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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

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The Kimmel Center's 2,500-seat Verizon Hall and 650-seat Perelman Theater join the venerable Academy of Music as one of the nation's largest performing arts centers. The new building includes a 150-seat Innovation Studio, the Merck Arts Education Center, a rooftop garden terrace, large pubic gathering space and a restaurant. Visit their impressive website for scheduling information and an interactive tour. Tours are led by experienced volunteer guides, are free of charge, and depart from the Information Desk, located in Commonwealth Plaza. Walking tours last approximately one hour and include most areas of our multi-level facility, which encompasses an entire city block. Tours are on a first-come, first-served basis and are limited to 20 persons per tour. Visitors may register for tours at the Information Desk, which opens at noon daily.

 

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  • Contact Info

    Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

    300 S. Broad Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19102

    Phone: 215-893-1999   |   Official Website

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    Full map and directions

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  • Accessibility Details

    Access Information: The Kimmel Center is a fully accessible facility offering assistive listening devices, accessible restroom facilities, and accessible seating in all price categories and venue levels.

  • • Current Events

      05/01/13- 05/31/13	CAA - Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts CAA - Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 1-May 31, 2013 Learn the history of the Kimmel Center, architectural and construction highlights, as well as visit the Commonwealth Plaza, Perelman Theater, Verizon Hall, Merck Arts Education Center and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden. Schedule in advance.
      05/26/09- Ongoing	Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 26, 2009 - Ongoing During this tour you will find out the history of the Kimmel Center, learn architectural and construction highlights, as well as visit the Commonwealth Plaza, Perelman Theater, Verizon Hall, Merck Arts Education Center and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden. This tour is approximately one hour in duration. Call ahead to schedule your tour.
      05/23/09- Ongoing	Art and Architecture Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Art and Architecture Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 23, 2009 - Ongoing Come for an in-depth look at the Kimmel Center's architecture. This walk along the Avenue of the Arts allows you to view the Center in the context of the cityscape. Tour artworks on display throughout the Kimmel Center, including the Moore Galleries and the recently installed Percent for Art collection. This tour is approximately 90 minutes in duration. Call ahead to schedule your tour.

  • • Upcoming Events

      06/06/13

      XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts June 6, 2013 XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin with special guest Max Gomez In celebration of her seventh studio album, American Kid, Patty Griffin performs for one night only in Verizon Hall! Griffin's singing is as extraordinary as her songwriting, with music steeped in Americana, love, sadness, apparitions, and salt-of-the-earth characters. Known for her remarkably powerful, personal, and unpredictable song style, Griffin wrote American Kid in honor of her father. The lyrics thematically trace...

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• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    05/01/13- 05/31/13	CAA - Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts CAA - Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 1-May 31, 2013 Learn the history of the Kimmel Center, architectural and construction highlights, as well as visit the Commonwealth Plaza, Perelman Theater, Verizon Hall, Merck Arts Education Center and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden. Schedule in advance.
    05/26/09- Ongoing	Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Kimmel Center Building and Theater Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 26, 2009 - Ongoing During this tour you will find out the history of the Kimmel Center, learn architectural and construction highlights, as well as visit the Commonwealth Plaza, Perelman Theater, Verizon Hall, Merck Arts Education Center and the Dorrance H. Hamilton Garden. This tour is approximately one hour in duration. Call ahead to schedule your tour.
    05/23/09- Ongoing	Art and Architecture Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Art and Architecture Tours Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 23, 2009 - Ongoing Come for an in-depth look at the Kimmel Center's architecture. This walk along the Avenue of the Arts allows you to view the Center in the context of the cityscape. Tour artworks on display throughout the Kimmel Center, including the Moore Galleries and the recently installed Percent for Art collection. This tour is approximately 90 minutes in duration. Call ahead to schedule your tour.

