Live Entertainment Venues

Brookings, South Dakota

Frost Arena hosts South Dakota State Jackrabbits basketball — a Brookings facility where SDSU's remarkable Division I basketball program creates game-day experiences of genuine Missouri Valley Conference significance. Brookings's passionate college town environment and SDSU's growing athletic reputation create athletic events of notable Great Plains collegiate significance.

2814 Jackrabbit Ave, Brookings, SD 57006

Brookings, South Dakota

Prairie Repertory Theatre is South Dakota State University's professional summer theater — a Brookings institution presenting outstanding theatrical productions in one of the most beautifully situated performing arts companies in the northern Great Plains. PRT's remarkable artistic quality and its extraordinary commitment to bringing professional theater to South Dakota's agricultural heartland create a theater experience of genuine Great Plains community performing arts significance.

824 22nd Ave, Brookings, SD 57006

Brookings, South Dakota

Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium is home to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team — one of the most successful FCS programs in America, with multiple national championship appearances. SDSU's remarkable rivalry with NDSU (the "Dakota Marker" rivalry game is one of the most intense matchups in FCS football) and Brookings's passionate college town community create game-day experiences of genuine Great Plains collegiate football significance.

Universituy Ave, Brookings, SD 57006

Custer, South Dakota

Black Hills Playhouse is South Dakota's most beloved summer theater — a Custer State Park institution presenting outstanding theatrical productions in the most spectacular natural setting of any American theater company. Black Hills Playhouse's extraordinary Custer State Park location (one of America's most beautiful state parks, home to 1,300 free-roaming bison) and its remarkable theatrical quality create a theater experience of genuinely unique American natural and performing arts significance.

Custer State Park, Custer, SD 57730

Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood Mountain Grand is the most luxurious casino resort in the Black Hills — a cliff-side facility where outstanding concerts, gaming, and accommodation create the most complete entertainment experience in western South Dakota. Deadwood's extraordinary historical heritage and its contemporary casino entertainment infrastructure create a showroom venue uniquely positioned between America's Wild West past and its contemporary entertainment present.

1906 Deadwood Mountain Dr, Deadwood, SD 57732

Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood's saloon entertainment district creates one of America's most immersive historical entertainment experiences — a legal gambling and entertainment complex where the ghosts of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock give the entertainment culture a deep American frontier resonance. Deadwood's extraordinary preservation of its 1870s gold rush character (it is a National Historic Landmark) and its remarkable saloon and gaming entertainment create concerts and live entertainment experiences of genuine American Wild West historical significance.

Main St, Deadwood, SD 57732

Flandreau, South Dakota

Royal River Casino in Flandreau presents live entertainment for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe — a Native American gaming enterprise supporting the Sioux Nation's extraordinary cultural heritage. South Dakota's remarkable Native American cultural wealth (the Lakota Sioux nation's heritage is one of the most profound in North American Indigenous history) and the casino's community entertainment programming create a showroom of genuine Native American cultural community significance.

46th Ave, Flandreau, SD 57028

Keystone, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore National Memorial's amphitheater presents the most dramatically situated evening program in America — a ranger-led ceremony where the monumental faces of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln are illuminated against the Black Hills night sky. The extraordinary patriotic power of Mount Rushmore's evening program and its remarkable setting in the Black Hills (on land considered sacred by the Lakota Sioux) create a performing arts experience of singular American historical significance.

13000 SD-244, Keystone, SD 57751

Lead, South Dakota

The Sanford Underground Research Facility (former Homestake Mine) hosts cultural events in the most extraordinary setting in South Dakota — a former gold mine whose underground spaces create unique performance experiences of genuine American mining heritage significance.

Main St, Lead, SD 57754

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace is both South Dakota's most famous tourist attraction and a functioning concert venue — a Mitchell arena where major touring acts perform inside a building whose entire exterior is redecorated annually with intricate murals made from corn and prairie grasses. The Corn Palace's extraordinary status as one of America's most beloved kitschy landmarks and its genuine concert and community event programming create a venue of genuinely unique American cultural significance.

