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The Concerts

Foreign Journey A Tribute to Foreigner & Journey

Nov 6, 2026 8:00 PM Showplace Performance Centre Foreign Journey is built for the big-room, fists-in-the-air end of the classic-rock spectrum — the part where melody ruled, choruses landed like weather systems, and nobody was embarrassed […]

Miss Advice

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: Mustang Sally

(August 2009) For years we’ve been featuring an artist on our August cover that will be performing at the Havelock Jamboree. It’s always been our chance to feature some “country music”, a chance we rarely […]

Music News

Irish Millie Steps Out of the Frame With New Release

Irish Millie has spent most of her life being told, in one way or another, that the world works a certain way. Can You See Me? sounds like the moment she finally decided the world […]

Music News with Dee Draper

Songstress TIA McGRAFF Releases, 'In Your Dreams, Jake" October 17, 2026
Multi-Award-Winner, Laura Niquay Releases 3rd Album 'Nir Wactenama' October 17, 2026
Bloodshots 'SCREAM' Goes Screamin Across Canada Tour 2026 October 11, 2026

Major Rotation

Ontario’s Music Festivals Are Fighting for More Than an Audience

For decades, the outdoor music festival was one of the simplest promises in entertainment: put a few good bands in a field, sell some tickets, bring in food and beer, and let the crowd make […]

In The Clubs

This week at the Blackhorse: Keith Guy Band, Bob Butcher, Jazzy Thursdays and more!

The Black Horse has another full week of live music lined up, starting Monday with Crash & Burn Jam. Rick & Gailie, JP Hovercraft and Clifford Maynes keep Peterborough’s longest-running jam session rolling from 7–10 […]

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes October 2026

ARIES (March 21 – April 19) October brings out your competitive side, which would be wonderful if you weren’t competing with people who don’t know there’s a contest. A minor disagreement will escalate into a […]

Indie Spotlight

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 […]

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, […]

Dining

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. […]

Promising Peterborough Nothing Since 1989

The Concerts

Foreign Journey A Tribute to Foreigner & Journey

Miss Advice

Miss Advice

The Interviews

Interview: Mustang Sally

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Music News

Irish Millie Steps Out of the Frame With New Release

Music News with Dee Draper

Major Rotation

Ontario’s Music Festivals Are Fighting for More Than an Audience

In The Clubs

This week at the Blackhorse: Keith Guy Band, Bob Butcher, Jazzy Thursdays and more!

Horror Scopes

HorrorScopes October 2026

Indie Spotlight

Carling Stephen: The Soul of a Thursday Night

Local Politics

City Hall says “Build it and they might come.”

Dining

Village of Thai: A Humble Gem in the Heart of Peterborough

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