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Cape Breton indie folk band Villages (Matt Ellis, Travis Ellis, Jon Pearo, and Archie Rankin) have just released a new record and will be performing at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, March 27th with country and western musician Nathan Truax. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – March 21 to 27

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, March 21 to Wednesday, March 27

kawarthaNOW - March 21, 2019

A humpback whale feeding off the coast of Cape Town in a scene from "Our Planet", a new Netflix docuseries narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Filmed in 4K in more than 50 countries, it premieres on Netflix Canada on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Netflix)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in April 2019

The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra presents "Oh, to be in England!" at Showplace Performance Centre on April 6, 2019, with works by Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams. British-Canadian violinist and PSO concertmaster Phoebe Tsang will feature as soloist in Vaughan Williams' poignant 'The Lark Ascending'. (Photo: Sullivan Hismans)

Peterborough Symphony Orchestra returns to Showplace on April 6 with ‘Oh, to be in England!’

0ne of the most nominated and award-winning female vocalists in Canadian country music history, Lisa Brokop will be performing her Legendary Ladies of Country show on April 1, 2019 at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, joined by Canadian country music artists Patricia Conroy and Amanda Wilkinson. (Photo: Erick Anderson)

Country music star Lisa Brokop brings her Legendary Ladies of Country show to Showplace on April 1

Dani McDonald as Salli Bowles, Conner Clarkin as the Emcee, and Daze Francis as Cliff Bradshaw in a promotional photo for the Anne Shirley Theatre Company production of the classic musical "Cabaret", which runs from March 15 to 23, 2019 at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre. (Photo: Ash Naylor Photography)

‘Cabaret’ transforms Peterborough’s Market Hall into 1931 Berlin

March 15, 2019

There's no shortage of live music to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Sunday, March 17th, including Peterborough's own modern Celtic quartet Hunt The Hare (Kane Miller, Jonathan Berlingeri, Frank Callaghan, and Brendan Quigley), who are performing a free show at the Canoe & Paddle in Lakefield on Sunday night. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – March 14 to 20

March 14, 2019

Mark McGilvray, Ange Sorenen, and Derek Bell in "Gum and Goo" by British playwright Howard Brenton and directed by Shannon McKenzie; the three actors also perform in Brenton's "Heads", directed by Lindy Finlan. Both plays are presented as a double bill at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough from March 14 to 16, 2019. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Take a journey through the dark world of British playwright Howard...

March 14, 2019

Toronto singer-songwriter Megan Bonnell is performing at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in Peterborough on March 28, 2019. Peterborough singer-songwriter Evangeline Gentle will open the show. (Photo: Jen Squires)

Megan Bonnell brings her raw musical honesty to Peterborough’s Market Hall...

March 12, 2019

Hip-hop and funk brass band My Son the Hurricane returns to Peterborough for a show at the Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, March 9th, as part of the Peterborough Folk Festival's Winter Folk Fest. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – March 7 to 13

March 7, 2019

Having just completed a North American tour supporting indie artist Kurt Vile, alt-country band The Sadies (Sean Dean, Travis Good, Dallas Good, and Mike Belitsky) performs at The Red Dog in Peterborough on March 29, 2019. (Photo: Ron Johnson)

musicNOW – March 2019

March 5, 2019

Irma Villafuerte and Nickeshia Garrick of Jaberi Dance Theatre in a promotional photo for "No Woman's Land", a multi-disciplinary dance performance that explores the real stories of women in refugee camps. Public Energy is hosting the world premiere of this important new work at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on March 8 and 9, 2019. (Photo: Zahra Saleki)

World premiere dance work No Woman’s Land explores the plight of...

March 5, 2019

Recent Maple Blues Award winner Emily Burgess with brothers Rico and Marcus Browne in their trio The Emburys are back home from their U.S. tour and will be performing at the Historic Red Dog in downtown Peterborough on March 2, 2019, along with Toronto roots-rock band The Actual Goners. (Photo: Karol Orzechowski)

nightlifeNOW – February 28 to March 6

February 28, 2019

A detail from 'Climbing out into the Light', a piece from Anne Renouf's new series 'Unearthed' that will be on display at the Art Gallery of Bancroft this March. An opening reception takes place at 7:30 p.m. on International Women's Day on March 8, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the artist)

artNOW – March 2019

February 26, 2019

The Outside Track, featuring five musicians from Canada, Ireland, and Scotland, performs at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on February 27, 2019. (Publicity photo)

Cure your winter doldrums with world-class Celtic music from The Outside...

February 26, 2019

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