604 N Main St, Mitchell, SD 57301

Rapid City, South Dakota

Black Hills Symphony Orchestra and the Rapid City performing arts scene present outstanding concerts and theatrical events for the Black Hills' most important city. The BHSO's remarkable programming and Rapid City's extraordinary cultural investment in the arts (unusual for a city of its size in the Great Plains) create performing arts experiences of genuine western South Dakota cultural significance.

Main St, Rapid City, SD 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City's Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is South Dakota's western most important concert venue — a Black Hills facility presenting major concerts, South Dakota Mines hockey, and special events. Rapid City's extraordinary tourism economy (it receives 3 million visitors annually for Mount Rushmore) and its passionate Black Hills community create a concert market of genuine South Dakota entertainment significance.

444 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City, SD 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is western South Dakota's premier entertainment venue — a 10,800-capacity arena serving the Black Hills region with concerts, Rapid City Rush hockey, and family entertainment. Its position as the gateway city's primary entertainment venue makes it the most important gathering space for the Black Hills region's diverse population of residents, military personnel from Ellsworth Air Force Base, and Black Hills tourism visitors.

444 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City, SD 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is home to the Rapid City Rush ECHL hockey team — a Black Hills arena where professional hockey thrives in the outdoor recreation capital of South Dakota. The Rush's passionate fan base and Rapid City's extraordinary outdoor sports culture create game-day experiences of genuine western South Dakota sporting significance.

444 N Mt Rushmore Rd, Rapid City, SD 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology presents outstanding concerts and cultural events for the Black Hills' most important technical university — serving the engineering and mining community that built the remarkable Black Hills economy.

501 E St Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

The Monument is Rapid City's major entertainment complex — a 12,000-seat arena serving as the primary venue for concerts, Rush hockey, and large-scale events for western South Dakota. Rapid City serves as the gateway to Mount Rushmore, Badlands National Park, and the Deadwood casino resort market, drawing enormous summer tourism traffic that creates a surprisingly active entertainment market for a city of 80,000 that functions as the retail and entertainment hub for the entire western half of South Dakota.

444 Mt Rushmore Rd N 57701

Rapid City, South Dakota

The Monument (Summit Arena) in Rapid City presents major touring concerts, the largest indoor entertainment venue in western South Dakota.

444 Mt Rushmore Rd N 57701

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center hosts the Sioux Falls Stampede USHL hockey team and South Dakota Coyotes basketball — presenting professional and college sports in South Dakota's largest city. Sioux Falls's remarkable economic growth and its passionate sports community create game-day experiences of genuine South Dakota sporting significance.

1201 N West Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center is Sioux Falls's major arena and the premier entertainment venue for the entire Dakotas region — a 12,000-seat facility that brings the biggest national touring acts to South Dakota and surrounding Upper Plains states. The arena serves gaming visitors from throughout the region who travel to Sioux Falls before or after visiting the Deadwood casino resort market, providing large-scale concert entertainment to an otherwise underserved geographic corridor.

1201 N West Ave 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center is South Dakota's largest indoor entertainment venue — a 12,000-capacity arena presenting major concerts, the Sioux Falls Skyforce NBA G-League team, and the biggest events in the Dakotas. As the only major arena between Minneapolis and Denver, it serves as the primary entertainment destination for a vast Great Plains region that includes much of both Dakotas and neighboring states.

1201 N West Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Denny Sanford PREMIER Center presents major touring concerts, the largest indoor entertainment venue in South Dakota.

1201 N West Ave 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Augustana University's Elmen Center serves Sioux Falls with performing arts programming including the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and various cultural performances. Augustana's Norwegian Lutheran heritage and its role in Sioux Falls's Scandinavian-American community creates a performing arts tradition that reflects the region's cultural roots in Northern European immigrants who settled the Great Plains.

Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Falls Park in Sioux Falls provides one of South Dakota's most spectacular outdoor concert settings — the quartzite Big Sioux River waterfall that gives the city its name creates a dramatic natural amphitheater backdrop for summer concerts, cultural festivals, and community events. The park's year-round programming, including evening waterfall-viewing with interpretation towers and nearby SculptureWalk art installations, makes it the outdoor entertainment centerpiece of South Dakota's most dynamic city.

Falls Park Dr, Sioux Falls 57103

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Levitt at the Falls presents free outdoor summer concerts near Falls Park as part of the national nonprofit Levitt Pavilion network.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls Community Playhouse is South Dakota's most important community theater company — a Sioux Falls institution presenting outstanding theatrical productions for South Dakota's largest city. The Playhouse's extraordinary community engagement and its remarkable theatrical programming create a community theater of genuine South Dakota performing arts significance.

N Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls's outdoor concert culture reflects one of America's most dynamically growing mid-size cities — a Falls Park community where the extraordinary Big Sioux River falls, the remarkable Sculpture Walk (one of America's largest permanent outdoor sculpture exhibitions), and the vibrant community spirit of South Dakota's most important city create outdoor entertainment experiences of genuine Great Plains community significance.

River Greenway, Sioux Falls, SD 57103

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is the state's most important classical music institution — presenting outstanding orchestral concerts at the Washington Pavilion. The SDSO's remarkable commitment to bringing world-class classical music to South Dakota and its consistent presentation of outstanding performances create a symphony of genuine Great Plains classical music cultural significance.

301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Washington Pavilion is Sioux Falls's cultural centerpiece — a stunning 1908 Richardsonian Romanesque building containing a 1,800-seat Husby Performing Arts Center, visual arts museum, and science center that anchors the downtown arts district. Consistently ranked among the best arts venues in the Plains states, the Washington Pavilion brings world-class Broadway touring productions, classical concerts, and major performers to South Dakota's largest city with programming quality that rivals venues in cities three times its size.

301 S Main Ave 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Washington Pavilion's Husby Performing Arts Center presents outstanding Broadway touring shows, dance performances, and major concerts for South Dakota's largest city. Washington Pavilion's extraordinary role as the cultural anchor of Sioux Falls and its remarkable programming breadth create a performing arts center of genuine South Dakota state cultural significance.

301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science is Sioux Falls's premier cultural institution — a beautifully renovated 1908 high school containing the Visual Arts Center, Kirby Science Discovery Center, and the Husby Performing Arts Center presenting Broadway touring productions and concerts. The Pavilion's comprehensive cultural programming and its role as the anchor of downtown Sioux Falls's revitalized entertainment district reflect the city's remarkable growth and ambition.

301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls presents touring concerts, science exhibits, and Broadway shows in a restored 1908 high school building.

301 S Main Ave 57104

Sturgis, South Dakota

Sturgis Motorcycle Rally's multiple outdoor stages present some of the most remarkable large-scale rock concert experiences in America — a 10-day August gathering where 500,000+ motorcyclists and major rock acts create the most concentrated music festival in the Great Plains. The Sturgis Rally's extraordinary transformation of a small town into a massive entertainment city creates rock concert experiences of unique American biker cultural significance.

Lazelle St, Sturgis, SD 57785

Sturgis, South Dakota

Sturgis Buffalo Chip creates the largest outdoor entertainment experience in the Great Plains each August — a camping resort and concert venue accommodating 10,000+ daily for 10 days during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The Buffalo Chip's extraordinary programming of major rock acts (it has featured legends from Bob Dylan to ZZ Top) and its remarkable scale in the Black Hills create sporting and entertainment events of genuine American outdoor festival significance.

Lazelle St, Sturgis, SD 57785

Vermillion, South Dakota

DakotaDome is the University of South Dakota Coyotes' home — an innovative inflatable dome stadium in Vermillion where the Coyotes' remarkable success in the Missouri Valley Conference creates college sports experiences of genuine Great Plains athletic significance. USD's extraordinary combination of excellent academic programs and passionate athletic support makes Vermillion one of the most complete university communities in South Dakota.

1000 N Dakota St, Vermillion, SD 57069