What's on in the pubs and clubs
There’s a busy weekend ahead in the city’s pubs and clubs – plus a date for the second Nick Smith memorial gig at Charters.
THURSDAY 16th:


The Ostrich Inn, North Street, has The Songwriters Sessions with four performers from 8pm.
The Shed Taproom & Deli, Fletton Quays, has Open Mic from 8pm.


Charters, Town Bridge, has Pub Quiz from 8pm - 11pm. Free entry – teams of 6 max, winning team gets £30 bar tab.
Velvet Panache, Broadway, has Thursday Club, hosted by Boreland, playing House, Dance, Trance, RNB, Afrobeat, DNB, Pop and more.
O’Neill’s, Broadway, has karaoke from 9pm to 2am. Hosted by Top Notch Entertainers.
Brewery Tap, Westgate, has Peterborough Big Band from 8pm - 10pm in the function room.
FRIDAY 17th:
O’Neill’s, Broadway, has live DJ from 9pm to 2am. Hosted by Rob DJ from Top Notch Entertainers.
Charters, Town Bridge, has DJ Twix from 5pm - 10pm spinning house tunes outside in the beer garden.
The Shed Taproom & Deli, Fletton Quays, has Stevie Daniels and the Wranglers from 8pm.
The Cock Inn, Werrington, has Dependant Variables playing Rock/Pop covers from 8:30pm plus Thai street food from 5-8pm.
The Ostrich Inn has No Gods No Managers Present A Great Notion, Guts and Rough Pup from 8pm.
Brewery Tap, Westgate, has DJ Eddie Nash presents 'Dancehall' from 9pm - 2am. Free before 11am, £5 after.
Yard of Ale, Oundle Road, has Morning Glory.
The Crown, Lincoln Road, has The Numbers from 9pm playing the best chart Brit Pop, Indie, Punk and Mod covers.
The Burghley, Burghley Road, has Radius 45 from 9pm. Popular Peterborough band, playing Pop and Rock covers. SATURDAY 18th:
O’Neill’s, Broadway, has Top Notch Entertainers, 9pm-2am.
The Crown, Lincoln Road, has True 90s from 9pm. Expect to be taken back to warmer summer climates as the band recreate the ultimate throwback to those classic Festival shows of the 90s.
The Shed Taproom & Deli, Fletton Quays, has Salt of The Earth from 8pm
The Ostrich Inn has The Mighty & The High from 9.30pm.
The Cock Inn, Werrington, has The Gangsters, ska/reggae band from 8:30pm plus Smashed Up street food from 5-8pm.
Yard of Ale, Oundle Road, has Cosmic Rodney.
Brewery Tap has resident DJ Rick Allen’s Saturday Night Groove from 9pm - 4am. Free entry before 11pm, £5 after 11pm, £10 after 12am.
Charters has The Midnight City Band from 10pm onwards . A 6-piece female-fronted band bringing you the very best of disco, funk and soul.
The Burghley, Burghley Road, has The Dizzy Miss Lizzys from 9pm. Peterborough band, ft. Gizz Butt, playing classic Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, T.Rex with a hard rock edge and peppering the tracks with virtuoso guitar solos and licks.
The Broadway Club, Broadway, has Jenny K.
The Boulevard Club, Bourges Boulevard, has The Zephyrs from 9pm playing Rock and Pop covers. Members free, guests, non-members £2.
The Woolpack, Stanground, has River City Hustle from 8pm. Acoustic band covering hits from across the decades. Ft. Richard Hall and Mark Hall, (both from The Outlaw Eagles).
March United Services Club has Cecil Farayi (Soul & Motown Night). Doors ppen 7:30pm/ Tickets £6 members, £8 non-members. SUNDAY 19th:
The Ostrich Inn has Soulful Strut DJ Session from 2pm - 6.30pm followed by acoustic music.
Charters has Lee Clingan from 3pm - 6pm. A solo acoustic act with a range of genres through the ages.
The Shed Taproom & Deli, Fletton Quays, has Tennessee Twin from 3.30pm. TUESDAY 21st:
Velvet Panache, Broadway, has Out And Loud LGBTQUIA+ night from 10.30pm to 2.30am. WEDNESDAY 22nd:
•Charters will host the second Nick Smith Memorial Charity Gig on Sunday, June 21 between 12pm and 9pm.
The family friendly festival will be free to enter, with further details – including which bands will be performing – announced nearer the time.
Last year, to celebrate his life, a charity fundraising concert was held at Charters, with 19 bands performing in Nick’s honour.
The day raised more than £11,000 for the Nick Smith Music Foundation.