The Emerald Coast Guide
Theaters & Performance
The arts on the Emerald Coast extend well beyond the gallery wall. Community theaters, performance spaces, and arts organizations bring live performance to the Gulf Coast year-round, and they're more vibrant than you might expect.
18 places
UWF Center for Fine & Performing Arts
University of West Florida's home for theatre, music and visual art
Pensacola Little Theatre
Community theater in downtown Pensacola's 1912 former courthouse and jail
Pensacola State College Ashmore Auditorium
Pensacola State College's stage for plays, musicals and concerts
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
Pensacola's professional orchestra, led by Peter Rubardt for 30 seasons
Pensacola Opera
Professional opera at the Saenger Theatre since the early 1990s
Ballet Pensacola
Northwest Florida's resident professional ballet company since 1978
Stage Crafters Community Theatre
All-volunteer community theatre staging Broadway musicals and plays since 1972
Emerald Coast Theatre Company
Professional plays, musicals and youth theatre classes at Grand Boulevard
Mattie Kelly Arts Center
Broadway tours, symphony concerts and free art galleries on the NWF State campus
Northwest Florida Ballet
Downtown FWB's professional ballet company and school since 1969
Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show Panama City Beach
Dolly Parton's pirate battle dinner show, with ships afloat in an indoor lagoon
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Bay County's volunteer community theater, on stage in Lynn Haven since 1971
Sinfonia Gulf Coast
Destin-based orchestra playing classics and pops across the Emerald Coast
Panama City Symphony
Bay County's orchestra, now in its 31st season across three local venues
Pensacola Saenger Theatre
Restored 1925 Spanish Baroque theater on Palafox Street
Seaside Amphitheater
Grassy outdoor amphitheater in the heart of Seaside surrounded by the Merchan...
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation
Nonprofit arts organization and cultural arts village
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood
Historic 1909 hall on the National Register
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