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The Concerts

Tommy Youngsteen Brings CCR to Market Hall

Saturday, May 9 • 8:00 PM The Historic Market Hall For the first time ever, Market Hall is about to get a swamp-rock baptism courtesy of Toronto’s own rock ’n’ roll supergroup, Tommy Youngsteen. This […]

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

In The Clubs

The Black Horse This Week….

The Black Horse is running a full seven-day relay this week — the kind of lineup that turns your calendar into a coaster and your voice into a scratchy souvenir. It starts Monday, March 16 […]

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

Women Fully Clothed

Apr 23, 2026 7:30 PM Showplace Performance Centre After selling out theatres in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Edinburgh, and a whole trail of lucky towns in between, Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hairspray, Dawn […]

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

Joslynn Burford: The Soul Voice of Peterborough

Every town has a voice that sneaks up on you. In Peterborough, it’s Joslynn Burford. She doesn’t shout for attention—she doesn’t have to. With a voice that cuts warm and true, Joslynn has become one […]

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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