Peterborough has a vibrant arts, culture, and heritage community. We have a wide variety of museums, an exciting music and theatre scene, hundreds of cultural workers, producers and organizations, a busy festival calendar, and well-preserved built heritage.

Municipal Cultural Plan

The City's Municipal Cultural Plan focuses on culture's role in creating a livable, sustainable community with a vibrant downtown and healthy neighbourhoods. The Plan presents a shared cultural vision for Peterborough through a set of guidelines, principles and actions that ensure we reach our greatest potential as a culturally vibrant and creative city.

Culture council

The Electric City Culture Council is as a community-based organization created in 2012 to support the efforts of cultural producers and highlight the value of creativity in building community prosperity.