The Kawarthas Tourism

Tom Wilson (TEHÅHÀHAKE (two roads)) Trio
2024-10-05 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St, Peterborough, K9J 2T8
Tom Wilson is a Canadian musician, author and visual artist. Wilson’s memoir, Beautiful Scars published by Penguin/Random House has become a national bestseller. The memoir has been adapted into a TVO Original documentary (directed by Shane Belcourt). More recently, Hamilton’s Theatre Aquarius completed a successful run of Beautiful Scars, the musical adapted to the stage in collaboration with actor /writer Shaun Smyth. Exposing incredible truths about Wilson’s biological family and Indigenous heritage, Beautiful Scars delves into the singer-songwriter’s lifetime quest to find himself and ultimately uncover his true identity as a Mohawk man.
Through his melodies, paintings, and words, Wilson invokes ancestral wisdom while addressing pressing issues of our time. His artistry serves as a bridge between past and present, inviting reflection and dialogue on the complexities of Indigenous identity and resilience.

Jersey Nights: A Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
2024-10-05 20:00 | Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St N, Peterborough, ON, K9J 3H2
The Beaches International Jazz Festival presents Jersey Nights, a spectacular show, celebrating the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
Jersey nights is an exciting, dynamic, and powerful ensemble that dazzles theater audiences with their uniquely entertaining delivery while celebrating the legendary music of Frankie Valli and the four seasons. Along with hits such as “Sherry”, “Let’s Hang On”, “Working My Way Back to You”, and “Walk like a Man” that earned Frankie Valli and the four seasons their musical success, you’ll also hear other hit songs that helped shape that memorable and magical era of music. This high-energy group packs dance floors as they entertain with inclusive audience participation while creating memories that will last a lifetime.
As one of Canada’s most accomplished and popular show bands, jersey nights is the essence of dynamic showmanship, hip choreography, highenergy, great musicianship, costume changes, and vocal harmony that is second to none. The jersey nights lineup is four male front vocalists accompanied by a 4-piece band consisting of guitar, bass, multi-keyboards and drums.
Jersey Nights is an exciting, dynamic, and powerful ensemble that dazzles theater audiences with their uniquely entertaining delivery while celebrating the legendary music of Frankie Valli and the four seasons. The Jersey Nights lineup is four male front vocalists accompanied by a 4-piece band consisting of guitar, bass, multi-keyboards and drums.

Ghost Story / How to Survive A Zombie Apocalypse
2024-10-05 19:30, 2024-10-04 19:30, 2024-10-03 19:30, 2024-09-28 19:30 | Peterborough Theatre Guild, 364 Rogers St, Peterborough, K9H 1W7
The first show for 2024-2025 at the Peterborough Theatre Guild features a double-bill of two short plays.
The world premier of Ghost Story by Marni Walsh centres on two women ahead of their time. Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, seeks the advice of her dead mother, feminist and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft.
How to Survive A Zombie Apocalypse is a multi-award-winning, sellout spoof seminar, in which four members of the School of Survival will teach you everything you need to know to thrive and survive when the Dead revive.

Fall Festival
2024-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 | New Life Church, 4014 Wallace Point Road, Peterborough, K9J 0E4
Come and pick a FREE pumpkin 🎃 (1 per family while supplies last)
Bouncy castle 🏰
Cotton candy 🍬
Face painting 🎨

McLean Berry Farm Pumpkinfest
2024-10-05 11:00 - 17:00 | McLean’s & Buckhorn Berry Farms, 3055 Berrie Rd, Lakefield, Ontario, K0L 2H0, Canada
As the season continues, the harvest becomes even more bountiful. We will be open all four weekends of October 2024 (not open Thanksgiving Monday) where we will once again welcome the community to our farm for our annual Buckhorn Pumpkinfest! You can take a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch, pick your own pumpkin, play on straw bales, and explore corn mazes. You can visit our farm store, enjoy food truck fare, get spooked in the haunted forest, and even watch the pumpkin cannon blast off – at Pumpkinfest, there is fun for the whole family to enjoy!
We have increased the area of covered shelters and number of picnic tables so that there is lots of space to sit and relax on the farm in between various Pumpkinfest activities!
No Pets Please: We love animals too and have lots of our own but we can’t host your pets on the farm for both insurance and health and safety reasons. Certified service animals are welcome. Thank you for your understanding.
Our Pumpkin Festival is open all four weekends of October (Closed Thanksgiving Monday) and runs Saturday/Sunday each weekend throughout the month of October between the hours of 11 AM and 5 PM, weather permitting.

