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Paul Rellinger a.k.a Relly is an award-winning journalist and longtime former newspaper editor still searching for the perfect lead. When he's not putting pen to paper, Paul is on a sincere but woefully futile quest to own every postage stamp ever issued. A rabid reader of history, Paul claims to know who killed JFK but can't say out of fear for the safety of his oh so supportive wife Mary, his three wonderful kids and his three spirited grandchildren. Paul counts among his passions Peterborough's rich live music scene, the Toronto Maple Leafs, slopitch and retrieving golf balls from the woods. You can follow Paul on Twitter at @rellywrites.
Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman of Choir! Choir! Choir! leading the audience at Toronto's Massey Hall. The pair will be at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 14, 2024 for an epic sing-along of some of the biggest hits of the 1980s. (Photo: Joseph Fuda)

Choir! Choir! Choir! invites its Peterborough Musicfest audience to be the show

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August 14 concert in Del Crary Park will see a massive sing-along of some of the '80s biggest pop hits.
Calgary-born and Nashville-based country pop artist Lindsay Ell is an award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist who will perform a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest for the first time on August 10, 2024. (Photo: Tom Pandi Photography)

Lindsay Ell taking a break as Shania Twain’s lead guitarist to perform at Peterborough...

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Award-winning Calgary-born country pop musician was mentored by Randy Bachman when she was just 15 years old.
Toronto-based pop-rock time machine Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest for the firth time to perform a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park on August 7, 2024. (Photo: Arden Wray)

Dwayne Gretzky assures a nostalgia-steeped Wednesday night in Del Crary Park

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Hit songs like you've never heard them before on tap for August 7 as Peterborough Musicfest favourite returns for a fifth time.
Left to right, top and bottom: the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, "The Ladies Foursome" at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre, the Peterbrough Folk Festival, "Christmastown" at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, David Wilcox at Peterborough Musicfest, and the Buckhorn Festival of the Arts. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – August 5, 2024

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Celebrating 40 years of the Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, the 35th Peterborough Folk Festival at Nicholls Oval Park, Buckhorn's coveted Festival of the Arts, and more.
Christy Bruce, Darrel Gamotin, and Alison Deon in a promotional photo for the world premiere of "Christmastown" by Briana Brown at the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope for 19 performances from August 16 to September 1, 2024. Directed by Rob Kempson, the farcical comedy about a struggling small town that celebrates Christmas all year round in an effort to draw tourists also stars Deborah Drakeford, Mirabella Sundar Singh, and Adrian Shepherd-Gawinski. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Christmas in August? Port Hope’s Capitol Theatre staging the world premiere of ‘Christmastown’

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Playwright Briana Brown's farcical comedy set in the fictional Ontario town of Kringle runs for 19 performances from August 16 to September 1.
Toronto-based nostalgia band Dwayne Gretzky headlines the Creekside Music Festival, which runs in Apsley from September 6 to 8, 2024 and features 13 more acts, including area performers The Weber Brothers Band, Nicholas Campbell, Brooks & Bowskill, and Melissa Payne & The Hicks. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Apsley’s Creekside Music Festival returns in September for a fifth time

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Roter's Reach Mental Health Awareness is the beneficiary as September 6 to 8 14-act festival welcomes back headliner Dwayne Gretzky.
Ron Camilleri performs as Elton John when Elton Rohn returns to Peterborough Musicfest for a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park on August 3, 2024. (Photo: David Baldinger)

Rocket man: Ron Camilleri’s stellar tribute to Elton John takes off at Peterborough Musicfest

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Elton Rohn returns to perform at Del Crary Park on August 3.
Although provincial responsibility for operating the blue box program has changed, how year-round and seasonal residents of Peterborough County sort their recycling remains the same. Put all your rinsed containers in one blue box, put all your paper products and plastic bags in another blue box, and put everything that can't be recycled in the garbage. Properly sorting recyclable materials keeps them out of the landfill and means they can be turned into new products, conserving our natural resources. (Photo: Circular Materials Ontario)

Year-round and seasonal residents of Peterborough County encouraged to recycle properly

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Knowing what goes into blue boxes helps keep waste out of the landfill.
Juno-nominated Toronto-based rap rockers Down With Webster have reunited for a limited tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of "Time To Win Vol. I" and will perform a free-admission outdoor concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 31, 2024. (Supplied photo)

Down With Webster relives ‘the best times’ July 31 at Del Crary Park

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Reunited multi-Juno Award nominated rap-rock band making its Peterborough Musicfest debut.
54-40 lead singer and guitarist Neil Osborne steps off the "stage" at Bruce and Susan Hodges' cottage on Stoney Lake during the fifth annual Wanakuen Concert on July 13, 2024, which also featured Newcastle's Chalk Circle. The private concert raised almost $40,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Toronto, which provides support to families dealing with the realities of caring for a child who is seriously ill. (Photo: Andrew Clowater)

Wanakuen Concert on Stoney Lake raises almost $40,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities

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Hosted for a fifth straight year by Bruce and Susan Hodges on their island property, July 13 concert featured 54-40 and Chalk Circle.
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