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Downtown Performing Arts Centre

The Downtown Performing Arts Centre will be a specialized, purpose-built and professionally managed facility that will present, promote and develop the arts in Niagara.

The project is being developed in partnership with Brock University, which will be moving the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts to an adjacent location.

This development is key to revitalizing Downtown St. Catharines, the urban growth centre of Niagara, and will add an important new cultural attraction to the region, serving artists, students and arts patrons across the peninsula.

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Location

The Downtown Performing Arts Centre will be constructed on the corner of Carlisle and St. Paul streets. The Canada Hair Cloth Building is the chosen site for the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts Centre. Links between the two facilities are part of the conceptual plans.

Features

Four distinct performance venues are planned for the Downtown Performing Arts Centre :

800-seat concert hall
280-seat recital hall for the Marilyn I. Walker School of the Fine and Performing Arts with some community access
184-seat dance/theatre venue
190-seat film venue with shared access between the Marilyn I. Walker School of the Fine and Performing Arts and the Downtown Performing Arts Centre

The project will also include office space, a rehearsal hall, café and lobby space for the Downtown Performing Arts Centre and community arts organizations.