Daily Entertainment – Tim Holland (a great show for all ages) – Shows Daily at 1 & 3
Barnyard Animals
Mazes (a Straw Bale Maze and 2 Corn Mazes, one of them is Haunted)
Obstacle Course & Play area with a huge Sandbox
Pumpkin Bowling
Bouncy Castle
Haunted Hallway
Haunted Forest
Bonesville Cemetery
Pumpkin Patch Wagon Rides
Pumpkin Cannon

Dance in the Boro
2024-10-05 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-10-04 17:00 - 18:00 | Quaker Foods City Square, 215 Charlotte Street, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 2T7, Canada
Come join us for the free outdoor dance class!
Open for all ages and family friendly.
📩 For more info visit peterborough.ca or call 705-742-0050
September 27 & 28 – Line Dancing
October 4, 5, 11, 18 – Zumba
October 12 – Bollywood
October 19 – Salsa

British Legends
2024-10-04 19:30 | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St, Peterborough, K9J 2T8
This all-Canadian cast features the legends that ruled the pop charts all those years ago. The show consists of the best impersonators in the world with the look and sound of Bee Gee’s( Night Fever band ), Mick Jagger, David Bowie and the Star of All McCartney Live featuring Ian B. Garcia from the Broadway Beatle musical Rain! You will hear all the songs live, note for note, exactly as the original recordings. Not only do they look like the artists they are impersonating, but they look so much like the real artists, that people think they are watching them live on stage in concert. You will hear all the hits, watch all the moves and listen to a live band that consists of studio musicians. This is a must show to see.

Material Girls
2024-10-04 19:30 | Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St N, Peterborough, ON, K9J 3H2
The Material girls is a high energy musical production backed by studio musicians that recreate the ladies that topped the pop charts with all number one hit songs by Adele, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Cher. Songs from Adele’s “Hello to Shy Fall”, Lady Gaga’s “Born this Way” to “Bad Romance”, Cher’s “Believe” to “I Got You Babe” to Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” to “Papa Don’t Preach”. Plus many more. All the songs done note for note, chord for chord, exactly like to originals. The show features amazing vocals and the incredible looks of Adele, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Cher. Don’t miss the material girls. Special guests Shania, Blondie and Ann Wilson. Fantastic show!

First Friday Art Crawl
2024-10-04 18:00 - 23:00 | Downtown Peterborough, 500 George Street N, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 3H1, Canada
The best way to experience Art Crawl is to set out on foot and explore. Each month is different – you never know what you will stumble across. Check out the map and monthly listings for participating locations HERE!
First Friday Peterborough is a downtown monthly art crawl that allows you to experience the city’s art, music, and food scene, while supporting local artists, people watching, and taking in some city sights all at once. FFPTBO is dedicated to showcasing the immense artistic and musical talent in the Peterborough community. The art crawl is a self-guided tour of downtown galleries, studios, shops, and cafés that takes place on the first Friday of every month, between the hours of 6pm-11pm*
The First Friday Art crawl provides a welcoming energy and encourages everyone to come and enjoy the multifaceted creative culture of downtown. Each of the gallery, studio, and shop owners go out of their way to ensure the vibe is light, friendly, and completely unpretentious.
The event is family friendly + inclusive.
*Note: some venues may have varied hours. Please check monthly listing.

First Friday is proudly organized by a group of local artists, stakeholders in the arts community, and local arts-based business owners.

Salsa Party
2024-10-04 17:00 - 22:00 | Rolling Grape Vineyard, 260 County Rd 2, Bailieboro, Ontario, K0L 1B0, Canada
Salsa Night is back! It was one of our favourite and most popular events last year. Join us anytime from 5:00 – 10:00pm on the patio for a night of salsa music and dancing, artisan-style Mexican tacos, and frozen white wine margaritas.

