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JoEllen Brydon: Elizabeth Thompson Advises
Art

JoEllen Brydon: Elizabeth Thompson Advises

April 18, 2026 – June 14, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough Guest curated by Rhona Wegner Jean Armstrong Brydon was born and raised on a fruit farm in Beamsville, Ontario, but she entered public life […]
New Stages presents Clyde’s
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 […]
BLUES FOR UKRAINE
Concerts

BLUES FOR UKRAINE

Thursday, June 11 • 7:00 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Blues for Ukraine is more than a concert. It’s part eyewitness account, part humanitarian reckoning, and part night of music in service of something […]
Smooth Sailing Because It’s Yacht Rock
Concerts

Smooth Sailing Because It’s Yacht Rock

SATURDAY, MAY 30 • 8:00 PMMarket Hall PAC Set sail on a smooth voyage through the golden era of soft rock with The Yacht Rock Show — the ultimate tribute to the sun-soaked sounds of […]
SOS – The ABBA Experience
Concerts

SOS – The ABBA Experience

May 29, 2026 7:30 PM Showplace Performance Centre The buzz is real — and it’s heading straight for Showplace. SOS – The ABBA Experience isn’t just a concert, it’s an ABBA-charged celebration, the kind of night […]
The Traveling Milburys
Concerts

The Traveling Milburys

Friday, May 29 • 7:30 PM Market Hall Don’t miss this spectacular salute to the supergroup of all supergroups: The Traveling Wilburys—George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan—the five-way collision that […]
Film: No More Silent Battles
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, […]
The Sadies
Concerts

The Sadies

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2026 • 8:00 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Colder Streams sounds like what happens when a great band refuses to rush the important stuff. For The Sadies, deadlines have always mattered […]
Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele
Concerts

Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele

Sunday, May 24 • 8:00 PM Market Hall  Kate Voegele and Tyler Hilton come with the kind of résumés that read like a mid-2000s time capsule—but the point isn’t nostalgia. The point is they never […]