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Performing Arts

Bandshell Concert Series
Daytona Beach Bandshell

70 Boardwalk, Daytona Beach
(386)  671-3420
www.bandshell.org
Outdoor, oceanfront concert series held April - October.  Concerts feature jazz, Dixieland, big band, folk, and rhythm and blues music.  Performance times, dates, and artists are updated online at www.daytonabeach.com.

Central Florida Cultural Endeavors, Inc.
Box office address: 901 6th Street, Daytona Beach
(386) 257-7790
www.fif-lso.org
A non-profit arts organization, CFCE presents a variety of cultural events throughout the year encompassing classical, choral, and chamber music as well as dance. Call for dates, times and locations.

Daytona Beach Symphony Society
Box office address:  140 S. Beach Street; Suite 107, Daytona Beach
(386) 253-2901
www.dbss.org
The society presents six annual concerts and Daytona Winterfest (annual festival combines world-class performances and cuisine in January) during the winter season.  Features internationally-acclaimed orchestras and soloists. Call for dates, times and locations.

Daytona Playhouse
100 Jessamine Blvd.
Daytona Beach
(386) 255-2431
In operation for more than 40 years, the Playhouse offers a variety of stage productions from September through June.  Call for a schedule.

Ocean Center
101 N. Atlantic Ave.
Daytona Beach
(800) 858-6444, (386) 254-4545
www.oceancenter.com
Daytona Beach's multi-purpose convention center and entertainment complex hosts numerous concerts and performances throughout the year. Call for a schedule.

Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center
399 N. U.S. Highway 1
Ormond Beach
(386) 676-3375
www.ormondbeach.org
This community arts facility sponsors and promotes children's theater, community theater, a professional concert series and touring theater productions.  Call for a schedule.

Peabody Auditorium
600 Auditorium Blvd.
Daytona Beach
(386) 671-3461 or (386) 671-3409
2,500-seat facility is home to the Daytona Beach Symphony Society, Daytona Beach Civic Ballet, Concert Showcase and the London Symphony Orchestra during the Florida International Festival.  Call for a schedule. 

Seaside Music Theater
SMT Downtown

176 N. Beach Street
Daytona Beach
- And -
DBCC Theater Center
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach
Box Office (for both locations): 
(800) 854-5592
(386) 252-6200
Email: lauren.towers@seasidemusictheater.org
www.seasidemusictheater.org

The only professional music theater in the Southeastern United States which combines a full-pit orchestra with its productions. Summer and winter performances.

 

Museums & Galleries

African American and Caribbean American Museum of Art
325 S. Clara Avenue
DeLand
(386) 736-4004 
Permanent gallery containing more than 150 pieces of African and Caribbean art.  Six rotating visual arts exhibits. Hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday.

Art League of Daytona Beach
433 S. Palmetto Avenue
Daytona Beach
(386) 258-3856
www.artleague.org
Changing monthly exhibits.  The League hosts workshops, classes and demonstrations throughout the year and features an art video library.  Open 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Atlantic Center for the Arts
1414 Art Center Avenue
New Smyrna Beach
(800) 393-6975, (386) 427-6975
www.atlanticcenterfor the arts.org
Artists-in-residence community. Gallery exhibitions, performances, and tours. Open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. except on holidays. Admission is free.

Fred Dana Marsh Museum
Tomoka State Park

2099 N. Beach Street
Ormond Beach
(386) 676-4040
www.dep.state.fl.us/parks
Collection of the works by Ormond Beach sculptor and architect, Fred Dana Marsh.  Also various cultural, natural, and historical exhibits indigenous to the area.  Open 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily.

Halifax Historical Museum
252 S. Beach Street
Daytona Beach
(386) 255-6976
www.halifaxhistorical.org
Showcases the history of the Daytona Beach area. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Adult admission:  $3.00.  Children less than 12:  $1.00.  Children free on Saturdays.

Harvey W. Lee Jr. Memorial Gallery
Mary McLeod Bethune Fine Arts Center

Bethune-Cookman College
151 Lincoln Street, Daytona Beach
(386) 255-1401, ext. 522
www.bethune.cookman.edu
Changing exhibits feature the work of artists throughout the Southeast.  Permanent collection of African art.  Tours Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Museum of Arts and Sciences
1040 Museum Blvd.
Daytona Beach
(386) 255-0285
www.moas.org
Multi-cultural exhibits in art, science and history. Permanent and traveling exhibitions.  Planetarium shows.  Open Tuesday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, noon - 5 p.m.

Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens
78 East Granada Blvd.
Ormond Beach
(386) 676-3347
www.ormondbeach.org
Lush tropical gardens.  Nature trails, fish ponds and fountains.  Museum features changing monthly exhibits. Open Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, noon - 4 p.m.

Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona Beach Community College, Building 37
1200 International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach
(386) 254-4475
www.dbcc.cc.fl.us/dbcc/htm/smp/smphome.htm
Florida's official museum of photography.   Admission is free. Open Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Tuesday, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 

 

 

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