Lakefield Farmers' Market
2024-10-03 09:00 - 13:00 | Lakefield-Smith Community Centre, 20 Concession St, Lakefield, Lakefield, K0L 2H0
Lakefield Farmers’ Market
May 16 – October 10, 2024
This seasonal market brings together farmers offering locally grown food, talented artisans providing crafts & entertainment and food vendors who used locally grown produce in the delicacies they serve.
The market provides locals a fun, friendly atmosphere. It is a great place to mingle, enjoy music, try a variety of foods and shop for local produce.

Date: Thursdays (mid-May to October – Rain or Shine)
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Address: Lakefield Arena Parking Lot – 20 Concession Street, Lakefield
Email: info@lakefieldfarmersmarket.net
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Public Skating in Havelock
2024-10-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-09-29 13:00 - 14:00 | HBM Community Centre, 39 George St E, Havelock, K0L 1Z0, Canada
It will run every Sunday from 1:00 – 2:00pm and every Wednesday from 1:00 – 3:00pm. Public skating is FREE and fun for all ages and skating levels!
We strongly recommend skaters wear a CSA certified helmet. All children under 12-years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Note: There are skate sharpening services on site, $5.00 per pair.
See you there!

Candle-Lit Yoga
2024-10-01 19:00 - 20:15 | Kawartha Country Wines, 2452 County Road 36, Buckhorn, ON, K0L 1J0
Immerse yourself in a rejuvenating yoga session focused on cultivating balance, inner strength, and serenity. Flow through poses that promote stability, flexibility, and inner harmony, allowing you to find equilibrium both on and off the mat.
All levels are welcome and this is a donation based class.

Relive the Music 50's & 60's Show
2024-09-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St N, Peterborough, ON, K9J 3H2
QUESTION: What kind of show gets 103 standing ovations in a row so far in Canada and the USA?
ANSWER: This one-of-a-kind Relive the Music 50s & 60s show that takes you through music history, trivia, and memories from the 50s and 60s!
One of a kind – “50s and 60s JukeBox Musical Concert with a Broadway feel with Band, Singers, Dancers, Tributes, Video and Trivia” This show takes the audience through Music History, Trivia & Memories of the 50s & 60s.
It’s like watching 40+ tribute shows in one night. Costumes changes after most songs.
One of the founding members and stars of this show is World Champion Tina Turner tribute artist Luisa Marshall, as seen on Oprah twice and the ELLENshow!
Millennials buy tickets to this show for your parents and grandparents. They will have a blast with memories.

Live Music at Rolling Grape
2024-09-29 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-09-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Rolling Grape Vineyard, 260 County Rd 2, Bailieboro, Ontario, K0L 1B0, Canada
Come out to Rolling Grape Vineyard Thursdays and Sundays to enjoy live music!
View Schedule Here

Oktoberfest at Haven Brewing Co.
2024-09-29 12:00 - 18:00 | Haven Brewing Company, 687 Rye St, Unit 6, Peterborough, K9J6X1, Canada
Oktoberfest at Haven Brewing Co. | September 27th-29th
Join us at Haven Brewing Co. for three days of Oktoberfest fun! Whether you’re a beer lover, a fan of live music, or just looking for a good time, we’ve got something for everyone! Your ticket includes your first pint and a custom 4-pack of our limited-edition Oktoberfest-labeled beer to take home.
Event Highlights:
Friday (12-9pm) & Sunday (12-6pm):

Pint deals, games, and snacks

Saturday Main Event (Sept 28th):

Live music

Games, prizes, and snacks

Optional Dinner (5-7pm) (separate ticket required)

Don’t miss the best weekend of beer, games, and good vibes at Haven Brewing! Grab your tickets now, and get ready for a weekend filled with music, prizes, and, of course, amazing beer!

Fall Fest Sip & Shop Artisan Market
2024-09-29 12:00 - 17:00 | Rolling Grape Vineyard, 260 County Rd 2, Bailieboro, Ontario, K0L 1B0, Canada
Rolling Grape’s Fall Fest Sip & Shop Artisan Market is Saturday, September 28 from 12:00 – 6:00pm and Sunday, September 19 from 12:00 – 5:00pm.
Enjoy our gourmet food stations and live music while you shop from over 30 local vendors!

