Live Entertainment in Grand Forks

Chester Fritz Auditorium at the University of North Dakota is the region's most important performing arts venue — a 2,400-seat concert hall presenting Broadway touring productions, concerts, and cultural performances for the Grand Forks community and the broader Red River Valley region. Its role as the only major performing arts venue between Fargo and Canada's Prairie provinces creates a catchment area of extraordinary geographic breadth.

Alerus Center is the University of North Dakota's most important athletic and concert facility — a Grand Forks dome presenting UND football, major concerts, and special events. UND's remarkable hockey program (the Fighting Hawks have produced more NHL players than any other program outside of the major hockey states) and the Alerus Center's programming create a sports and entertainment venue of genuine North Dakota university significance.

Ralph Engelstad Arena is the most spectacular college hockey arena in the world — a Grand Forks facility built at a cost of $100 million by Ralph Engelstad (the most expensive arena in college sports history per seat) where the UND Fighting Hawks play in an extraordinary environment of marble floors, wood paneling, and 11,000+ capacity. The Ralph's extraordinary opulence and UND hockey's remarkable national championship tradition create a college sports venue of genuine American hockey historical significance.

University of North Dakota's Burtness Theatre presents outstanding theatrical productions for the Grand Forks academic community — a university theater whose remarkable performing arts programs and consistent presentation of quality theatrical work create a venue of genuine North Dakota educational arts significance. UND's extraordinary combination of academic excellence and genuine Great Plains community character creates performing arts events of unusual authenticity.