Concerts
Concert: Dwayne Gretzky
Wed July 29 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Musicfest Del Crary Park Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 8 p.m. for what should be another full-park singalong at Del Crary […]
The Concerts
Community
Community
HSR: Don’t Pass Us By
For decades, Canadians have talked about high-speed rail the way Peterborough talks about a second Costco — constantly, passionately, and with absolutely nothing happening. Meanwhile, Europe quietly built the future. You can step onto a […]
Miss Advice
Miss Advice
Miss Advice… Any Questions?
Dear Miss Advice,It’s April in Peterborough and I made the mistake of putting my winter coat away. Now I’m cold, damp, and furious. Was that naive?— Seasonally Betrayed in the North End Dear Betrayed,Yes. Deeply […]
The Interviews
Interviews
Interview: Mudmen
(January 2018) Celtic rockers Mudmen return to Peterborough this month. The band has a long and distinguished career, having met Queen Elizabeth and “King” Gretzky. Their music has been featured in video games, on TV […]
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Music News with Dee Draper
- 37th Annual 2026 PETERBOROUGH FOLK FESTIVAL May 19, 2026
- Julie Neff Releases Single - TRAPPED May 15, 2026
- New Single - A Dollar & A Suitcase for AV & The Inner City May 15, 2026
- 2026 Indie Week Festival Conference May 15, 2026
- Rip Jason Smith aka Jay Allen. May 14, 2026
THEATRE
Theatre
New Stages presents Clyde’s
Sunday, June 14 • 7:00 PM Historic Market Hall From the Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright behind Sweat, Clyde’s is a sharp, funny, unexpectedly tender comedy set inside a truck-stop sandwich shop—one of those fluorescent-lit corners of […]
Horror Scopes
Horror Scopes
HorrorScopes: May 2026
Aries You start May like a rocket and burn out like a cheap firework. The energy is there, the follow-through… less so. You’ll jump into something new — idea, plan, conflict — and commit hard […]
Indie Spotlight
Spotlight
Caitlin O’Connor
In Peterborough, where the local music scene survives on hustle, chemistry, and whoever’s still standing by the second set, Caitlin O’Connor has carved out a place by doing the work. She fronts The Detention Club, […]
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
Art
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
Film
Film: No More Silent Battles
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Doors open at 6:00 pm and screening begins at 6:30 pm Bryan Jones Theatre, Lakefield College School Canada’s dementia-care crisis — one of those slow-motion disasters too often buried under paperwork, […]
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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 […]
