Beginning on Thursday, June 13th and continuing until the end of August, many retail businesses in downtown Peterborough will be open until 8 p.m. every Thursday and Friday evening.
“Open Late ‘Til Eight” is an initiative of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) as a coordinated effort to make it more convenient for people to shop downtown, especially after work.
The many restaurants of downtown Peterborough are already open in the evenings, so “Open Late ‘Til Eight” provides people with the flexibility to combine dining and shopping while they are downtown.
Parking is free in downtown Peterborough after 6 p.m., so you can spend a leisurely evening browsing the shops of downtown Peterborough before (or after) enjoying a meal.
There are 27 participating businesses (look for the “Open Late ‘Til Eight” sticker in their windows):
- Bluestreak Records
- Charlotte’s Web
- Cottage Toys
- Dodrio
- Flavour
- Grey Guardian Games
- Hi Ho Silver
- Iceman Games
- John Roberts Clothiers
- K & C Costumes
- Lift Lock Escape
- META4 Gallery
- Minh’s Chinese Grocery
- Next Level Mobile
- Pipe Dreamz
- Providence
- Ritual Apothecary
- Runner’s Life
- Running Room
- SOS – Save Our Soles
- The Peace Pipe
- The Toy Shop
- Tiny Green
- Tribal Voices
- Under One Sun
- You’re Welcome
- Zap Records
You can also use this map to locate the participating retailers (street addresses and phone numbers are included for each retailer):
View a larger version of this map.
To celebrate the launch of “Open Late ‘Til Eight”, the Peterborough DBIA is planning an evening of music and performance from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 20th.
For live music, Ace and the Kid will be playing next to the Flavour Fashion on George Street, and both Washboard Hank and Catfish Willie will be roaming around George Street between Brock and Charlotte serenading shoppers.
In addition, Trellis Arts & Entertainment will be performing ambient dances from 6 to 6:15 p.m. on George Street between Brock and Hunter, from 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. on Charlotte Street between George and Louise, from 7 to 7:15 p.m. on Hunter Street West between George and Alymer, and from 7:30 to 7:30 p.m. on George Street between Simcoe and Hunter.
For more information about everything happening in downtown Peterborough this summer, visit downtownptbo.ca. You can also follow Downtown Peterborough on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
This story was created in partnership with the Peterborough DBIA.
