, the electrifying, laugh-out-loud improvised musical duo turning audience suggestions into complete comedic gold. Peterborough performers Mark Rostrup and Marc Rico Ludwig […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: September 2026

ARIESSeptember gives you motivation, ambition and absolutely no patience for anyone moving slower than you. Unfortunately, that’s everyone. You’ll start the month determined to improve your life and end it threatening to improve somebody else’s […]

Indie Spotlight

Georgia Rose: Peterborough’s Rising Indie Voice

Georgia Rose shows up like a voice we’ve been waiting for—soft on the edges, sharp in the heart. As a young singer-songwriter from the Peterborough area, she started writing songs in the summer of 2022, […]

Local Politics

City Hall says “Build it and they might come.”

Peterborough is preparing to spend somewhere in the neighbourhood of $170 million on a new downtown Multi-Use Sport and Event Centre, and the sales pitch arrives wrapped in all the usual municipal vocabulary: revitalization, tourism, […]

The Arts

Lyn Carter: The Pinks

July 11, 2026 – October 4, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough The Pinks is an immersive animation and sound installation that presents six quirky, relatable and yet non-human creatures. Varying in running time, the animation sequences […]

THEATRE

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

September 18-19, 08:00 PM & Sunday 20, 2:30 PMMarket Hall Performing Arts Centre Hollo Circus Productions invites you to an evening of unparalleled artistry with East of the Sun, West of the Moon. This immersive, narrative circus production […]

Dining

Amandala’s: A Love Letter to Excess (with Perfectly Ironed Napkins)

Step into Amandala’s and you’ll feel, immediately, that this is not a place for the casual diner. No, this is where Peterborough comes when it wishes to pretend, however briefly, that it’s Vienna, Paris, or […]