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The Concerts

Tribute To the Music of Elvis

Oct 2, 2026 8:00 PM Showplace Performance Centre Blue Suede is a high-octane 10-piece band that pays tribute to the music of Elvis Presley – not with costumes or gimmicks, but with heart, musicianship, and an […]

The Interviews

Interview: Bazil Donovan

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 drums, they […]

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 HIP EXPERIENCE

Friday, November 6 • 8:00 PM Market Hall The Hip Experience was formed with a single, daunting mission: to do justice to The Tragically Hip, a band that, in this country, occupies the space somewhere […]

THEATRE

New Stages presents Clyde’s

Sunday, June 14 • 7:00 PM Historic Market Hall From the Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright behind Sweat, Clyde’s is a sharp, funny, unexpectedly tender comedy set inside a truck-stop sandwich shop—one of those fluorescent-lit corners of […]

Comedy

Canine Circus Presents: Dogs Do Magic

Sunday, April 12 • 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM Market Hall Aaron Matthews isn’t just bringing a magic show to town—he’s rolling in with the kind of all-ages spectacle that feels part vaudeville throwback, part […]

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

Ian Kurz — The Many Faces of Rock ’n’ Roll

Ian Kurz isn’t just playing music—he’s living inside it. Whether he’s strapping on a guitar to channel Paul Stanley in Destroyer: Canada’s KISS Tribute, hammering out high-energy covers with M.I.A. (Misfits in Action), or stepping […]

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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