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"Hookup" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon from July 10 to 12, 2025 features improv performers (left to right, top and bottom) Paul Bates, Christy Bruce, Alastair Forbes, Kris Siddiqi, and Aurora Browne. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

Experience all the excitement of a first date but without the awkward silences in ‘Hookup’ at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon

Juno-award winning singer-songwriter Preston Pablo will headline a free-admission concert for Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 5, 2025, with 21-year-old songstress noelle opening. (Publicity photos)

Rising Canadian pop performers Preston Pablo and noelle perform at Peterborough Musicfest on Saturday

Ottawa indie folk-pop band Tin Constellations (Brent Smith, Rob Snasdell-Taylor, Andrew Robertson, and Christine Graves) performs at Jethro's Bar & Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday evening. (Photo via Tin Constellations website)

nightlifeNOW – July 3 to 9

Tamara Bick and Drew Antzis debate what they would do if they win the lottery in "The Lottery Ticket," a short film produced by Peterborough-based Paradigm Pictures in 2021 with cinematography by Pawel Dwulit and editing by Rob Viscardis. Based on Antzis and Bick's show "Settle This Thing," the film won Best Comedy at the Couch Film Festival 2022 and Best Writer in the short category at the Alt Film Festival 2022 and served as a proof of concept for the upcoming new Bell Fibe TV1 series "Janet & Steve" written by and starring Bick and Antzis. (kawarthaNOW screenshot)

New Bell Fibe TV1 series ‘Janet & Steve’ being filmed in Peterborough this September

Award-winning folk-country singer and songwriter William Prince will perform a free-admission concert for Peterborough Musicfest in Del Crary Park on July 2, 2025, with Missy Knott of Curve Lake First Nation as special musical guest. (Photo of Missy Knott by Justen Soule)

Juno award-winning William Prince brings his commanding baritone voice to Del Crary Park on July 2

encoreNOW for June 30, 2025 features (from left to right, top and bottom) The Newfoundland Songbook at Port Hope's Capitol Theatre, "The Buddy Holly Story" at The Grove Theatre in Fenelon Falls, Susan Aglukark at Westben in Campbellford, "Hook Up" at Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon, the Lakefield Jazz, Art and Craft Festival, and Steven Page at Peterborough Musicfest. (kawarthaNOW collage)

encoreNOW – June 30, 2025

Retro rock tribute band Neon Nostalgic (Shawn Brady, Kevin Strom, Grant Strom, and John Johnstone) performs a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park on July 1, 2025 for the Canada Day edition of Peterborough Musicfest. The band performs hits from the 1980s and 1990s in synch with the artists' original music videos for the songs they perform. (Photo: Serrano Photography Studios)

Peterborough Musicfest celebrates Canada Day with retro rock tribute band Neon Nostalgic

The Peterborough Folk Festival's 2025 Emerging Artist Award winner Jeanne Truax performing at Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough in February 2024. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist released her debut single "I Know What Your Like" in May 2025 with the help of her brother Nathan, who won the Emerging Artist Award in 2022. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Jeanne Truax is the Peterborough Folk Festival’s 2025 Emerging Artist

Lancelot Knight, a Plains Cree singer-songwriter from Saskatoon whose father Chester Knight is a Juno award-winning singer-songwriter, brings his towering stage presence (he's 6'7" tall), genre-blending songs, powerful voice, and masterful guitar skills to Jethro's Bar + Stage in downtown Peterborough on Saturday night. (Photo: Meriläinen Müsic)

nightlifeNOW – June 26 to July 2

Seven-time Juno award-winning musician Serena Ryder performs a free-admission concert in Del Crary Park on June 28, 2025 when she opens Peterborough Musicfest's 38th season. Ryder was born and raised in Millbrook and later moved to Peterborough to attend high school before embarking on a successful musical career. (Photo: Kayla Rocca)

It’s home sweet home for Serena Ryder when she opens Peterborough Musicfest’s 38th season on Saturday night

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