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Concerts

Concert: In The Key of Blue

Jul 17, 2026 7:30 PM Showplace Performance Centre In the Key of Blue arrives with big dreams, bruised hearts, and the unmistakable ache of Blue Rodeo running through its veins. This new Canadian musical follows Jarod […]

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: 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

Interview: Jim Cuddy

(January 2009) Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy has earned his place in the list of Canada’s musical elite. With one of the genre’s most recognizable voices and song writing styles, he’s been drawing in new listeners […]

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

In The Clubs

This Week at The Black Horse: Jams, Blues, Bingo and a Saturday Night Rock Pour

(June 15-21, 2026) The long-running Crash & Burn Jam with Rick & Gailie kicks things off Monday night, June 15, from 7 to 10 p.m., with Rick & Gailie, JP Hovercraft, Brian Landry and Clifford […]

THEATRE

Tom Thomson’s Wake

Fri, Sep 11 at 07:30 PM Market Hall Two years after renowned painter Tom Thomson’s mysterious death, his friend, his mentor and his lover gather to share their memories of Algonquin Park’s most famous resident. But did […]

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

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

Georgia Rose: Peterborough’s Rising Indie Voice

Georgia Rose shows up like a voice we’ve been waiting for—soft on the edges, sharp in the heart. As a young singer-songwriter from the Peterborough area, she started writing songs in the summer of 2022, […]

Local 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

Edward FuChen Juan: Memory Crimes

Friday, May 1, 2026 to Saturday, June 27, 2026 Artspace The exhibition’s point of departure can be traced to a 2017 New York Times article on the opening of the 228 Memorial Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. […]

Film

ReFrame 2027 Opens the Door for Filmmakers

ReFrame is once again calling for the kind of films that don’t just fill a screen, but rattle around in your head long after the credits roll. Submissions are now open for the 2027 ReFrame […]

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

Shafiq’s Taste of India is a Local Gem with Deep Roots and Bold Flavour

For nearly two decades, Shafiq’s Taste of India has been quietly and confidently serving some of the most soulful Indian food in the Peterborough region. Family-owned and operated since 2005, this unpretentious South End spot […]