Every Thursday, we publish live music and performance events at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas based on information that venues provide to us directly or post on their website or social media channels. Here are the listings for the week of Thursday, June 27 to Wednesday, July 3.

If you’re a pub or club owner and want to be included in our weekly listings, please email our Nightlife Editor at nightlife@kawarthanow.com.

This July, you can visit an open air art show at the Miskwaa Art Studio & Outdoor Gallery on the banks of the Miskwaa riverm see a museum of dolls at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington that children are invited to loot and plunder, take in an exhibit by Christian Morrisseau at The Gallery on the Lake, see Amanda McCavour’s installation at the Arts and Heritage Centre in Warkworth, view an abstract show by Holly Edwards at the Art Gallery of Bancroft, and explore a stellar two-person show of work by Henry Melissa Gordon and Rocky Lawrence Green at the Wildewood Gallery in Maynooth.

Of course, the First Friday art crawl returns to downtown Peterborough on July 5th, and throughout the summer there will be activities and workshops at Artspace related to William Kingfisher’s ‘Enawendewin/Relationship’.

Miskwaa Art Studio & Outdoor Gallery in Trent Lakes hosts an open air art show in July and August

If you are in the Bobcaygeon or Buckhorn area this summer, make a point of stopping in to see the open air art show and sale at the Miskwaa Studio & Outdoor Art Gallery.

The gallery will display the work of a number of area artists from on the beautiful property surrounding the studio. Owner and artist Daniel Marlatt invites everyone to come, see the art, and enjoy the outdoors on the banks of the Miskwaa Ziibi river (an Anishnaabe word meaning ‘Red River’).

Admission is free and all are welcome to drop by and enjoy the art and the scenery throughout July and August, weather permitting.

The Miskwaa Art Studio & Outdoor Gallery is located at 250 Edwina Drive in Trent Lakes, between Buckhorn and Bobcaygeon. Hours of operation are 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily. Art is hung outdoors weather permitting. For more information, call the gallery at 416-889-0096.

Arts and Heritage Centre of Warkworth presents ‘Memento’ by Amanda McCavour

McCavour, whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, creates large-scale installations by machine sewing onto fabric that dissolves in water. Once the design is stitched onto the fabric, it is then dissolved leaving only the threads — creating delicate-looking yet surprisingly sturdy structures. In this installation, she has created a hanging array of poppies.

This is a great opportunity to see the work of this acclaimed textile artist! The show will be on display until Sunday, July 28th.

Ah! Arts and Heritage Centre of Warkworth is located at 35 Church Street in downtown Warkworth. Hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, visit ahcentre.ca.

Gallery on the Lake in Buckhorn presents ‘Aadasookaanag’ (Traditional Stories) by Christian Morrisseau

Christian Morrisseau, son of iconic Canadian painter Norval Morrisseau, carries on the tradition of creating beautiful colourful canvasses imbued with cultural meaning. In English, Aadasookaanag translates to ‘traditional stories’. which are depicted in bright colours and compelling compositions in this series of paintings.

Come to The Gallery on the Lake for the opening reception, and meet the artist in person, on Saturday, June 29th from 1 to 4 p.m. If you can’t make it, the show will be on display until Friday, August 2nd.

The Gallery on the Lake is located at 65 Gallery on the Lake Road in Buckhorn. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. For more information, call 705-657-1108 or visit www.galleryonthelake.com.

Art Gallery of Bancroft presents ‘I’ve Used up all My Courage’ by Holly Edwards

Holly Edwards works intuitively, each mark leading to the next as she creates her abstract pieces. Working with many different methods and mediums, Holly allows her paintings, sculptures, and mixed media work to evolve in an organic way, revealing themselves to her as she explores the processes of mark-making and sculpting.

‘I’ve Used Up All My Courage’, the title of Edwards’ exhibit at the Art Gallery of Bancroft, relates to the experience deciding to focus on art as a main occupation and jumping into the world of abstraction.

This show will be on display at the Art Gallery of Bancroft from Wednesday, July 3rd until Saturday, July 27th. An opening reception will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 5th. Holly will be in attendance and will also be giving a talk describing her work and process.

The Art Gallery of Bancroft is located at 10 Flint Avenue in Bancroft. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Saturday. For more information, visit www.artgallerybancroft.ca.

Wildewood Gallery in Maynooth presents ‘Two Solitudes’ by Henry Melissa Gordon and Rocky Lawrence Green

‘Two Solitudes’ at the Wildewood Gallery in Maynooth features the latest painted portraits by Henry Melissa Gordon alongside new work by Rocky Lawrence Green.

This promises to be a wonderful exhibit with the work of these two talented local painters. Not to be missed! An opening reception will be held at the gallery from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 30th.

