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The Concerts

The Last Waltz – A Musical Celebration 50 Years of The Band

Oct 9, 2026 8:00 PM Showplace Performance Centre Fifty years later, the music still feels like a handshake and a gut-punch at the same time — and that’s exactly what The Last Waltz: A Musical Celebration […]

The Interviews

Interview: Paul Brandt

(January 2019) Every young musician dreams of being discovered, signed by an American label, and becoming an overnight sensation. The adult dream is to sustain that success and do something meaningful with it. Paul Brandt […]

Community

Trent Radio’s Fundrai$io Is Back, Because Community Radio Doesn’t Keep Itself Alive

This April, Trent Radio launches the third year of Fundrai$io — its week-long, slightly cheeky, entirely necessary fundraiser celebrating the scrappy miracle of community radio. Running Sunday, April 12 through Saturday, April 18, the annual […]

Music News with Dee Draper

37th Album for Ken Whiteley, Canadian Folk Legend. March 7, 2026
Brettyn Rose Releases Single-'Leavin On My Lips' & Debut EP, 'The Wild West' March 5, 2026
Olivia Penalva's Distance Makes A Love Story. February 19, 2026
MARSHALL DANE's NEW SINGLE 'SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE' February 19, 2026
New Single & Album Announcement for Juno Nominated Artists Desiree Dorion & Burnstick. February 17, 2026

In The Clubs

The Black Horse This Week….

The Black Horse is running a full seven-day relay this week — the kind of lineup that turns your calendar into a coaster and your voice into a scratchy souvenir. It starts Monday, March 16 […]

THEATRE

Paul and Linda Plan a Threesome

Saturday, May 2 • 7:00 PM & Sunday, May 3 • 2:00 PM The Historic Market Hall A couple with their lives neatly sorted—successful, serious, and quietly bored—decide it’s time to “spice things up.” And […]

Comedy

Wes Barker: Mostly Magic, Mostly Mayhem

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 • 8:00 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre In MOSTLY MAGIC, Wes Barker doesn’t just blur the line between genius and absolute chaos—he sprints across it, waving sparklers and laughing like a […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: March 2026

Aries March tempts you with “fresh starts,” and you sprint toward them like a motivational poster with anger issues. You’ll announce a bold new plan mid-month — fitness, finances, relationships, something dramatic — and abandon […]

Local Politics

CITY: Towers First, Questions Later

City Hall this week spent a fair bit of time talking about height — specifically how high Peterborough might soon reach into the sky — while a few of the city’s more stubborn problems sat […]

The Arts

Lithic Life

January 17, 2026 – March 29, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough Lithic Life is a mid-career survey of Cole Swanson’s long-running fascination with geology as both subject and source. The exhibition traces two decades of […]

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, […]

Dance

The Restless Choreographer Who Rewrote the Rules of Dance Cinema

Friday March 27, 7pmArt Gallery of Peterborough Laura Taler didn’t just cross borders—she obliterated them entirely. From the dance studios of Romania to the experimental film circuits of Canada, this boundary-smashing artist has spent three […]

Dining

Village of Thai: A Humble Gem in the Heart of Peterborough

241 George St N, Peterborough If you find yourself drifting through downtown Peterborough on a quiet evening—maybe after a walk by the river or browsing the quirky shops on George Street—you might miss it entirely. […]

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