Walton Arts Center
495 W. Dickson St., Fayetteville. Phone: 479-443-5600.
The Walton Arts Center is a cultural centerpiece of Northwest Arkansas – a beautiful arts and entertainment complex. Offering a year-round schedule, the center attracts prominent theater, concerts, ballets, and dance troupes. Past performers include Blue Man Group, Slow Dancing, Riverdance, Michael Bouble, Bill Cosby, B. B. King, and touring companies of “The Color Purple,” “CATS,” “Spring Awakening,” “Les Miserables,” “42nd Street,” “The Producers,” “The Graduate,” “Evita,” “A Chorus Line” and “Chicago.” The newly-relocated outdoor entertainment facility operated by the Walton Arts Center, called the Arkansas Music Pavilion or just AMP, has a schedule of top performers each summer.
Symphony of North Arkansas
Fayetteville. Phone: 479-521-4166.
SoNA announced a partnership with Walton Arts Center to build upon more than 50 years of experience of the former organization, North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, to create a professional orchestra providing classical and pops performances. SoNA has developed a sustainable operating model and comprehensive funding strategy. The SoNA mission is to be Northwest Arkansas’ premier professional orchestra, representing the highest artistic level. Under the musical direction of Paul Haas, SoNA will present classical and pops performances for symphonic music lovers in Northwest Arkansas.
Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
Bentonville. Phone: 479-841-4644.
A performing symphony is indicative of the quality of life that can be expected from a growing area such as Northwest Arkansas. The mission of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra is to broaden and deepen the appreciation of the musical arts through performance and education, and audience members would agree that they are achieving their mission. Performances are at the Arend Art Center, 1901 SE J St., Bentonville. The music director of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra is Steven Byess.
Arkansas Music Pavilion
4201 N. Shiloh Drive, Fayetteville. Phone:
479-616-6323.
Usually referred to simply as “The AMP,” the Arkansas Music Pavilion is an open-air concert location open from April to October. It is owned and operated by the Walton Arts Center and on the property of the Northwest Arkansas Mall. Past performers include The B52s, Rick Springfield, the Charlie Daniels Band, Candlebox, Cowboy Mouth, The Black Crowes, LeAnn Rimes, Peter Frampton and the Marshall Tucker Band.
TheatreSquared
Fayetteville. Phone: 479-571-2728.
Founded in 2005, TheatreSquared is Northwest Arkansas’ regional theater, producing professional work that is challenging, intimate and entertaining. The theatre’s professional productions include family programs, classics, new plays and world premieres. Performances are presented in the 150-seat Studio Theatre at Walton Arts Center’s Nadine Baum Studios.
Arts Center of the Ozarks
214 S. Main St., Springdale. Phone: 479-751-5441.
The Arts Center of the Ozarks is dedicated to providing artistic outlets in Northwest Arkansas for artists, actors, musicians, and dancers. The center has something for every taste – dinner theater, musicals, drama, children’s workshop productions, art exhibitions and competitions, concerts by the ACO Children’s Chorus and the ACO Community Chorus, dance concerts and recitals There are also classes on such things as stage make-up, calligraphy, watercolor and power dance.
Rogers Little Theater
116 S. Second St., Rogers. Phone: 479-631-8988.
For 25 years, the Rogers Little Theater has been live theater where real lives are transformed. Beginning as a small community theater group putting on theatrical performances wherever its productions were welcome, the nonprofit RLT now finds its home at the beautifully renovated Victory Theater in downtown Rogers.
Sager Creek Arts Center
301 E. Twin Springs St., Siloam Springs. Phone: 479-524-4000.
The mission of the organization is to facilitate the enjoyment of the arts in literature, theater, visual arts, music and dance through participation, education and active involvement of the community and surrounding area. The arts center occupies the old sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church. The church, which is on the National Register of Historic Buildings, was built in 1921 and is renowned for its stained glass windows. The church is situated in downtown Siloam Springs.
Opera in the Ozarks
16311 U.S. Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs. Phone: 479-253-8595.
Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point is a training program and festival founded in 1950. Opera in the Ozarks has earned the reputation of being a prominent training program for all singers interested in pursuing a career in opera. The alumni have sung on the major operatic stages of the world.