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Ribfest 2025: Smoke, Sauce, and Summer Vibes Take Over Crary Park

Peterborough’s Ribfest returned in 2025 with the kind of smoky, saucy energy that reminded everyone why it’s a summer staple. This year, the festival moved to a new location at Del Crary Park, giving attendees […]

Where the Music Took Over: Gussapalooza 25

It wasn’t Woodstock, but for three days in Cookstown, Ontario, it sure felt like the spirit was alive again. Fields packed with dreamers, guitars slung in every direction, voices carrying across the late-summer air—Gussapolooza 2025 […]

Nicholas Campbell: Peterborough’s Rockabilly Dynamo Is Just Getting Started

At 20 years old, Nicholas Campbell has already earned the buzz of being “the real deal.” Like a young wolf raised in the honky-tonks and record shops of Peterborough, he picked up a guitar at […]

Peterborough Musicfest 2025: Sixteen Nights on the Waterfront

Every summer, Peterborough orchestrates something most cities wouldn’t even dare to dream: sixteen nights of free, world-class music under the stars in their local park. No wristbands, no corporate cash-grabs. Just a community coming together […]

Jeanne Truax: Rockabilly Rebel With a Modern Twist

Jeanne Truax isn’t playing it safe—she’s kicking down the doors of the Kawartha Lakes music scene with a sound that’s equal parts vintage swagger and sharp-edged indie fire. At just 22, the Dunsford-born rocker is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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