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Halifax roots-blues musician Brent "Buck" Tingley will be performing at The Garnet for an afternoon and evening show on Saturday, February 15th with special guests Jimmy Bowskill, Steve Marriner, and Jerome Avis, and at the Ganny in Port Hope for a matinee show on Sunday, February 16th with special guest Jimmy Bowskill. (Photo: Nathan Boone)

nightlifeNOW – February 13 to 19

Live music listings at pubs and clubs in Peterborough and The Kawarthas for the week of Thursday, February 13 to Wednesday, February 19

kawarthaNOW - February 13, 2020

Keith Goranson as Harry, Tyrnan O'Driscoll as Rainman, and Jack Roe as Harry in the Peterborough Theatre Guild production of "Frozen Dreams", written and directed by Robert Ainsworth. The critically acclaimed play, often referred to as "the play about the homeless people and the turkey", runs at the Guild Hall in Peterborough from February 21 to March 7, 2020. (Photo: Sam Tweedle / kawarthaNOW.com)

Robert Ainsworth’s acclaimed play about homelessness returns to the Peterborough Theatre Guild

'Peterborough Performs: Musicians Against Homelessness', taking place on March 5, 2020 at Showplace Performance Centre, features 16 musical acts raising funds for United Way Peterborough & District. The event will be emceed by Megan Murphy and Jordan Mercier, with all proceeds going exclusively toward homelessness and shelter-related initiatives undertaken by United Way-supported agencies. (Photo: United Way Peterborough & District)

Homelessness is everybody’s problem … and you can make a difference

Linda Kash and Patrick McKenna perform an audience-selected improv scene as Deborah Kimmett, Meg Murphy, and Paul Constable look on during klusterfork entertainment's debut sold-out comedy show at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 22, 2019. klusterfork returns to the Market Hall on February 21, 2020 with "klusterfork It's Winter! Still." featuring Second City alumni Geri Hall from "This Hour Has 22 Minutes", Lisa Merchant, Ed Sahely, and Linda Kash and local performers Pat Maitland, Meg Murphy, and Andrew Root with special musical guest Dan Fewings. (Photo: Marlon Hazelwood / Hazelwood Images)

Laugh away your winter doldrums with klusterfork on February 21 at Peterborough’s Market Hall

Erin Underhill as Kat, Tara Worrall as Nora, and Jessica Ernest as Carrie in a scene from Stacie Lents' "Laugh Out Loud (Cry Softly)", a play exploring the online dating experiences of twenty-somethings living in New York City. The Anne Shirley Theatre Company production runs for six performances from February 7 to 15, 2020 at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough. (Photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

Swipe right for comedy with ‘Laugh Out Loud (Cry Quietly)’ at The Theatre on King

February 7, 2020

Dave Mowat and the Curbside Shuffle (Al Black on drums, Dave Mowat on harp, Terry Wilkins on bass, Clayton Yates on guitar) bring their Chicago, Delta, and country blues to the Keene Centre for the Arts on Saturday, February 8th. The band will also be hosting the PMBA Deluxe Blues Jam at Dr. J's in Peterborough the following week on Saturday afternoon. (Photo: Dave Mowat and the Curbside Shuffle / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – February 6 to 12

February 6, 2020

Bruce Cockburn performing at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on September 25, 2017. The legendary Canadian singer-songwriter returns to Showplace on October 16, 2020 as part of his 50th anniversary tour. (Photo: Bruce Head / kawarthaNOW.com)

Bruce Cockburn returning to Peterborough in October 2020 for 50th anniversary tour

February 4, 2020

Storyteller Hugh Foley in front of a pub named Foley's in Ireland. During the fourth annual Foley's Irish Pub on March 15, 2020 in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough, Foley will reprise his role as seanchaí (an Irish storyteller) by regaling the audience with tales of Ireland, with Irish music supplied by 4 Front and special guests Fiddlin' Jay Edmunds, Ron Kervin, Bridget Foley, Nancy Towns Trio, Catherine McInnis, Maria O'Grady, and Phil McCann. (Photo courtesy of Theresa Foley)

Celebrate the stories and music of Ireland at Foley’s Irish Pub on March 15

February 4, 2020

"Blue Valentine" at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on February 9, 2020 is an annual tribute to the music of Peterborough singer-songwriter Willie P. Bennett. Pictured here in the 1970s, Willie P. died from a heart attack in his Peterborough home in 2008. (Photo source: Willie P. Legacy project)

musicNOW – February 2020

January 31, 2020

Record collector Chris Flanagan became obsessed with a reggae song called "Jamaican Fruit Of African Roots" he discovered on a thrift shop record, attributed to an unknown musician named Shella Record. This led to a decade-long investigation that Flanagan documented in his debut film "Shella Record - A Reggae Mystery". The documentary is kawarthaNOW arts writer (and fellow record collector) Sam Tweedie's top pick at the 2020 ReFrame Film Festival, which took place January 23 to 26 in downtown Peterborough. (Photo: Shella Productions Inc.)

Six outstanding documentaries from the 2020 ReFrame Film Festival

January 30, 2020

Norwegian musician and composer Torgeir Vassvik, a member of the Sami indigenous people of northern Europe, creates sound-poems by combining joik (Sami folk music) with modern vocal, percussive, and instrumental techniques. He will perform at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, February 1st at an after-party for the "Being Salmon, Being Human" storytelling performances from Norway, at Nozhem at Gzowski College on Thursday and Friday night and the Mount Community Centre on Saturday afternoon. (Photo source: Kreative Nord / kreativenord.no)

nightlifeNOW – January 30 to February 5

January 30, 2020

Circus arts and acrobatics from Trellis Arts and Entertainment (pictured is director and performer Nicole Malbeuf) is one part of the theatrical variety show "Leap 2 The Beat", which takes place on Leap Day (February 29, 2020) at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. The fundraiser for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Peterborough Regional Health Centre, taking place during Heart Month, will also feature dance routines by the Premiere Studio of Dance and vocal performances by Kate Suhr, Danny Bronson, Ty Wilson, Silver Lining, and Theresa Rowland-McMullen. (Photo: Kaylens Photography / kaylens.ca)

Leap 2 The Beat fundraiser on February 29 aims to ‘keep your heart here’

January 29, 2020

Andrew Root paints during 'The Joy of Bob' at The Theatre on King in downtown Peterborough in 2017. The event, where three guest painters are challenged before a live audience to follow an episode of 'The Joy of Painting', the instructional TV show hosted by late painter Bob Ross, returns on February 20, 2020. The guest painters will be Kathryn Bahun, garbageface, and a random audience member. (Photo courtesy of Andy Carroll)

artNOW – February 2020

January 27, 2020

Etobicoke indie folk singer-songwriter Andrew Sherriff is performing at The Garnet in downtown Peterborough on Sunday, January 26th, with support from Erica Knox and Nathan Truax. He'll also be performing at Boiling Over's Coffee Vault in Lindsay on Friday, January 31st. (Photo: Andrew Sherriff / Facebook)

nightlifeNOW – January 23 to 29

January 23, 2020

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