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Downtown Norfolk is the cultural heart of Hampton Roads, offering everything from live theatre and comedy shows to nationally recognized ballet and opera performances.

Locate a venue or a performance by selecting from the links
listed below!

Showing 1 - 10 of 11 locations.

Crispus Attucks Cultural Center, Inc.

Phone: 757-622-4763
Location: 1010 Church Street
Hours: Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:00pm

The Attucks Theatre was built in 1919 as a mecca for entertainment and commerce, strategically located on Church Street, the heart of the city's minority community, much like New York's Harlem. Today, the Attucks has the distinction of being the oldest remaining legitimate theatre in the nation that was completely financed, designed, constructed and operated by African-Americans.

d'Art Center

Phone: 757-625-4211
Location: 208 E Main Street Selden Arcade
Hours: Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun 1pm-5pm.

The d'Art Center, housed in the historic Selden Arcade, is home to 30 studios for working artists in all mediums. The Center holds art classes for adults and children and often hosts private events and benefits. A new initiative, d'ART SMART collects art supplies for use by underserved young people.

Governor's School for the Arts

Phone: 757-451-4711
Location: 1542 W 49th Street
Hours: Hours:Mon-Fri, 9:15am-5:15pm.

The students at the Governor’s School who study dance, music, visual arts, performing arts or theater come from eight Hampton Roads school divisions. The performances and exhibits they produce are some of the best in the area. Downtown, theatre and performing arts performances take place in the GSA Black Box Theatre.

Hurrah Players

Phone: 757-627-5437
Location: 935 Woodrow Avenue
Hours: Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.

Since 1984 the Hurrah Players has been bringing the magic of theater to hundreds of Hampton Roads young people. Children can take classes in theater arts as well as perform in the main stage productions mounted each season. Recognized repeatedly by local and regional media and theatrical organizations, the Hurrah Players have received many awards for its creative and innovative work. Shows are performed primarily at the TCC Roper Performing Arts Center.

Norfolk Festevents

Phone: 757-441-2345
Location: 120 W Main Street
Hours: Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm.

Each year from February through October, Norfolk Festevents presents over 65 days of festivals, concerts, tall ship visits and other events and activities in Town Point Park and Ocean View Beach Park, both located on Norfolk's waterfronts.

Todd Rosenlieb Dance

Phone: 757- 626-3262
Location: 325 Granby Street
Hours: 7am-9pm

Todd Rosenlieb's Dance headquarters are in the TRDance Center, a state-of-the-art brand new facility located in the heart of downtown Norfolk’s renaissance district. At the Center, they offer a well-rounded environment to dancers of all ages. Whether they aspire to a professional career, or simply wish to dance for sheer pleasure, our students expect and benefit from, skilled, dedicated teachers who are committed to the proper training of dancers



Virginia Arts Festival

Phone: 757-282-2800
Location: 220 Boush Street
Hours: Hours: Events: April-May each year, Office: year round Mon-Fri, 9am- 5pm.

Begun in 1997 as a way to promote tourism, the VAF has become a much heralded rite of spring, welcoming internationally acclaimed artists from around the globe as well as the best of the region’s own professional arts organizations to present a dazzling lineup of music, theatre and dance. Festival events now take place in eight cities across Hampton Roads in concert halls, performing arts centers, opera houses, theatres, museums, outdoor stages, and historic churches. The Box Office is located at the MacArthur Center Customer Service Desk at 300 Monticello Avenue.

Virginia Ballet Theatre

Phone: 757-622-4822
Location: 134 West Olney Road
Hours: Hours:Mon-Fri, 9am-8pm, Sat 9am-2:30pm

The Virginia Ballet Theatre is the only professional dance company in Hampton Roads and one of only two professional companies in Virginia. The VBT offers a full season of professional dance, including the beloved “The Nutcracker,” which performs each year at Chrysler Hall.

Virginia Opera

Phone: BoxOffice:757-623-1223,Admin:757-623-9545
Location: 160 E Virginia Beach Blvd
Hours: Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.

Virginia Opera is one of the finest opera companies in the nation and is the only company to perform regularly in three separate main stage venues. In addition, Virginia Opera's Education Program reaches more students and adults in the classroom and community than any other opera company in the United States - including more than 180,000 students and community members in the past year.

Virginia Stage Company

Phone: 757-627-1234
Location: 254 Granby Street Wells Theatre
Hours: Hours: Performances: Tues-Sun, Admin Mon-Fri 9am-6pm.

Virginia Stage Company is the region's only fully professional theatre company, serving an audience of more than 100,000 yearly. It has achieved a national reputation as one of the country's foremost regional theatres, attracting leading theatre artists to the Wells Theatre stage.



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