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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, slo-pitch, and retrieving golf balls from the woods.
Canadian blues-rock singer and guitarist David Wilcox, pictured in 2016, performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 8, 2026. (Photo: Liam Richards)

Longtime Canadian blues-rocker David Wilcox returns to Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday night

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August 8 concert at Del Crary Park will see Montreal native bring his electric guitar mastery to the summer festival for a third time.
Aaron Macpherson stars as a young Farley Mowat in "And No Birds Sang", Dave Carley's adaptation of the late Canadian author and environmentalist's memoir of the same name, in which he recounts his experiences in the Second World War. The play premieres at the Capitol Theatre's Sculthorpe Theatre in Port Hope, running for 27 performances from August 14 to September 6, 2026. (Photo: Sam Moffatt)

Dave Carley’s adaptation of Farley Mowat’s ‘And No Birds Sang’ opens August 14 at...

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Mowat's 1979 account of his experiences in the Second World War comes to the stage in the same town where he lived and remains beloved.
Crash Test Dummies performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 5, 2026. (Publicity photo)

Crash Test Dummies is Mmm-Mmm-Mmm-Mmmusicfest bound Wednesday night

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Multiple Grammy-nominated and Juno-awarded folk-rock band returns to perform a free-admission concert Del Crary Park in Peterborough on August 5.
Les Smith and Amberley Beatty perform as country music legends Garth Brooks and Shania Twain at a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on August 1, 2026. (kawarthaNOW collage of promotional photos)

Garth Brooks and Shania Twain tribute brings new country’s golden era to Peterborough Musicfest...

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August 1 concert featuring Les Smith and Amberley Beatty at Del Crary Park will also see launch of Musicfest's First Note program and rescheduled fireworks display.
Camp Kirk empowers neurodivergent children and youth to reach new heights and achieve personal growth by providing uniquely tailored recreational and mentorship programs at its overnight summer camp in Kirkfield near Balsam Lake. Proceeds from a concert featuring Bruce Springsteen tribute band The Last of the Duke Street Kings on August 22, 2026 at FLATO Academy Theatre in Lindsay will help subsidize camp fees. (Photo: Camp Kirk)

Benefit concert for Camp Kirk at Lindsay’s Academy Theatre will help subsidize camp fees...

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Bruce Springsteen tribute band The Last of the Duke Street Kings headline August 22 concert supporting overnight summer camp in Kirkfield.
encoreNOW for July 27, 2026 features (from left to right, top and bottom) the Daniel Lanois Trio at Lindsay's FLATO Academy Theatre, "Wild Irish Geese" at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook, "Fly Me to the Moon" at Bobcaygeon's Globus Theatre, the Port Hope Arts Festival, 10 Minute Sunday at the Peterborough Theatre Guild, and Trans-Canada Highwaymen at Peterborough Musicfest. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – July 27, 2026

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Featuring Daniel Lanois Trio, 'Wild Irish Geese', 'Fly Me to the Moon', Port Hope Arts Festival, 10 Minute Sunday, and Trans-Canada Highwaymen.
Described as Canada's greatest party band, Toronto collective Dwayne Gretzky will perform for the sixth time at Peterborough Musicfest with a free-admission concert at Del Crary Park on July 29, 2026. (Photo: Geoff Fitzgerald)

Pop-rock music time machine that is Dwayne Gretzky returns to Peterborough Musicfest on Wednesday...

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Toronto-based ensemble makes a sixth Del Crary Park visit on July 29 to breathe new life into classic songs.
Niagara Region brass-funk band My Son The Hurricane performs a free-admission concert at Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 25, 2026. (Photo: Colin Smith)

My Son The Hurricane set to unleash a brass-funk spectacle at Peterborough Musicfest on...

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The frenetic Niagara band will pack the Del Crary Park stage on July 25 with horns, drums, singers, choreography, and an irresistible invitation to dance.
Actor Lindsay Wilson talks to Jasper Chesser in a scene from "Wild Irish Geese" as (left to right) Padrick Wilson, Indigo Chesser, and Darragh O'Connell look on during a media day event at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook on July 22, 2026. Megan Murphy's play about the Peter Robinson emigration returns to the Winslow Farm from August 4 to 29 after its sold-out world premiere last summer. (Photo: Jordan Lyall / kawarthaNOW)

‘Wild Irish Geese’ takes flight again at 4th Line Theatre in Millbrook from August...

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Almost 10,000 people saw Megan Murphy's moving and humorous account of the Peter Robinson emigration during its acclaimed 2025 run.
Jenni Cathcart, one of four candidates vying for two Town Ward seats on Peterborough city council in the October municipal election, placing an election lawn sign. The first-time candidate tells kawarthaNOW that three of her election signs, including one on the lawn of her own Homewood Avenue home, were taken by someone in the middle of the day on July 20, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Jenni Cathcart campaign)

Brazen daylight theft of election lawn signs leaves Peterborough councillor candidate upset and disappointed

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Town Ward candidate Jenni Cathcart says sign on her front lawn among three stolen from Homewood Avenue properties.
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