617 N Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 397-8472
The Creative Vision Factory is currently closed.
Christina Cultural Arts Center
705 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 652-0101
Christina Cultural Arts Center (CCAC) was founded in 1945. The mission is to change the trajectory of a child’s life by making affordable arts education, career pathways, live performances, and gallery exhibitions accessible to all in a safe and welcoming environment.
CCAC uses after-school programs in music, dance, drama, visual arts, and literature to develop artistic talents, educational aptitudes, and life skills in our students. The students develop social-emotional intelligence, improve academic proficiency, and build the protective assets they need to be better prepared to lead productive lives. CCAC also provides an after-school violence prevention program that promotes trauma healing and provides strategies through arts integration and advocates for arts learning in public schools and community settings. Located in Wilmington’s Creative District, CCAC provides high-quality arts experiences on-site and advocates for and provides arts learning in public schools and community centers.
Delaware Historical Society
505 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 655-7161
The Delaware Historical Society was founded in May 1864 for “the elucidation of history, particularly such portions as may refer to Delaware.” Over the next 15 decades, the organization refined its stated purpose to reflect both a changing society and the evolution of the public history profession. The mission of the Delaware Historical Society today is to serve as the statewide, non-profit organization that preserves, explores, shares and promotes Delaware history, heritage and culture to strengthen our community.
The Queen
500 N Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 400-7020
The Queen is an historic live music venue, bringing the best, most-diverse music to downtown Wilmington. After undergoing a $25m renovation, The Queen finally reopened in 2011, with Live Nation taking over management in 2017. This piece of living history is a staple in downtown Wilmington, with many stories to tell the thousands of people that have and will pass through its time-honored doors.
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First State Ballet Theatre
818 N Market Street - Suite 3R
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 658-7897 ext. 3851
First State Ballet Theatre, Delaware’s professional ballet company, presents full length ballets and mixed-repertory programs throughout the state, commissions new choreography from internationally renowned choreographers, offers performing opportunities to aspiring dancers, and educates the Delaware dance audience of the future.
The Grand Opera House
818 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 652-5577
The Grand Opera House entertains and engages its communities through exceptional, diverse live performances and educational outreach. Committed to broad accessibility and sound financial management, The Grand enhances regional quality of life and contributes to a thriving downtown Wilmington. As steward of a historic Delaware theater that is home to several valued arts groups, The Grand affirms the arts’ vital role within our communities to promote greater understanding and lift the human spirit.
The Playhouse on Rodney Square
1007 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 888-0200
Located in the luxurious Hotel du Pont, the brightest stars of stage and screen have lit the Wilmington skyline and graced the lovely Victorian stage since 1913. The theatre presents a six-show professional Broadway series for avid theatre lovers.
Delaware Theatre Company
200 Water Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 594-1100
The mission of Delaware Theatre Company is to create theatre of the highest professional quality in Delaware and thereby enrich the vitality of the area through artistic programming, education and community service.
City Theater Company
4 S Poplar Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 220-8285
The mission of City Theater Company is to create a body of work for the stage that is consistently high-quality, provocative and new; a body of work that takes risks and breaks barriers in order to engage new theater audiences in an exciting exchange of ideas, images and energies
Market Street Music
1101 N Market Street
Wilmington DE 19801
(302) 654-5371 ext. 110
Since the 1970s, downtown Wilmington has been enlivened by the great variety of music now presented by Market Street Music. MSM brings audiences the eclectic Thursday Noontime Concerts – a free series – as well as riveting classical full-length concerts in the evening. It also supports two choral organizations – Mastersingers of Wilmington and Center City Chorale. Concerts are presented in the historic and beautiful First & Central Presbyterian Church, on Market Street in downtown Wilmington.