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Séan McCann, former founding member of Great Big Sea, will be performing a solo concert at the Market Hall in Peterborough on September 29, 2019. As well as being a singer-songwriter (and soon to be a published author along with his wife), McCann is a mental health and addiction recovery advocate. (Supplied photo)

Singer-songwriter Séan McCann to share his inspiring journey September 29 at Market Hall

Great Big Sea co-founder and recovering alcoholic bringing his Face To Face tour to the downtown performance venue

Paul Rellinger - September 20, 2019

British folk duo Winter Wilson (Kip Winter and David Wilson) are touring Canada in September, with a stop at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Wednesday, September 25th. Peterborough singer-songwriter Robert Atyeo will be opening. (Publicity photo)

nightlifeNOW – September 19 to 25

A scene from "The Midnight Sun", a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone written by Rod Serling, in which two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city after Earth has been knocked out of its orbit and is slowly falling into the sun. It is one of two episodes that will be recreated for the stage at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough on September 20, 2019. (Photo: CBS Productions)

The dimension of imagination: The Twilight Zone on stage at The Theatre on King

The Netflix original film "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie" follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), pictured here in the final episode of the AMC television series "Breaking Bad", as he runs from his captors, the law, and his past. Written and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the so-called "Netflix television event" is coming to Netflix Canada on October 11th. (Photo: Ursula Coyote/AMC)

What’s new on Netflix Canada in October 2019

J.P. Baldwin and Jennifer Gruer star in the Peterborough Theatre Guild production of Richard Alfireri's "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks". The comedy, about a formidable widow who hires an acerbic dance instructor to give her dance lessons, runs from September 20 to October 5, 2019 at the Guild Hall in Peterborough. (Photo: Lynn Braun)

Peterborough Theatre Guild opens its 2019-20 season with comedy ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’

September 15, 2019

Iconic Canadian rock band Lighthouse is performing at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 10, 2019 as part of the band's 50th anniversary tour. Front row: Paul Hoffert, Doug Moore, Dan Clancy, Ralph Cole, and Don Paulton; middle row: Jamie Prokop (son of founding member Skip Prokop); back row: Russ Little, Chris Howells, Simon Wallis, and Steve Kennedy. (Photo courtesy of Hoffert Communications)

Legendary Canadian band Lighthouse rocks on 50 years later

September 12, 2019

Local blues singer Jane Archer, pictured here with Brandon Humphrey at the "Love for Lydia" benefit concert at Showplace Performance Centre in 2015, performs with her band The Heart of Blues (Liam Archer, Brandon Humphrey, Tony Silvestri, and Andy Pryde) at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Friday, September 13th. (Photo: Linda McIlwain / kawarthaNOW.com)

nightlifeNOW – September 12 to 18

September 12, 2019

Brad Brackenridge is Bernie (pictured here in the photograph) and Lindsay Unterlander is Nick in Ken Bolton's one-act comedy "Bernie and Nick", running from September 11th to 14th at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

Original Faustian comedy ‘Bernie and Nick’ debuts at The Theatre on King

September 11, 2019

Dora award-winning actor Jonathan Wilson will perform as Arnold Beckoff in New Stages Theatre Company's staged reading of Harvey Fierstein's "Torch Song" at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough on September 15, 2019. Also pictured is Toronto actor Tracey Hoyt, who will perform as Mrs. Beckoff. The other members of the cast are Jeff Miller as Ed, Megan Murphy as Laurel, and Quinlan Shearer as David. (Photo: Jonathan Wilson / Facebook)

New Stages celebrates Peterborough Pride with award-winning play ‘Torch Song’ on September 15

September 10, 2019

Market Hall Performing Arts Centre is presenting an intimate evening with Juno award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Barber on September 17, 2019. As part of her "Dedicated to You" tour, Barber is asking fans which of her songs most resonate with them and why, and she will use those requests to create a set list for the concert. (Photo: Rachel Pick)

Jill Barber returns to Peterborough — and this time it’s personal

September 5, 2019

Peterborough rocker Lindsay Barr will be performing at The Venue in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, September 8th as part of "An Afternoon of Blues / R&B", a fundraising concert for local opioid and homelessness crisis advocacy group Ptbo Strong. Other performers include Logan Murray and The Spoon Lickers, Ryan Weber with Emily Burgess, The Kings, Jordan John, and Blues Brothers tribute band The Soul Brothers. (Photo: Samantha Moss)

nightlifeNOW – September 5 to 11

September 5, 2019

If you missed them at Peterborough Musicfest in July, you have another chance to see triple Juno Award-winning Saskatoon-based quintet The Sheepdogs. They'll be performing at the Cultivate Festival in Port Hope on September 20, 2019. Pictured are Sam Corbett (drums, backing vocals), Shamus Currie (keyboards, trombone), Ewan Currie (vocals, guitars, clarinet, drums), Jimmy Bowskill (guitars, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, pedal steel), and Ryan Gullen (bass, backing vocals). (Publicity photo)

Evangeline Gentle’s debut full-length album drops in September

August 31, 2019

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Renowned Canadian wildlife artists Michael Dumas and Robert Bateman in Algonquin Park at the 75th anniversary fundraiser for the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station on September 14, 2019, where Bateman was presented with the 2019 Algonquin Park Legacy Award by Dumas, the inaugural recpient of the award from the Algonquin Art Centre. Dumas also presented Bateman with a limited edition of "The Artists of Kawartha", the fourth art book in a series designed and published by Algonquin-area publisher Andrea Hillo. (Photo courtesy of Andrea Hillo)

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