Arts and Culture

The arts are an integral part of Niagara's social fabric, creating jobs, diversifying local economies and strengthening community spirit and pride. Arts and cultural events often involve unique partnerships and sponsorships that bring together businesses, governments, artists, performers, crafts people and the public.

Amateur and professional companies present plays, dances, and other artistic works at complexes such as the Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theare in St. Catharines, which is used by the Carousel Players, Essential Collective Theatre, Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects, neXt Company Theatre, Niagara Dance Company, Suitcase in Point Theatre, Stray Theatre and Theatre Beyond Words.

The Niagara Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Niagara offer a variety of concerts on a seasonal basis. A number of galleries, including Rodman Hall and the Grimsby Art Gallery, also bring numerous shows to the area on a regular basis.

St. Catharines will welcome a new performing arts centre in 2014. The $94 million St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre will sit on a 4.5-acre site that stretches from St. Paul Street into an urban valley. The centre will include concert, dance, film and rehearsal halls, as well as the new home of Brock University's Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
 

The following list contains a sample of Arts and Culture organizations in the Niagara Region:

St. Catharines
 

St. Catharines Cultural Investment Program (SCCIP)
 www.stcatharines.ca/en/investin
 

Brock University Centre for the Arts
500 Glenridge Avenue

Phone: (905) 688-5550 ext. 3257
 www.arts.brocku.ca

 

Niagara Centre for the Arts
4700 Epworth Circle
Niagara Falls

Phone: (905) 353-8709
http://www.niagaracentreforarts.com/

 

Rodman Hall Arts Centre
109 St. Paul Crescent

Phone: (905) 684-2925
 www.brocku.ca/rodmanhall
 

Carousel Players
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre
101 King Street, 2nd Floor

Phone: (905) 682-8326
www.carouselplayers.com

 

Chorus Niagara
89 Scott Street

Phone: (905) 934-5575
 www.chorusniagara.ca

 

CRAM
24 James Street, 2nd Floor

Phone: (905) 380-3910
 www.cramart.ca
 

Essential Collective Theatre
31 James Street

Phone: (905) 684-6255
www.ectheatre.ca

 

Lyndesfarne Theatre Projects
35 Chaplin Avenue

Phone: (905) 938-1222
www.lyndesfarnetheatreprojects.com

 

neXt Company Theatre
Sullivan Mahoney Courthouse Theatre
101 King Street

www.nextcompanytheatre.com
 

Niagara Artists' Centre
354 St. Paul Street

Phone: (905) 641-0331
 www.nac.org
  

Niagara  Dance Company
31 James Street

Phone: (905) 684-6255
www.niagaradancecompany.com

  

Suitcase in Point Theatre
346 St. Paul Street

Phone: (289) 477-1025
www.suitcaseinpoint.com

  

Stray Theatre
St. Catharines (no fixed address)

Phone: (905) 359-8000

  

Theatre Beyond Words
145 King Street

Phone: (905) 687-4896
www.theatrebeyondwords.ca


Niagara Symphony
500 Glenridge Avenue

Phone: (905) 687-4993
 www.niagarasymphony.org


St. Catharines Museum
1932 Welland Canals Parkway

Phone: (905) 984-8880
 www.stcatharines.ca

 

 

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls Art Gallery
8058 Oakwood Drive,
Niagara Falls, On
L2E 6S5

Phone: (905) 356-1514
 www.niagarafallsartgallery.ca


Lundy's Lane Historical Museum
5810 Ferry Street

Phone: (905) 358-5082
 www.niagarafallsmuseum.ca

 

 

Grimsby

Grimsby Art Gallery
18 Carnegie Lane
Grimsby, On
L3M 1A1

Phone: (905) 945-3246
 www.town.grimsby.on.ca


Grimsby Museum
6 Murray Street

Phone: (905) 945-5292
 www.town.grimsby.on.ca

 

 

Fort Erie

Garrison Little Theatre
1101 DiPietro Street

Phone: (905) 871-3520
www.artsniagara.com/garrison-little-theatre/

 

 

Niagara-On-The-Lake

Shaw Festival Theatre
Box 774 10 Queen's Parade

Phone: (905) 468-2172
Toll Free: 1 (800) 511-7429
 www.shawfest.com

 

 

Port Colborne

Roselawn Centre for the Living Arts
296 Fielden Avenue

Phone: (905) 834-7572
 www.roselawncentre.com
 

Showboat Festival Theatre
296 Fielden Avenue

Phone: (905) 834-0833
Toll Free: 1 (888) 870-8181
 www.roselawncentre.com

 

 

Jordan (Lincoln)

Jordan Art Gallery
3845 Main Street

Phone: (905) 562-6680
 www.jordanartgallery.com


Jordan Historical Museum
3802 Main Street

Phone: (905) 562-5242
 www.niagara.cioc.ca

 

 

Welland

Welland Historical Museum
140 King Street

Phone: (905) 732-2215
 www.wellandmuseum.ca