Peterborough is home to one of the most active music communities for a city of its size in Canada. In addition to innumerable bands, ensembles, and musical groups, Peterborough is also home to:

• The Bonachord and Jubilaire Choirs
• The Kawartha Lakes Singers
• The Kawartha Treble Troupe
• The Kawartha Youth Orchestra
• The New Horizons Bands
• The Peterborough Children's Chorus
• The Peterborough Concert Band
• The Peterborough Pop Ensemble
• The Peterborough Singers
• The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra
• Northumberland Orchestra and Choir - http://www.norchestra.org/
• Bobcaygeon Music Council

While mostly performance oriented, many of the above organizations also have an educational component. Some other groups are more educational focused:

• Accademia Musica - strings and piano instruction - http://www.accademiamusica.com/
• Building Bands Canada - a charity providing musical training in elementary schools by volunteer instructors
• Bobcaygeon Music Council Workshops and Summer Brass & Woodwind daycamp
• Peterborough Suzuki School of Music - a charitable organization of parents and teachers providing piano instruction in the Suzuki method - http://ptbosuzuki.ca/.

Peterborough has many music festivals, including:

• The Little Lake Music Festival (previously the Festival of Lights) - http://www.littlelakemusicfest.ca/
• The Peterborough Folk Festival - http://ptbofolkfest.com/

A public Google Calendar, Musicville-Canada-calendar lists many events - contact j-beda if you would like to add any event to it. Of course the Peterborough Wiki Events Board is a good place to list things too!.

In addition to those listed above, an automatically generated list of music groups is generated. Any listings there should probably also be added here.