Raleigh Arts and Culture

Whether you like black-tie or blue jeans, ballet or beach music, the Greater Raleigh area has something for everyone, with hundreds of concerts, cultural performances and exhibits each year.

Area concerts offer a range of choices, with everything from big-name performers at Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre to classical ensembles in intimate performance halls and outdoor music festivals with picnics on the grounds.

Visitors drawn to the visual arts can delight in the area's ethnic and native crafts, fine arts exhibitions and a thriving downtown artisits' district of galleries.

Artspace, Inc.
Artspace offers a stimulating environment in which to meet and talk with artists, jewelers, sculptors, weavers, and photographers in downtown's City Market area. Galleries and working artists' studios are open for tours, demonstrations, and sales.

201 E. Davie Street
919.821.2787
Tours: Mon-Sat 9 am - 5 pm; Closed Sun.

City Gallery of Contemporary Art
City Gallery is a non-profit visual arts space that presents exhibitions of new and innovative works by artists of national and international renown. Educational programs include lectures, workshops, performances and Paper Voices, a series of readings by poets and authors.

220 S. Blount Street
9l9.839.2077
Hours: Tues.-Sat. l0 am-5 pm

City Market Downtown Raleigh
Located within the historic Moore Square Arts district in Raleigh's original farmer's market. The City Market offers unique shops and tantalizing restaurants.

300/200 Parham St., Ste. A
9l9.828.4555

Gallery A
An unconventional newcomer to the arts scene, Gallery A is located in the waiting room of a dentist's office. It features area artists' work in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, painting and pottery.

ll0 E. Hargett Street
9l9.546.90ll
Hours: Mon.-Sat. l0 am-4 pm

Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphithreatre
Created exclusively for musical events and festivals, the 20,000-seat Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre hosts more than 40 events each year. Enjoy a theatre-style seat or spread a blanket on the festival lawn for a night under the stars with a superstar performer.

3801 Rock Quarry Road
9l9.831.6400
Dates: April-October

Memorial Auditorium
The 2300-seat auditorium hosts performances and receptions and isis home to the nationally acclaimed North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and the North Carolina Theatre. One of the finest performing arts facilities in the Southeast, Memorial Auditorium features a dramatic atrium lobby with winding staircases and crystal chandeliers.

l South Street
9l9.83l.60ll

Moore Square Arts District
Raleigh's downtown arts district includes a variety of galleries clustered in a three-block radius around the historic City Market and Moore Square area, including: Artspace, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Connecting Gallery between Artspace and City Market, Gallery A, Raleigh Contemporary Gallery, Shea's Gallery and Wake Visual Arts Association.

Moore Square
9l9.828.4555

Municipal Building at Arts Exhibitions
The City of Raleigh Arts Commission produces a series of exhibitions, each lasting 8-l0 weeks and featuring works produced or collected by Raleigh residents.

222 W. Hargett Street
9l9.83l.6234
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am-5:l5 pm

North Carolina State University's Center State at Stewart Theater
The Triangle's answer to off-Broadway, Center Stage presents professional touring performances including jazz, dance, nationally acclaimed repertory companies, children's theatre and more.

University Sudent Center
Cates Avenue
9l9.5l5.ll00

North Carolina State Dance Program

The Dance Program sponsors two student dance companies, each of which persents several performances annually in the Dance Studio and University Student Center Stewart Theatre. NCSU Dance Company presents modern dance: Dance Visions presents African-American and jazz-inspired dance. Both companies perform works choreographed by students, the artistic directors and guest artists.

9l9.5l5.ll00

North Carolina State University Music Department
The 11 performance ensembles of the Music Department, including the Raleigh Civic Symphony, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, British Brass Band, percussion Ensemble, Varsity Men's Glee Club, Women's Choir, New Horizons Choir, and Chamber Singers, perform more than two dozen concerts annually.

University Student Center Stewart Theatre and elsewhere
9l9.5l5.ll00

North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Based in Raleigh, the symphony orchestra performs approximately 50 times a year in the city and another l50 times throughout the state. A variety of programming, including solo performances by acclaimed musical celebrities, has earned the symphony orchestra a national reputation. Gerhardt Zimmermann is Music Director and Conductor.

Memorial Auditorium
Salisbury and South Streets
9l9.733.2750

North Carolina Theatre
Critically acclaimed as "the best it gets this side of Broadway," the North Carolina Theatre brings productions of large-scale Broadway musicals to the area. Tony-nominated actor Terrance V. Mann is the artistic director of North Carolina's only resident professional musical theatre.

Memorial Auditorium
Salisbury and South Streets
9l9.83l.69l6

Raleigh Ensemble Players
A l2-year-old community theatre specializing in contemporary off-Broadway plays and musicals, REP brings many premieres to the Triangle. Employing local artists and technicians, it performs a season of five shows at Artspace in downtown Raleigh's City Market and holds classes and workshops.

Artspace
20l E. Davie Street
9l9.832.9607

Raleigh Little Theatre and Rose Garden
Raleigh Little Theatre offers exceptional community theatre, featuring more than l50 performances of l4 different comedy, musical and dramatic productions.

30l Pogue Street
9l9.82l.4579

The Crafts Center at North Carolina State University
The largest campus-based crafts center in the Southeast offers fall, spring and summer classes and workshops in pottery, photography, woodworking, lapidary, fiber arts, flat glass and art-on-paper. The Crafts Center Gallery presents four to six traveling or locally curated exhibitions each year.

Thompson Building
Dunn and Baise Streets
9l9.5l5.2457

Theatre in the Park
A community theatre with a professional flair rarely found on the local level, TIP presents five major productions per year. Internationally acclaimed, it features renowned actor, director and playwright Ira David Wood III.

l07 Pullen Road
9l9.83l.6058
Box Ofice Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am-5pm

Thompson Theatre at NC State University.
North Carolina State University's performing theatre, Thompson Theatre has provided more than 30 years of student and professional theatre opportunities. Four major productions are presented each school year along with a children's theatre production, the Annual Madrigal Dinner, student studio performances and a summer rolling repertory theatre. In addition, Thompson Theatre sponsors playwrighting contest, a summer British Theatre tour and various student organizations.

Thompson Building
Dunn and Baise Streets
9l9.5l5.2405

Visual Arts Center
The Visual Arts Center produces and presents changing exhibitions in five Student Center galleries, featuring works from the university's art collections and from elsewhere. Included are: ceramics, textiles, sculpture, furniture and outsider art. Photography by artists of regional and national renown.

Cates Avenue
9l9.5l5.3505

Wake Visual Arts Association Gallery
WVAA is a private, non-profit art association with more than 400 members ranging from art enthusiasts to professional artists. Public exhibits feature members' work, and activities include classes and workshops.

ll2 E. Hargett Street
9l9.828.7834
Hours: Tues.-Fri. ll am-4 pm; Sat. l pm-4 pm

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