Events

TOUR SERIES CYCLING HITS CITY

The city centre streets will once again play host to the thrills and spills of top-class cycling when the Halfords Tour Series returns to Peterborough on Tuesday May 29. Thousands of people are expected to flock to the city centre for the race, which starts at 7pm and will again be televised on ITV 4 - the ... Full story

ACADEMY’S EVENING OF INDULGENCE

Nene Park Academy is hosting its first Pamper and Indulgence evening on Wednesday May 16. The event is being organised by students to raise funds for the Academy’s Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme.  The Programme has proved to be a very popular after- school activity with over 50 students taking part and the Academy is looking to ... Full story

PETERBOROUGH ARTS FESTIVAL 2012 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!

  Whilst walking around Peterborough this summer, look out for a giant elephant, the Olympic Torch, and the indie rock band Hard-Fi! I may be drinking a beer whilst writing this but I assure you these are not the ramblings of a drunken fool. This is a small taster of what’s to come during this ... Full story

FLASH MOB HITS QUEENSGATE!

  Beckie Barnes has been working hard once again to provide the students at Stanground Academy with high quality and exciting performance opportunities! Flash mobs are a brilliant way to bring together communities and Beckie has done exactly that. She’s choreographed the routine to her own mix of old and new music and began teaching in January, ... Full story

TIME TO BID FOR THE BOYS @ CITY’S MAN AUCTION!

  It’s here at last – the city’s first ever charity Man Auction, so cheque books at the ready girls! If you feared you’d missed out, the venue had to be changed due to unforeseen circumstances but now the guys are ready to be auctioned off on Friday May 18 at the Parkway Club on Maskew Avenue. It’s all ... Full story

FUNDRAISER FOR ANGIE!

   We've recently heard the sad news that local lady Angie Wheeler (best known as the bubbly landlady at the Roundhead,   Bretton) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She's done an amazing job fighting the disease and went into remission, but sadly in February this year she was told the cancer had ... Full story

TEAMS ENTER THE DRAGON

Local organisers of the Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival, Gable Events, are reporting an influx of new teams signing up to take part in the much anticipated annual event in aid of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH). The Festival takes place on Saturday June 16 on the River Nene at The Embankment by the Key Theatre in Peterborough ... Full story

PETERBOROUGH THROUGH A LENS

A photo exhibition charting the people and places of Peterborough over the last 30 years is proving a huge success and has already helped find more of the people featured in the photos. The images captured by city paramedic Chris Porsz in his spare time have formed the ... Full story

LAST CHANCE TO ‘POP’!

Generous locals across Peterborough have shown their support for an exciting new charity walk, which is the first of its kind in the country... including the Peterborough Phantoms! Arthritis Research UK has chosen our city to launch  ‘Pop Around Peterborough’ - a new 5 mile sponsored charity walk where prizes can be won, which will be taking ... Full story

JOHN BARROWMAN COMING TO THE BORO’S NEW SCI-FI SHOW!

Hugely popular West End and Broadway star John Barrowman has been confirmed to appear at Peterborough Arena – as part of an impressive line-up for a new event coming to the city - The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. The TV presenter and celebrity will be wowing fans of his alter ego Captain Jack Harkness, from the ... Full story