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The Concerts

The Celtic Kitchen Party

Wednesday, March 18 • 8:00 PM Market Hall If St. Patrick’s Day is the warm-up, The Celtic Kitchen Party is the aftershock. Born from the rowdy, music-soaked tradition of Celtic kitchen gatherings — the kind […]

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 […]

Community

St Patrick’s Day: Green Beer and Some Bad Decisions

St. Patrick’s Day in Peterborough arrives the way these things always do — not as a polite cultural observance, but as a green-flecked civic spell, a licensed excuse for daytime drinking, loud guitars, and the […]

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

THEATRE

The Kid from Simcoe Street: A Peterborough Story Comes Home

JUNE 4 – 7 Market Hall Performing Arts Centre The Kid from Simcoe Street arrives onstage as a theatrical fundraiser for Trent Valley Archives—an intimate, deeply human portrait of one boy’s life growing up in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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