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The Concerts

Concert: Rumours A Detention Club Special

Saturday, October 17, 2026 8:00PM-10:00PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre This isn’t some by-the-numbers tribute gig. It’s Detention taking on Fleetwood Mac — specifically Rumours, that gloriously bruised, impossibly polished monument to love, betrayal, and […]

Community

Robert Winslow: The Man Who Put Local History on Stage

Robert Winslow didn’t just build a theatre company. He taught this region how to look at itself. The founder of 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook died unexpectedly on Saturday, September 12, after taking part in […]

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: Bruce Cockburn

(March 2009) In the 20 years I’ve spent interviewing musicians, there have only been a handful that I’ve been truly excited to get; Gene Simmons, Mr. Dress-Up and Bruce Cockburn. Having first discovered his music […]

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

INTERVIEW CRYSTAL SHAWANDA SEPT 2026 September 24, 2026
Juno Awarded Crystal Shawanda Lakefield Sept 27 September 23, 2026
Artist Dee Hernandez Deshecha "Undone" September 19, 2026
TRIUMPH HITS THE ROAD AGAIN IN 2026 THE ROCK & ROLL MACHINE RELOADED TOUR with April Wine September 18, 2026
Southeast Ireland's TULUA New Single and Canadian Tour September 18, 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

September at The Crook & Coffer: Trivia, Tunes, Comedy and a Whole Lot of Live Music

September is shaping up to be a busy one at The Crook & Coffer Pub, with the calendar packed with live music, trivia, comedy, karaoke and open-stage nights all month long. Things kick off Tuesday, […]

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

SJ Riley Is the Comeback Kid of Canadian Indie Pop — and She’s Just Getting Started

You can feel it from the first chord — SJ Riley doesn’t write songs so much as she peels them off her skin. Her voice is both polished and raw, hopeful and haunted, a paradox […]

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

42nd Annual KAST Selections Exhibition

July 11, 2026 – October 4, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough Our region is rich with talented artists practicing across a range of styles and mediums. From Stoney Lake to Keene, the annual Kawartha Autumn […]

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. […]