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Peterborough Folk Festival 2025: Where the Banjo Meets the Back Alley

Peterborough doesn’t usually make the national music radar. It’s a small city with a big river, too many Tim Hortons, and a reputation for being just a little too… But every August, the Peterborough Folk […]

The Dreamboats Shake, Rattle and Roll into Musicfest

Wed August 19 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Del Crary Park The Dreamboats are not here to reinvent rock and roll. Good. Nobody asked them to. The Canadian quartet comes to Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday, August […]

Crystal Faith Brings the Big Hair and Bigger Choruses

Sat August 15 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Del Crary Park The tribute to Styx and Bon Jovi comes to Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday, August 15, bringing together two songbooks built for raised fists, loud choruses, […]

Carling Stephen: The Soul of a Thursday Night

On a quiet Thursday in downtown Peterborough, you can hear it before you see it—the low hum of conversation, the clink of pint glasses, and then that unmistakable voice. Inside The Black Horse Pub, Carling […]

Trans-Canada Highwaymen Bring the National Road Show to Musicfest

Wed August 12 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Del Crary Park It has the feel of a country-wide joyride — guitars in the trunk, old hits on the dash, and enough road-worn Canadian swagger to make […]

Hell’s Bells at Bonnerworth: A Savage Journey into Pickleball Politics in the Electric Heart of Peterborough

We were halfway through McDonnel Street when the tremors began — not from within, but from the earth itself. The rumble of municipal machinery, the unholy clank of backhoes defiling green space, all in the […]

Burning Bridges: Peterborough’s Hard Rock Firebrand Lighting Up the Scene

There’s a grit in the air when Burning Bridges takes the stage—like the afterburn of a drag strip flare-up or the crackle of feedback just before ignition. Born out of a cramped rehearsal loft in […]

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. […]

Crash Test Dummies Bring the Baritone and the Beautiful Weirdness

Wed August 5 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Del Crary Park Crash Test Dummies never sounded like anybody else, which is probably why they still matter. They arrived with that unmistakable baritone, those off-centre stories, and […]

Wild Irish Geese

August 4 – 29. Previews: August 4, 5 Opening Night: Thursday, August 6 Tuesday to Saturday at 6 pm With an added Monday performance on August 24th Wild Irish Geese returns to the 4th Line […]

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