Bandwagon Article: City Music Leaves Peace Centre After 43 years

For both professional musicians and those who make music as a hobby, Peace Centre was, for decades, one of the go-to places in Singapore for music equipment.

From 1980 until April 2023, the building was home to City Music Co. Pte. Ltd, a music retailer that has grown into a mainstay of the local music community since it was established by Willy Hoe Chian Kok back in 1968. Today, the business is run by Willy alongside his sons Hoe Yeegn Lougn and Hoe Hsin Loong, who serve as its Director of Sales and Director of Marketing respectively.

Throughout its history, City Music has repeatedly shown that it is a company that embraces change by switching up its business strategy to meet the needs of its customers. But this year, the retailer faces a transition that it describes as “a complicated, mixed bag of feelings” — moving out of its Peace Centre unit.