Concerts
Joel Plaskett
Mon, Oct 19 at 08:00 PM Market Hall Joel Plaskett has never seemed all that interested in standing still. For more than three decades, the Nova Scotia songwriter has moved like a bright pinball through Canadian music […]
The Concerts
Community
Community
Peterborough Crime: The Numbers, The Noise, And The Feeling On The Street
When the front window at La Mesita Mexican Restaurant on George Street was smashed a few nights ago, it became the kind of small downtown story that says more than the damage report. According to […]
Miss Advice
Miss Advice
Miss Advice: June 2026
Dear Miss Advice,It’s June in Peterborough and I think I’m falling for someone I keep seeing on patios and around downtown. Is this how summer love starts?— Hopeful for No Reason Dear Hopeful,Yes. That’s exactly […]
The Interviews
Interviews
Interview: Alan Doyle
(September 2009) According to their bio; Great Big Sea is a bastard. Forged from the loins of Figgy Duff and Ryan’s Fancy, GBS found its feet on the unforgiving streets of St. John’s, and stood […]
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Music News with Dee Draper
- Irish Millie's New Single - Allison from EP Between Then and Now June 17, 2026
- DevFest June 26-27 June 12, 2026
- New Single For Singer-Songwriter Dee Hernandez With “Used,” June 12, 2026
THEATRE
Theatre
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 […]
Comedy
Comedy
RICO & ROSTRUP: Fill Market Hall (with Song)
Fri, Sep 25 at 07:30 PM Market Hall Rapid’s End Improv presents the infamous Rico & Rostrup, the electrifying, laugh-out-loud improvised musical duo turning audience suggestions into complete comedic gold. Peterborough performers Mark Rostrup and Marc Rico Ludwig […]
Horror Scopes
Horror Scopes
HorrorScopes: June 2026
Aries June arrives and immediately convinces you that impulse is a personality trait. You’ll volunteer for something you don’t fully understand, spend money you don’t fully have, and start an argument you don’t fully remember […]
Indie Spotlight
Spotlight
Jake Dudas Keeps It Honest, One Room at a Time
There are musicians who chase the spotlight, and there are musicians who know what to do once the room gets quiet. Jake Dudas falls into the second camp. A singer, guitarist and performer with roots […]
Local Politics
Politics
City Hall says “Build it and they might come.”
Peterborough is preparing to spend somewhere in the neighbourhood of $170 million on a new downtown Multi-Use Sport and Event Centre, and the sales pitch arrives wrapped in all the usual municipal vocabulary: revitalization, tourism, […]
The Arts
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Dance
Dance
Under The Sea Adventure
Sat, Jun 27 at 11:00 AM Market Hall 7Attitudes School of Arts proudly presents The Story: Under the Sea Adventure. A group of kids turn a day at the community pool into an imaginative underwater journey filled […]
Dining
Dining
Amandala’s: A Love Letter to Excess (with Perfectly Ironed Napkins)
Step into Amandala’s and you’ll feel, immediately, that this is not a place for the casual diner. No, this is where Peterborough comes when it wishes to pretend, however briefly, that it’s Vienna, Paris, or […]
