4 Best Performing Arts in Central North Carolina, North Carolina

Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts

Downtown

The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts has several different performance spaces. The 2,369-seat Memorial Auditorium, the crown jewel of the complex, is home to the North Carolina Theatre and the nationally acclaimed Carolina Ballet. The 1,700-seat Meymandi Concert Hall hosts the North Carolina Symphony. The 600-seat Fletcher Opera Theater provides a showcase for the A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute, while the 170-seat Kennedy Theater stages shows by smaller theater groups.

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)

Downtown
With its impressive modernist glass structure and adjacent hotel and restaurants, DPAC offers panoramic views of the city and a world-class performing arts experience. The 2,700-person theater is the place to catch touring Broadway productions and big-name artists traveling through the region.

Greensboro Coliseum Complex

The vast Greensboro Coliseum Complex hosts sporting, music, and entertainment events throughout the year, including the Central Carolina Fair. Jimi Hendrix, Phish, and Garth Brooks have all performed here. It's also home to the Greensboro Swarm, of the NBA's G League, and next door to the ACC Hall of Champions.

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Stevens Center

Downtown

This restored 1929 movie palace hosts performances by the Winston-Salem Symphony and Piedmont Opera, as well as student productions by the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.