  • Upcoming Events

    06/06/13

    XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin Presented by Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts June 6, 2013 XPN Welcomes Patty Griffin with special guest Max Gomez In celebration of her seventh studio album, American Kid, Patty Griffin performs for one night only in Verizon Hall! Griffin's singing is as extraordinary as her songwriting, with music steeped in Americana, love, sadness, apparitions, and salt-of-the-earth characters. Known for her remarkably powerful, personal, and unpredictable song style, Griffin wrote American Kid in honor of her father. The lyrics thematically trace...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    04/02/13- 04/07/13	Everyone and I Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/01/13	XPN Welcomes Philadelphia Orchestra's Shostakovich 5: Notes From Stalin Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/28/13	Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Kimmel Center Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/26/12	Last Fridays Concert Series Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/10/12	Garces Family Foundation Launch Gala Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/21/12	Can You Hear God Crying? Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/30/12	Yanni Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/22/12	Under the Streetlamp Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/18/12- 07/27/12	Teen Summer Arts Camp Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/15/12	Earth, Wind & Fire Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/14/12	Night of Broadway Stars! Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/20/12- 04/22/12	Philadanco - The Philadelphia Connection Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/14/12	Danilo Pérez and Friends Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/10/12	Paco de Lucia Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/25/12	Bando Kotoji and Traditional Kabuki Dance Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/09/12	Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/02/12	Max Raabe & Palast Orchester Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/11/12	Live from the Plaza: Ginger Coyle Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/03/12- 02/29/12	Merck Arts Education Gallery: “Under The Glass" Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/23/11	The Fabulous Shpielkehs Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/18/11	Kimmel Center Youth Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/17/11	The Ukuladies Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/17/11	TubaChristmas Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/08/11	Choral Celebration Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/03/11	Benny Golson Tribute Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/01/11	Tori Amos Night of Hunters Tour Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/30/11	Audra McDonald Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/15/11	Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/11/11	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/05/11	Marilyn Keiser Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/06/11	Fourth Annual Free Concert for College Students Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/29/11	k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/14/11- 10/30/11	The Big Bang Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    07/22/11	Alison Krauss & Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/18/11	Citibank Summer Solstice Celebration Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/04/11	Bright Moments: Remembering Dr. Trudy Pitts Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    06/04/11	First Annual Fred J. Coper Memorial Organ Day Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/27/11- 05/28/11	Berlioz Damnation of Faust Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/24/11- 05/25/11	Danza Contemporánea de Cuba Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/19/11- 05/22/11	Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/15/11- 05/21/11	Big Numbers Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/13/11	Beyond the Score: Other Worlds Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/12/11- 05/17/11	Holst The Planets Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    05/06/11- 05/07/11	Masur Conducts Tchaikovsky Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/30/11	Family Concert: Picasso Paint by Music Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/28/11- 04/30/11	Greek Tragedy and Mythology Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/28/11	Engineering and the Orchestra Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/26/11	Slam Nation Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/25/11	The Connection Between Art & Music Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/24/11	Hope: An Oratorio Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/23/11	So Percussion Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/21/11- 04/23/11	Paris Wheels and Ready Maids Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/16/11- 04/17/11	The Green Fairy Cabaret: All Ages Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/14/11- 04/16/11	Mahler Symphony No. 4 Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/14/11- 04/17/11	The Green Fairy Cabaret: Circus Arts (21 and Up) Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/12/11- 04/08/11	Trolley Tour of French Philadelphia Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/11/11- 04/28/11	French in 10 Minutes Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/08/11- 04/10/11	Pulcinella Alive Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    04/07/11- 05/01/11	How Philly Moves Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/31/11- 04/02/11	Truly Classical Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/30/11- 04/03/11	Music and Comedy Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/26/11	Family Concert: Sheherazade Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/26/11	Scheherazade with The Philadelphia Orchestra Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/24/11- 03/26/11	French Connection Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/21/11	Kashu-juku Noh & Kyogen Theater Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/17/11- 03/19/11	All Russian Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/04/11- 03/08/11	Dutoit Conducts Strauss Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/03/11	XPN Welcomes Beyond the Score: A Hero's Life Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    03/02/11- 03/06/11	50s Dance Party Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/24/11- 03/01/11	Tchaikovsky and MacMillian Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/21/11	John Mellencamp Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/18/11- 02/20/11	Jurowski Conducts Prokofiev Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/15/11- 02/16/11	The Thomashefskys Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/10/11- 02/12/11	Tilson Thomas Returns Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/05/11	Family Concert: Extreme Orchestra Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/03/11- 02/05/11	Grimaud Plays Beethoven Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    02/02/11- 02/06/11	Singin' & Swingin' Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    01/27/11- 01/28/11	Schubert's Great Symphony Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    01/20/11- 01/22/11	Gilbert Conducts Beethoven Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    01/13/11- 01/15/11	Kim and Kang Play Bach Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    01/06/11- 01/08/11	Mozart's Requiem Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    01/02/11	New Year's Concert 2011: Salute to Vienna Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/22/10	PBSN Singles Night at Peter Nero and The Philly Pops Holiday Pops Concert Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/10/10- 12/12/10	Spano Conducts Sibelius Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    12/02/10- 12/04/10	Roman Festivals Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/27/10	XPN Welcomes Ray Davies Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/20/10	Family Concert: Tchaikovsky Discovers America Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/18/10- 11/20/10	Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/11/10- 11/16/10	A German Evening Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    11/04/10- 11/06/10	Van Zweden Conducts Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/29/10- 10/31/10	Nézet-Séguin: Haydn to Mahler Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/23/10	Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf and Other Tails Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/21/10- 10/23/10	Dvorák Symphony No. 8 Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/15/10- 10/17/10	Dohnányi Conducts All Brahms Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/07/10- 10/09/10	Starry Night of Romeo & Juliet Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/06/10- 09/10/10	Broadway Rocks Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    10/01/10	Beyond the Score: Is Music Dangerous Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/30/10- 10/05/10	Watts Plays Grieg Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/28/10	Free Concert for College Students Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
    09/24/10- 09/25/10	Dutoit and Bell Season Opening Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts