By CLTure
August 3, 2025
Carolina Theatre has a full month of great events, including CeeLo Green with Adrian Crutchfield, classic films like Batman, Ghost, Beaches, and Beverly Hills Cop II, plus several Pride Month celebrations.
@clture The highly anticipated public unveiling of the newly renovated Carolina Theatre is set for Monday, March 24, with a ribbon-cutting and open house from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The theatre, which opened in 1927, has been closed since 1978 and will now host civic events, film screenings, concerts, comedy, and more, kicking off with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March 28. The inaugural event for the theatre’s reopening holds historic significance, as the CSO performed its first concert at the venue 93 years ago. On March 20, 1932, 57 local musicians – nearly 50% of whom were women – gathered on stage for a concert led by Spanish conductor Guillermo de Roxlo, who founded the Symphony Orchestra in 1932. The opening event will feature renowned soprano Renée Fleming, who will perform with the CSO. The program includes music inspired by her Grammy Award-winning album ‘Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene,’ featuring an eclectic mix of songs, including works by Björk, Handel, Kevin Puts, Nico Muhly, and “Twilight and Shadow” from ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ The theatre was the first of its kind in the region, blending European architectural styles, including Spanish Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Art Nouveau décor. It hosted films, live performances, and vaudeville acts, famously screening ‘Gone With the Wind’ for the first time in the Carolinas in 1940. The theatre also hosted plays such as ‘The Corn Is Green’ in 1943, starring Ethel Barrymore, great-aunt of actress Drew Barrymore. In 1956, Elvis Presley performed at the theatre when he was just 21 years old, and in 1965, the theatre kicked off a record-breaking 79-week run of the hit musical film, ‘The Sound of Music.’ The theatre flourished for decades before newer cinemas opened across the country in the ‘60s and ‘70s, leading to a period of decline. It closed in 1978, but was deemed too architecturally significant to demolish, sitting vacant until 2012, when the city of Charlotte gifted the property to Foundation For The Carolinas. A $90 million philanthropic campaign to restore the theatre began in 2017, and after eight years, the 906-seat venue is finally set to reopen. #CLT #Charlotte #CLTArts #NCArts #NC #CarolinaTheatre #NorthCarolina ♬ Gone with the Wind – Royal Symphony Orchestra
We’re teaming up with Carolina Theatre to give away two tickets to the event of your choice this month. Just enter our Instagram giveaway for a chance to win!
*Congratulations to Kenyatta Adams and Brooke Brogdon on winning the giveaways!*
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