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The Concerts

Relive the Music 50’s 60’s 70’s SHOW

Sep 30, 2026 7:00 PM Showplace Performance Centre Relive the Music has always trafficked in pure crowd-pleasing excess, but now the show has kicked the doors even wider open. What began as a hit-packed ride through […]

Community

Spotlight on Local Black Artists Directory

(08/20/25) EC3 is continuing to put a brighter spotlight on Peterborough’s Black arts community, expanding its Spotlight on Local Black Artists Directory with a fresh round of artist profiles. The ongoing project from the Electric […]

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: Mustang Sally

(August 2009) For years we’ve been featuring an artist on our August cover that will be performing at the Havelock Jamboree. It’s always been our chance to feature some “country music”, a chance we rarely […]

Music News with Dee Draper

Author, Teresa Aker, Released Signed, Sealed, Betrayed: An Alexandra Sinclair Series August 2026 August 23, 2026
3rd Album for Olivia Penalva, 'Exit Wounds' August 28, 2026 August 21, 2026
Dee Hernandez' NEW Single I Want To Fall In Love August 3, 2026
Sound Track of the 80-90s-Legends Guns and Roses Back in TORONTO Aug 5 2026 July 30, 2026
Sophmore Album, GET READY for Secondhand Dreamcar, Juno and Canadian Blues Music Award Nominees. July 29, 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: Mike Audet, Emily Burgess and more

(July 17-23, 2026) Crash & Burn Jam w/ Rick & GailieMonday, August 17 | 7–10 p.m. Twenty years and counting. Rick & Gailie, JP Hovercraft, Brian Landry and Clifford Maynes keep Peterborough’s longest-running Monday night […]

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: 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

Dylan Ireland: Folk-Rock’s Reluctant Rockstar

It’s rare to come across a local musician who writes “Peterborough” into their music and makes you feel it, but Dylan Ireland does just that—and it lands. His story starts in Express & Company, a […]

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

Tom Thomson’s Wake

Fri, Sep 11 at 07:30 PM Market Hall Two years after renowned painter Tom Thomson’s mysterious death, his friend, his mentor and his lover gather to share their memories of Algonquin Park’s most famous resident. But did […]

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 […]