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The Concerts

Basia Bulat – 2026 Solo Tour

Friday, November 20, 2026 • 8:00 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Basia Bulat has built her reputation on a rare combination of intimacy and reach — a Montreal singer-songwriter whose music draws from folk, […]

Miss Advice

Dear Miss Advice,It’s June in Peterborough and I think I’m falling for someone I keep seeing on patios and around downtown. Is this how summer love starts?— Hopeful for No Reason Dear Hopeful,Yes. That’s exactly […]

The Interviews

Interview: Jimmy Bowskill

(March 2018) The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock and roll band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Formed in 2006, they released their first CD in 2007. By 2011, they became the first unsigned band to ever make […]

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

Songstress TIA McGRAFF Releases, 'In Your Dreams, Jake" October 17, 2026
Multi-Award-Winner, Laura Niquay Releases 3rd Album 'Nir Wactenama' October 17, 2026
Bloodshots 'SCREAM' Goes Screamin Across Canada Tour 2026 October 11, 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

This Week at The Black Horse: Joslynn Burford, Perrin McDonald & more

(Aug 31- Sept 6, 2026) MONDAY, AUGUST 31 | 7–10 PM🔥 Crash & Burn Jam w/ Rick & GailieRick & Gailie, JP Hovercraft and Clifford Maynes host Peterborough’s favourite and longest-running jam session — 20 […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: August 2026

Aries August hits you with the realization that summer is almost over and you’ve accomplished exactly half the things you loudly announced back in May. Naturally, your solution is to cram three months of poor […]

Indie Spotlight

Nicholas Campbell: Peterborough’s Rockabilly Dynamo Is Just Getting Started

At 20 years old, Nicholas Campbell has already earned the buzz of being “the real deal.” Like a young wolf raised in the honky-tonks and record shops of Peterborough, he picked up a guitar at […]

Local Politics

PETERBOROUGH VOTED. WELL, 40% OF IT DID

New mayor. New faces. Same old problems. Welcome to City Hall, Class of 2026. Peterborough has spoken. Or at least the 40.27% who could be bothered to vote have. The other 59.73% apparently decided that […]

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 […]

Promising Peterborough Nothing Since 1989

The Concerts

Basia Bulat – 2026 Solo Tour

Miss Advice

Miss Advice

The Interviews

Interview: Jimmy Bowskill

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Music News

Irish Millie Steps Out of the Frame With New Release

Music News with Dee Draper

Major Rotation

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

In The Clubs

This Week at The Black Horse: Joslynn Burford, Perrin McDonald & more

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: August 2026

Indie Spotlight

Nicholas Campbell: Peterborough’s Rockabilly Dynamo Is Just Getting Started

Local Politics

PETERBOROUGH VOTED. WELL, 40% OF IT DID

Dining

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

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