STM, Astrology & Lunch
2024-09-29 12:00 - 13:30 | Kawartha Country Wines, 2452 County Road 36, Buckhorn, ON, K0L 1J0
Join Kate in our event space for an afternoon of movement, astrology and lunch!
12-1 pm: Soul-Tone Movement Clas and STM gem giveaway. Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat. If you don’t have one, we have a few extra available.
1-1:30pm: Join us for an outdoor catered lunch with live music next to our orchard. Enjoy a chat with Kate about astrology and the upcoming month, where she will be fielding astrology questions. In case of rain, lunch will be moved indoors. Each lunch comes with a wrap/sandwich AND a salad (lettuce, fruit, or pasta salad). Choose from a wide variety of menu options and all dietary restrictions can be accommodated. Once you purchase your ticket, we will email your lunch selections. Includes a glass of non-alcoholic sparkling beverage.

Reimagining Vermeer: Shifting Perspectives
2024-09-29 10:00 - 17:00 | platformD, Studio 5, 129 1/2 Hunter St W, Peterborough, ON, K9H 2K7
Don’t miss this dynamic showcase in Peterborough!
Mark your calendars for an unforgettable weekend of art and inspiration.

Yoga with Amanda
2024-09-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Grand Events, 861 Chemong Road, Unit 16, Peterborough, ON, K9H 5Z5
Whether you are new to yoga or a seasoned yogi, these classes are well suited for all yoga journeys. Both classes offer the opportunity to explore mindfulness, movement, and breath work. Bring a mat and water.
Mondays 7:45-8:45pm Flow and Stretch
Sundays 9-10am Rise and Shine Yoga

Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook
2024-09-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Showplace Performance Centre, 290 George St N, Peterborough, ON, K9J 3H2
Tribute Show: Experience Carole King’s Tapestry LIVE in concert!
You will be transported back to the iconic image of her multiple Grammy winning album of 1971.
You will feel the Earth Move under your feet with this show!

Vitals
2024-09-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St, Peterborough, K9J 2T8
Starring Katherine Cullen, the Dora-nominee for Outstanding Performance (Vitals).
New Stages is thrilled to launch our 2024-25 season of professional theatre with a unforgettable stripped-down version of the Dora-award-winning play Vitals by Rosamund Small.
Meet Anna, a Toronto paramedic who has reached her breaking point. Based on interviews and stories with real EMS workers, Vitals is masterfully written, and anchored by an incredible performance from Katherine Cullen (who originated the role in Outside the March’s award-winning production in Toronto).
This is an edge-of-your-seat, visceral theatre event that you won’t want to miss!
Content advisory: Vitals contains intense scenes, themes of suicide, and coarse language. Not for children.

Pride in the Park
2024-09-28 14:30 - 18:00 | Millennium Park, 130 King St, Peterborough, AZ, K9J 0A5
The 2024 Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Pride “Pride in the Park” event takes place Saturday September 28th at Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough (east end of King Street) following Pride Parade (roughly 2:30 pm until 6:00 pm). Pride in the Park includes:

Many amazing performers
Family friendly tunes.
Information booths from groups and agencies that support the queer community!
Vendors, and beer/beverage tent.
East Peterborough Lions Club Food Booth (burgers, sausages, hotdogs).
Family and Children’s Area with activities to help youth have a great time.
Fun for the entire family!

Peterborough Pride Parade
2024-09-28 13:30 - 17:30 | Peterborough City Hall, 500 George St, Peterborough, K9H 3R9
The Pride Parade will be held on the Saturday September 28th from City Hall to Millennium Park in downtown Peterborough.
Gather at 1:30pm at City Hall for pre-parade events and the parade starts at 2pm. The planned Parade/March route is approximately 1km and finishes at Millennium Park for the Pride in the Park event which runs until about 5:30pm.
You may recognize this year’s theme – it’s taken from our annual Pride Trans Day of Resiliency, first held in 2015. As the existance of trans and queer people becomes more politicized – we want to uplift this part of our community by educating about all of our realities, promoting action and visibility, and celebrating solidarity and strength. Though this theme fits well for the whole community – it’s important to highlight its roots and to uplift it and our trans and gender-diverse community as we do so.
