Jacksonville is home to an enormous number of first class performance locations, theaters and concert halls. With cutting edge acoustics, state-of-the-art facilities and facilities as well as pretty design and aesthetics drawing from consequential roots, most theaters in Jacksonville are buildings that\’ve been revived and refitted from their architectural origins between 1919 and the 1930\’s.

Times Union Performing Arts Center

Located in central Jacksonville, the Times Union Performing Arts Center is among the biggest and most high visibility of the Jacksonville theaters promoting humanities, culture and performance. The TUPAC hosts varied events in it\’s multi locale facility, including the Terry Theatre, the Moran Theater which seats 3,000 guests, the Jacoby Symphony Hall, and the Vets Memorial Arena.

The Vets Memorial Arena hosts Jacksonville College Basketball and huge name acts like Jimmy Smorgasboard and Girl Antebellum. The Prime F. Osborn III Convention center hosts Expos, shows and other events in its 265,000 sq. Feet of space. The Convention Center used to be a railroad station before its conversion and keeps its historic design. Whichever location visitors experience, TUPAC is the premiere location to look at for giant name acts in all of its Jacksonville theaters, as well as music, comedy, celebrity, sports and events.

The Florida Theatre

With 2 hundred entertainment and cultural events each year The Florida Theatre hosts jazz, rock, blues, pop and more. Found in central along the St. Johns Stream, The Florida Theatre hosts 250 thousand guests annual and is recognised as among the best concert locales in Florida and the Southeast, and is on the Nation's Register of Consequential Places.

Performers at this theatre built in 1927 have included Gordon Lightfoot, Greg Allman and \”A John Waters Christmas\”, besides being the performance location for the Florida Ballet.

This place has some of the best acoustics, is well decorated in a timeless fashion, and is considered to be among the best concert halls in all of Jacksonville.

Theatre Jacksonville

Starting in 1919, Theatre Jacksonville is one of, if not the longest running community theaters in Jacksonville. With performances, the theatre offers acting and theatre classes for every age and interests. Past performances have included The Typhoon, Hamlet, One Flew Over the Cuckoo\’s Nest, An Inspector Calls, Over the Brook and Thru the Woods, Seussical, Howdy Dolly and more. Performers and artists engaged in Theatre Jacksonville are volunteers with a high level of expertise and data that put their hearts and time into the quality performances at the theatre. Theatre Jacksonville can accommodate a good sized audience, but is a perfect sized fit for a theatre experience that involves more close contact than a larger, more high visibility locale.

Jacksonville Theatre Guild

Offering productions everyone can enjoy, the Jacksonville Theatre Guild performs out of the Studio Theatre with comedies, musicals and eccentric feel really nice theatre. Past and current productions include Lend Me a Tenor and flaky offerings like \”Drac\’s Back\”, centered on the way in which the night unfolds when students on a trip take sanctuary from a thunderstorm in the castle of Dexter Drackman, who is actually Dracula in disguise.

Jacoby Symphony Hall at Times Union Performing Arts Center

Located at the Times-Union Center for the Performing humanities, Jacoby Symphony Hall is perhaps one of the few concert halls in the country dedicated only to a symphony orchestra, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. The Hall\’s capacity seats 1,800 guests and was designed by commonly commended acousticians Kirkegaard & Associates and KBJ designers and Rothman, Rothman & Heineman designers. Created in a \”shoebox\” shape, the design reflects sound to disburse it in equal proportions to the gang for phenomenal acoustics. This place is great to see a performance or show, and is centrall located in downtown Jacksonville.

Metropolitan Park

An outside locale with a covered 2,400 square foot stage, Metropolitan Park plays host to several events and outdoors concerts including the Spring Music Vacation, World of States Party and yearly Jacksonville Jazz Vacation.

Past performers have included James Taylor, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Jackson Brown and the Beach Boys. Events at the concerthall at Metropolitan Park supply a good experience along the St. John\’s brook with covered picnic shelters, children\’s play area, a 27-acre park and event. Related facilities to make any visit notable.

UNF Fine Arts Center

Composed of The Exhibition Hall, the Lazzara Performance Hall, and the Andrew A. Robinson Jr. Theater, the UNF Fine Arts Center serves both the Varsity and Jacksonville residents. UNF places host a mixture of entertainers, musicians and performances as well as offering lectures, training conventions, receptions, social events and workshops. Some of the most recent performances that have taken place at this theater happen to include Flute Day, piano recitals, Chamber Mjsic, jazz, and the Ravi Coltrane Quartet

\”Movies on the House\” offers more non-traditional films one another Thursday at 7pm on a large screen at the Robinson Theater, with complimentary popcorn and prizes. The object of \”Movies on the House\”, known around campus as MOTH, is to screen films spectators and fans wouldn't typically be in a position to see on the big-screen, and to foster an environment of community in the crowd.

Freebird Live

Well-known often as a Jacksonville spot for music, the Freebird Cafe books both nationally known artists as well as area and local music, making it the best spot to see what music in Jacksonville is actually like. Freebird Live\’s performance space houses 700 guests standing room only and offers points of view from the floor and a railed balcony that overlooks the stage.

The location has an external smoking balcony and 2 full bars with an higher level balcony area for 21+ visitors; other areas are elected as all ages. Freebird Live showcases sometimes rock artists, like modern performers Anberlin, Diplo and Attack Attack! The locale is located downtown one block away from the sea, across from the SeaWalk Pavilion.