Wildewood Gallery is located at 33012 Highway 62 North in Maynooth. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 613-338-3134 or visit them on Facebook.

Artspace in Peterborough presents ‘Enawendewin/Relationship’

‘Enawendewin/Relationship’ looks at the Anishinaabe practice of planting gardens in such a way that each plant is positioned in such a way as to promote the health of the whole garden. The garden can then thrive without much care. In the past, this allowed the Anishinaabe to go off travelling and return later to harvest their gardens and gather supplies for the winter ahead.

Curated by William Kingfisher, this project explores Enawendewin in the wider context of community and our relationships with each other and the world around us. Three gardens have been planted at Artspace, The Mount Community Centre, and in Curve Lake, and four visiting artists — Lisa Meyers, Ron Benner, David Deleary, and Anong Migwans Beam — will use these gardens as sites of learning and creation, considering what the garden can mean in today’s world.

The artists will also conducting workshops and community activities throughout the summer, culminating in a group show at Artspace in November.

Artspace is located at 378 Aylmer Street in downtown Peterborough and offers barrier-free access (to all but Gallery 2) and free admission during regular open hours: Tuesday to Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Parking is available in the municipal lot on Hunter Street between Aylmer and George. For more information, call 705-748-3883 or visit artspace-arc.org.

Visual Arts Centre of Clarington features ‘BOOP Museum’ by Sameer Farooq, and a corn roast with artist Ron Benner

This exhibit by Sameer Farooq, curated by Sandy Saad, is a fictional museum made up of dolls of all shapes and sizes. Built to be accessible to children, this ‘museum’ encourages participation and questions the way the function of objects can change in the museum setting.

Museums have a history of taking cultural artifacts from various cultures, which has been referred to as looting. In the spirit of looting, Farooq invites children from the community to come and “loot” his BOOP Museum at the closing of the show!

Farooq is a Canadian artist of Pakistani and Ugandan Indian descent, whose work has been featured at galleries and museums around the world.

The BOOP Museum exhibit will be on display until Friday, July 5th and, on this final day of the exhibit (for one hour from 4 to 5 p.m.), children between the ages of 4 and 10 are invited to plunder the exhibit and take whatever dolls they choose. This could be a fun time for young children looking for something to do (you’ll need to sign up your child to participate).

Later in July, there will be another fun free event! On Friday, July 19th from 5 to 7:30 p.m., all are welcome to visit the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington for some freshly roasted corn and barley soup made by artist Ron Benner himself! Singer-songwriter Frank Ridsdaler from London, Ontario, will also be performing live music during the event.

This corn roast is in conjunction with Benner’s commissioned project in the Loft Gallery. A year-long site-specific installation, Benner created ‘Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize’ in response to the history of the building housing the centre, which was an operating barley mill in the early 20th century.

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is located at 143 Simpson Avenue in Bowmanville. Hours of operation are 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Friday to Sunday. Admission to exhibits and artist talks is free. For more information, visit www.vac.ca.

The Peterborough Folk Festival has just announced musicians Kathleen Edwards and Matt Mays as the headliners for the final day of the music festival, and Peterborough band Paper Shakers as the festival’s 2019 Emerging Artist.

Edwards, who has performed in Peterborough before, is best known for her songs “Six O’Clock News”, “Hockey Skates”, and “Change the Sheets”. The Ottawa native’s fourth studio album Voyageur cracked the top 100 and top 40 in the U.S., peaking at #39 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #2 in Canada.

In 2012, her song “A Soft Place To Land” won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize and she returned to the Late Show with David Letterman to perform “Change the Sheets” (she first appeared on the show in 2003 to sing “Six O’Clock News”, and she has also performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon).

VIDEO: “Change the Sheets” – Kathleen Edwards on David Letterman

In 2014, Edwards took a break from the music business, opening a Ottawa cafe that she ironically called “Quitters”. She has since resumed performing and is currently writing music for her fifth album.

Edwards has recently been opening for Juno Award-winning Matt Mays, who last performed in Peterborough at the Market Hall in February this year.

In 2018, the Nova Scotia indie rocker released Twice Upon a Hell of a Time …, an acoustic re-imagining of the songs from his 2017 album Once Upon a Hell of a Time….

Edwards and Mays will take to the Peterborough Subaru Stage at Nicholls Oval Park on Sunday, August 18th.

VIDEO: “Drunken Angels” – Matt Mays

“Being able to bring these two Canadian treasures to the folk festival this year is really special, especially to celebrate our thirtieth anniversary,” says festival vice-chair and artistic director Ryan Kemp.

In addition to Edwards and Mays, other newly announced performers are Hamilton country and roots-rock group The Redhill Valleys and folk-inspired singer-songwriter Katey Gatta from Niagara region.

“The full lineup will be announced in the next couple of weeks,” Kemp adds. “It’s going to be a really special festival this year.”

