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The Concerts

Victoria Yeh’s Timeless

Friday, October 16 • 7:30 PM Market Hall Performing Arts Centre Victoria Yeh’s Timeless promises a musical detour from the expected — a show built around the violin, yes, but not the polite, museum-piece version […]

Community

Robert Winslow: The Man Who Put Local History on Stage

Robert Winslow didn’t just build a theatre company. He taught this region how to look at itself. The founder of 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook died unexpectedly on Saturday, September 12, after taking part in […]

Miss Advice

Miss Advice: September 2026

September is when everyone returns from summer pretending they’ve changed. New routines, fresh goals, cleaner calendars. Give it three weeks. By October you’ll be eating crackers over the sink and avoiding someone you slept with […]

The Interviews

Interview: George Olliver

(SEPTEMBER 2008) “The Blue-Eyed Prince of Soul” George Olliver rolls into Peterborough this month, making a return appearance at the Dobro. George’s career has spanned a few decades making a name for himself across the […]

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

Artist Dee Hernandez Deshecha "Undone" September 19, 2026
TRIUMPH HITS THE ROAD AGAIN IN 2026 THE ROCK & ROLL MACHINE RELOADED TOUR with April Wine September 18, 2026
Southeast Ireland's TULUA New Single and Canadian Tour September 18, 2026
Chloe Sofia New Single 'Girl on the Internet September 18, 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

Irish Millie & Georgia Rose Bring Two Rising Voices to The Honky Tonk Angel

Saturday, October 3 at 7 p.m. The Honky Tonk Angel, 6725 Hwy. 7, Springdale Irish Millie and Georgia Rose bring two of the Peterborough area’s rising young voices together at The Honky Tonk Angel in […]

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: September 2026

ARIESSeptember gives you motivation, ambition and absolutely no patience for anyone moving slower than you. Unfortunately, that’s everyone. You’ll start the month determined to improve your life and end it threatening to improve somebody else’s […]

Indie Spotlight

Irish Millie: Tradition on Fire

When you listen to Irish Millie, you hear tradition with a jolt of something new. At only 18, Amelia “Irish Millie” Shadgett is already carving her own space in Canadian folk, bluegrass, and contemporary trad—stringing […]

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

Lyn Carter: The Pinks

July 11, 2026 – October 4, 2026 Art Gallery of Peterborough The Pinks is an immersive animation and sound installation that presents six quirky, relatable and yet non-human creatures. Varying in running time, the animation sequences […]

THEATRE

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

September 18-19, 08:00 PM & Sunday 20, 2:30 PMMarket Hall Performing Arts Centre Hollo Circus Productions invites you to an evening of unparalleled artistry with East of the Sun, West of the Moon. This immersive, narrative circus production […]

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. […]