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 with the Crash & Burn Jam (7:00–10:00 PM), hosted by Rick & Gailie, alongside JP Hovercraft, Brian Landry, and Clifford Maynes—Peterborough’s favourite long-running Monday night ritual, now 20 years and counting. If you’ve ever wanted to wander in, grab a drink, and watch a room turn into a living jukebox in real time, this is the one. You don’t “attend” this jam so much as you get absorbed by it.
Then Tuesday, March 17 kicks the doors wide open for Saint Patrick’s Day at The Horse (all day). The festivities fire up at noon with Washboard Hank, roll into the afternoon with The Rocky Islanders at 4:00 PM, and then hand the night over to Awntari to keep the party upright long after good decisions have called it a day. It’s the full Irish-day arc: from daytime bounce to evening roar.
By Wednesday, March 18, it’s time to test your musical reflexes with Music Bingo (7:00–9:00 PM)—same bingo energy, different addiction. Instead of numbers, you’re hunting down songs you actually know, with each round jumping genres like it’s flipping radio stations in a car with five friends and one argument.
Thursday, March 19 brings the cool-down that still swings: Jazz & Blues Night (7:00–10:30 PM) with Carling Stephen and Rob Phillips fronting the band. Expect that sweet spot where the room gets quiet enough to listen, but never so quiet you can’t grin at a particularly nasty lick.
Friday, March 20 is pure release valve: Pop Machine (7:00–10:00 PM) serving pop, rock, soul, and disco from the 60s, 70s, and 80s—the kind of set that turns strangers into backup singers by the second chorus, whether they planned on it or not.
And then Saturday, March 21 is basically two separate nights with a costume change in between. Early, you get Ky Anto (5:00–8:00 PM)—a Canadian-born singer-songwriter bringing an acoustic show steeped in late-60s/early-70s storytelling and that “Cosmic American Music” blend of folk, country, and blues. Tales from the road, songs with dust on them, and the feeling that you’ve stepped into a time machine that smells faintly like an old record sleeve. Later, the amps go up for High Waters Band (9:00 PM–12:00 AM)—Peterborough classic rock designed to get you moving, mixing old and new into their “half aged whiskey / half fresh groove” cocktail. Dancing encouraged. Dignity optional.
Finally, Sunday, March 22 softens the landing with Hannah Green & Darcy Scott (4:00–5:00 PM)—an afternoon set built for people who like their songs atmospheric and their feelings properly tuned. Hannah Green’s folk/indie/ambient blend sets the mood, and Darcy Scott (Newfoundland’s East Coast) brings acoustic indie folk that feels like a good story told close to the mic.
One venue, one week, a whole menu: jams, jigs, bingo, blues, disco, cosmic Americana, classic rock, and a Sunday reset. The Black Horse is basically daring you to pick just one night.