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Warkworth singer-songwriter Sacha with her Album/EP of the Year award at the Country Music Association of Ontario's 14th annual CMAOAwards on May 31, 2026 in Port Credit. She also took home the Female Artist of the Year award. (Photo: Grant Martin)

Kawarthas region country music artists Sacha and James Barker Band each take home two CMAOAwards

Charlie Harris as young Jimmy Clarke with Lauren Murphy as his mother Florie Clarke during a special preview dress rehearsal of Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "The Kid from Simcoe Street" at Canterbury Gardens in Peterborough on May 28, 2026. In this scene, Jimmy is putting on firefighter gear he received from the brigade at Fire Hall No. 1 when they made him their fire mascot as a reward for calling in a chimney fire. Based on the memoir of retired Ontario Superior Court Justice and poet James Clarke, who grew up on Simcoe Street in downtown Peterborough, the play runs for four performances at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre from Thursday, June 4 until Sunday, June 7. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

Trent Valley Archives Theatre previews ‘The Kid from Simcoe Street’ ahead of Market Hall premiere on June 4

The 12 local and regional musical artists performing in Peterborough Musicfest's second annual Future Sound Series, sponsored by Cogeco, which takes place during the free-admission outdoor music festival running Wednesday and Saturday nights from June 27 to August 19, 2026 at Del Crary Park. Not pictured are two Indigenous performers wh are appearing with the support of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. (kawarthaNOW collage)

Peterborough Musicfest and Cogeco announce expanded 2026 Future Sound Series showcasing emerging musical artists

Brothers Lance and Beau Dixon perform in "Footnote to Freedom" presented by New Stages Theatre at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 9, 2025. The acclaimed show uses song and story to explore the life of their grandfather George Dixon, who served in Canada's only segregated Black battalion during World War I. The Dixon brothers will perform the show again at the Jalynn Bennett Amphitheatre on August 13, 2026, one of four performances New Stages is presenting as part of the William and Nona Heaslip Foundation Summer Festival. (Photo: Andy Carroll)

New Stages Theatre once again partners with Trent University for the William and Nona Heaslip Foundation Summer Festival

Lindsay musician Tyler Koke will be performing with Nigel Broersma and Dwane Parsons for his "High Horse" EP Release Party at Dusk to Dawn Brewing Co. in Millbrook Saturday night. (Publicity photo)

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New Stages Theatre presents a staged reading of Lynn Nottage's award-winning dramatic comedy "Clyde's" at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough featuring (left to right, top and bottom) Sterling Jarvis, Ordena Stephens-Thompson, Chelsea Russell, René Escobar Jr., and Tim Walker. (kawarthaNOW collage of supplied photos)

New Stages Theatre closes its season with staged reading of Lynn Nottage’s award-winning dramedy ‘Clyde’s’

The Peterborough Theatre Guild has announced the six plays of its 2026-27 season, running from September to May. (Graphics: Peterborough Theatre Guild)

Peterborough Theatre Guild announces 2026-27 season featuring three dramas, two musicals, and a comedy

American jazz drummer and music producer Jamaal Cody will perform a solo show at the Black Horse in downtown Peterborough on Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Jamaal Cody / Facebook)

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Begonia (aka Alexa Dirks) and Bahamas (aka Afie Jurvanen), who shared the 2026 Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year, will both be performing at the 37th annual Peterborough Folk Festival, which takes place from August 13 to 16, 2026. (Supplied photo)

Bahamas and Begonia among the headliners performing at the 2026 Peterborough Folk Festival

Retired Ontario Superior Court Justice and poet James Clarke (middle) watching a rehearsal on April 28, 2026 of Trent Valley Archives Theatre's "The Kid from Simcoe Street," based on his 2012 memoir of the same title, along with his grandson and script consultant David Francis Clarke and his old friend Murray Byrne, who he was recently reunited with after 73 years and who makes a cameo in the play, which is being staged at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre for four performances from June 4 to 7, 2026. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)

‘The Kid from Simcoe Street’ tells the real-life story of James Clarke overcoming adversity in wartime Peterborough

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