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    • About
      • About Us
      • Meet the Board
      • The Volunteers
      • Monthly E-Newsletter
      • Support The Center
      • Contact Us
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      • LGBTQ+ Rights
      • Equality Index
    • Programming
      • Pride Festival
      • Advocacy
      • Access Community Partners
      • Education
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      • Local Resources
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    • Culture
      • Local Arts

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Local Arts

Art, Symphony, dramatic arts, choral & more...

Greater Jackson touts an eclectic array of the Arts

Jackson County, here in Michigan, is rich with culture, if you know where to look for it.  From museums rich in area history and local galleries showcasing vibrant area artists, to performance arts dramatically and musically.


One great source for a calendar of events, would be from Experience Jackson, which covers a vast area within Jackson County, with it's primary focus on the City of Jackson, and it's immediate areas surrounding.

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

The Jackson Symphony Orchestra has a rich and vibrant history serving the Jackson area since 1949. The orchestra has performed with many legendary figures in the world of music including Dizzy Gillespie, Grant Johannesen, Ralph Votapek and Ian Hobson.

Area Art Galleries

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

It seems everywhere you turn, you happen across an art gallery or two.  Sometimes they're in the least expected areas.  Click HERE for a list of local galleries in Jackson County.

Center Stage Jackson

Jackson Symphony Orchestra

Center Stage Jackson

Since its inception, Center Stage Jackson has expanded beyond traditional plays and musicals and typically produces an annual cabaret, a youth singing competition, a number of staged readings, and two youth theater productions          (a play and a musical).

Ella Sharp Museum

Cascades Park Special Events

Center Stage Jackson

Ella Sharp's gift to Jackson became the Ella Sharp Museum in 1965.  Today the museum operates 11 buildings on 6 acres, showing permanent and travelling exhibits and special events. 

Cascades Park Special Events

Cascades Park Special Events

Cascades Park Special Events

From the Summer Concert Series at the Cascades Rotary Community Bandshell, to Music under the Falls, accompanied by Summer fireworks, Cascades Park serves as a family-favorite venue for culture under the stars.

Jackson School of the Arts

Cascades Park Special Events

Cascades Park Special Events

Offers programs year round and most classes are offered after the school day so that children, youth and adults can have a place to discover and experience the arts.  Home of the famous annual Fairy Festival.

Potter Center

Historic Michigan Theatre

Potter Center

The George E. Potter Center is known for its world-class facilities that attract professional performers, local community arts groups, student groups and more.  Potter Center features the finest in music, drama, comedy and dance.

Bright Walls

Historic Michigan Theatre

Potter Center

Bright Walls is a public art and mural festival founded and run by the Jackson Young Professionals. In just two years, the festival has hosted artists from across the globe and brought 36 murals to the downtown district — creating a new destination in our community.

Historic Michigan Theatre

Historic Michigan Theatre

Pieces & Patches Quilt Guild

The Michigan Theatre, the last and largest theatre built in downtown Jackson, opened April 30, 1930. It was built for the mainstream popular entertainment of the day — vaudeville and movies. 

Pieces & Patches Quilt Guild

Other Featured Events in Jackson

Pieces & Patches Quilt Guild

Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild located in Jackson, Michigan. We were formed in January of 1990 by a small group that had an interest in quilting. Our members may vary in experience and style, but share the desire to promote quilting and improve our quilting abilities.

Area Art Fairs

Other Featured Events in Jackson

Other Featured Events in Jackson

It seems everywhere you turn, you happen across an art gallery or two.  Sometimes they're in the least expected areas.  Click HERE for a list of local galleries in Jackson County.

Other Featured Events in Jackson

Other Featured Events in Jackson

Other Featured Events in Jackson

From various music festivals, outdoor film festivals,  fairs and more.  Experience Jackson lists featured events and sports a calendar of all events during the year.  Under the stars, indoors, or deep into nature experiencing pollinators preparing to swarm.

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