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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

Peterborough native Pat Rees, a singer-songwriter now based in Ottawa, has organized the "Songs For A Stronger Tomorrow" benefit concert for addiction and mental health services provided by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge on June 28, 2025 at 100 Acre Brewing Co. in Peterborough. (Photo: Pat Rees website)

‘Songs For A Stronger Tomorrow’ on June 28 to raise funds for addiction and mental health services

James Barrett, Tara Koehler, and Jajube Mandiela star in Globus Theatre's production of "Come Down From Up River" by Norm Foster, which runs for 10 performances from June 25 to July 5, 2025 in Bobcaygeon. Barrett plays Shaver Bennett, a New Brunswick logger who travels to Saint John for a medical issue and hope to stay with his niece Bonnie Doyle, who he hasn't seen in 23 years. Bonnie considers her uncle a redneck and fears his reaction when he discovers she is married to Liv Arsenault, a Black woman. (kawarthaNOW collage of publicity photos)

Funny, family, and forgiveness come together in Norm Foster’s ‘Come Down From Up River’ at Globus Theatre

After a hiatus since 2019, RC4G* Peterborough is bringing back the popular Rock Camp for girls and gender non-conforming youth aged 10 to 14 years old. Taking place from July 28 to August 1, 2025 at Sadleir House in Peterborough, the day camp will include workshops, arts and crafts, music lessons, and the opportunity for youth to write and rehearse an original song with a band of their peers and perform it for friends and family as the "Big Gig" at the end of the camp. (Photo: RC4G* Peterborough)

RC4G* Peterborough to inspire confidence in girls and gender non-conforming youth at Rock Camp this summer

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