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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 […]

Community

City Survey: Help shape Peterborough’s Cultural Future

The City of Peterborough is in the middle of shaping a new Municipal Cultural Plan — a document that will help decide where the city puts its money, attention, and long-term energy when it comes […]

Miss Advice

Miss Advice… Any Questions?

Dear Miss Advice,It’s April in Peterborough and I made the mistake of putting my winter coat away. Now I’m cold, damp, and furious. Was that naive?— Seasonally Betrayed in the North End Dear Betrayed,Yes. Deeply […]

The Interviews

Interview: Mudmen

(January 2018) Celtic rockers Mudmen return to Peterborough this month. The band has a long and distinguished career, having met Queen Elizabeth and “King” Gretzky. Their music has been featured in video games, on TV […]

Music News with Dee Draper

Desiree Dorion Releases 8th Studio Album "Pieces of Me" May 1, 2026
Brettyn Rose debut EP, The Wild West, Releases Friday, May 8 2026. April 30, 2026
Olivia Penalva New Single “Code Blue” - May 1 2026 April 30, 2026
Atlantic Canadian Latin Jazz Artist Dee Hernandez Shares New Single “Odumile,” A Powerful First Glimpse Into Her Debut Album. April 23, 2026
Atlantic Canadian artist, Heather Feather is Redefining Children's Music. April 17, 2026

In The Clubs

This week at The Blackhorse

The Black Horse keeps the weekly ritual alive with another seven-day run of music, mischief, and dependable downtown charm. Monday, May 4 brings back Crash & Burn Jam with Rick & Gailie, still rolling after […]

THEATRE

Schoolhouse

June 30 – July 25. Previews: June 30, July 1Opening Night: Thursday, July 2 Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pmWith an added Monday performance on July 20th4th Line Theatre Schoolhouse arrives with the dust of […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes: May 2026

Aries You start May like a rocket and burn out like a cheap firework. The energy is there, the follow-through… less so. You’ll jump into something new — idea, plan, conflict — and commit hard […]

Indie Spotlight

Caitlin O’Connor

In Peterborough, where the local music scene survives on hustle, chemistry, and whoever’s still standing by the second set, Caitlin O’Connor has carved out a place by doing the work. She fronts The Detention Club, […]

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

Edward FuChen Juan: Memory Crimes

Friday, May 1, 2026 to Saturday, June 27, 2026 Artspace The exhibition’s point of departure can be traced to a 2017 New York Times article on the opening of the 228 Memorial Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. […]

Film

Film: No More Silent Battles

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Doors open at 6:00 pm and screening begins at 6:30 pm Bryan Jones Theatre, Lakefield College School Canada’s dementia-care crisis — one of those slow-motion disasters too often buried under paperwork, […]

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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