The Peterborough Folk Festival kicks off in August with two ticketed concerts at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre: Juno Award-winning musicians William Prince on Thursday, August 15th and Donovan Woods with his band The Opposition on Friday, August 16th.

Tickets for both concerts are now on sale in person at the Market Hall box office (140 Charlotte St., Peterborough), by phone at 705-749-1146, or online at markethall.org.

The free portion of the festival runs on Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th at Nicholls Oval Park in Peterborough’s East City. As well as performances by more than 20 musical acts on four stages — including Juno Award-winning group A Tribe Called Red on Saturday night and legendary children’s performer Fred Penner on Sunday — there will be 50 artisans and vendors selling their wares, craft beer from Cameron’s Brewing Company in the pavilion, and a children’s village with free entertainment and activities all weekend long.

While admission to the Peterborough Folk Festival at Nicholls Oval Park is free, donations are welcomed to support the festival’s operations. The festival is also looking for volunteers to help out. For more information, to make a donation, or to sign up as a volunteer, visit www.peterboroughfolkfest.com.

Paper Shakers – 2019 Emerging Artist

Festival organizers also announced Peterborough band Paper Shakers as the recipient of the 18th annual Emerging Artist award.

The five-piece alt-rock band consists of Jack Sole, Micheal Hall, Whitney Hall, Luke Benjamin, and David St. Pierre.

Paper Shakers performed at the 2017 Peterborough Folk Festival, and will be featured at the 2019 festival. The band is also opening for Said The Whale at Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday, July 17th.

VIDEO: “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac performed by Paper Shakers

As the Peterborough Folk Festival’s Emerging Artist, Paper Shakers will attend the Folk Music Ontario conference this fall, where they will be able to expand connections in the music industry with festivals across Canada.

Previous recipients of the Emerging Artist award include Serena Ryder, James Mckenty, Missy Knott, and Beau Dixon.

Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough has quietly released its 2019/20 “Showplace Presents” season, but the offerings are anything but quiet.

Burton Cummings and Serena Ryder are two of the star musical acts coming to Showplace later this year, with Cummings performing on Sunday, December 1st and Ryder on Friday, December 20th.

Ryder, who was raised in Millbrook and attended Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School, last performed at Showplace on December 15, 2017, to a sell-out crowd.

Other iconic musical acts include Lighthouse and the Irish Rovers, and the popular Classic Albums Live series returns with note-by-note recreations of Zeppelin IV, Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits, and The Beatles’ Let It Be.

Also returning are two more instalments of Foley’s East Coast Pub, the annual Cozy Christmas concert, Next Generation Leahy, and more.

Here’s the full list of “Showplace Presents” shows announced to date:

• September 19-20 – Music of the 70s (Showplace fundraiser)
• September 29 – Foley’s East Coast Pub
• October 3 – Classic Albums Live – Zeppelin IV
• October 10 – Lighthouse (50th Anniversary Tour)
• October 18 – Spidey (International Hypnotist/Mentalist)
• November 29 – Countermeasure
• December 1 – Burton Cummings: Up Close and Alone
• December 3 – Men of The Deeps
• December 15 – Cozy Christmas
• December 20 – Serena Ryder – The 2019 Christmas Kisses Tour
• December 22 – Next Generation Leahy
• January 31 – Classic Albums Live – Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits
• February 23 – Irish Rovers
• March 15 – Foley’s Irish Pub
• April 2 – Classic Albums Live – Beatles: Let It Be
• April 3 – Danny Bronson: The Music Of Neil Diamond

With the exception of Serena Ryder (tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 16th at 10:30 a.m.), tickets are now available for all these shows at www.showplace.org.

By purchasing tickets for “Showplace Presents” events, you are not only guaranteed a great night of entertainment, but any net revenue from the shows goes back into supporting the Showplace, a non-profit charitable organization.

In addition to the “Showplace Presents” series, the venue is also hosting the following shows this summer and fall:

• July 13 – Motown Gold
• August 11 – Roy Orbinson: The All-Star Tribute
• September 28 – A Musical Tribute To The Highwaymen
• October 5 – We Walk The Line – Tribute To Johnny Cash
• October 6 – Beatles Versus Stones – Battle Of The Brits
• October 20 – The John Denver Experience
• October 26 – Red Green’s “This Could Be It!” Tour
• November 1 – Green River Revival – The Best Of CCR
• November 20 – Four By Four “The Holiday Show”
• December 21 Elvis: Blue Christmas

With new shows being added all the time, there’s even more entertainment to experience at Showplace Performance Centre over the next year.

Check out the Showplace website at www.showplace.org for a current list of all upcoming shows, and follow Showplace @PTBOShowplace on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

And stay tuned to kawarthaNOW.com over the coming months for profiles on some of the upcoming performances at Showplace.