Live Entertainment Venues

Beckley, West Virginia

Cliffside Amphitheatre at Grandview presents Theatre West Virginia's outdoor historical dramas each summer near Beckley.

Beckley, West Virginia

Theatre West Virginia at Grandview Amphitheater presents "Hatfields & McCoys" — the most famous family feud in American history as an outdoor drama in the New River Gorge country where it actually happened. The outdoor drama's remarkable authenticity (performed in the mountains where the legendary feud between the West Virginia Hatfields and Kentucky McCoys created the most famous family conflict in American history) creates a performing arts experience of genuine Appalachian historical significance.

Grandview Rd, Beckley, WV 25801

Bluefield, West Virginia

Bluefield serves Southern West Virginia as the gateway to the spectacular Virginia-West Virginia coalfields — a city known for its remarkable tradition of offering free lemonade to visitors whenever the temperature exceeds 90°F (Bluefield calls itself "Nature's Air-Conditioned City" for its elevated elevation). Bluefield's charming community character and its extraordinary Appalachian mountain setting create a concert venue of genuine West Virginia small-city cultural significance.

Commerce St, Bluefield, WV 24701

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston Civic Center is West Virginia's primary large-scale entertainment arena — a 13,500-seat facility that brings major national concert tours, Charleston Dirty Birds hockey, and large-scale events to the Mountain State's capital city. The Civic Center serves a geographic market spanning the entire Kanawha Valley's chemical industry workforce and the surrounding rural communities who converge on Charleston for entertainment events that cannot be hosted anywhere else in the state.

200 Civic Center Dr 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston Civic Center is West Virginia's largest entertainment venue — a 13,500-capacity Charleston arena presenting major concerts and sporting events. Charleston Civic Center's remarkable capacity and its consistent programming of outstanding entertainment create a venue of considerable West Virginia statewide entertainment significance.

200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center is West Virginia's most important indoor entertainment venue — a 13,500-capacity arena presenting concerts, family entertainment, and community events for the capital city of one of America's most economically challenged states. The arena's consistent programming of affordable family entertainment reflects its understanding of West Virginia's economic reality and its commitment to providing quality entertainment for all residents of the Mountain State.

200 Civic Center Dr, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences is West Virginia's most important cultural institution — a 240,000-square-foot Charleston arts and science complex presenting outstanding concerts, theatrical events, and science exhibitions. The Clay Center's extraordinary scope (it combines a concert hall, science museum, planetarium, and children's museum in a single remarkable building) and its consistent programming of world-class entertainment create a cultural center of genuine West Virginia significance.

1 Clay Square, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

Clay Center's Maier Foundation Performance Hall is West Virginia's premier performing arts venue — a beautifully designed Charleston concert hall presenting the West Virginia Symphony, Broadway touring shows, and outstanding cultural events. The Clay Center's extraordinary scope and the Maier Foundation Hall's superb acoustics create a performing arts venue of considerable West Virginia cultural significance.

1 Clay Square, Charleston, WV 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

The Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences is West Virginia's most impressive cultural institution — a stunning 170,000-square-foot complex housing the 1,883-seat Maier Performance Hall (home to the West Virginia Symphony), a science museum, an art museum, and an IMAX theater on the banks of the Elk River in Charleston. The Clay Center represents West Virginia's most ambitious statement of cultural aspiration and has become the crown jewel of the state capital's downtown entertainment and civic life.

1 Clay Square 25301

Charleston, West Virginia

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is the most important classical music institution in Appalachia — presenting outstanding orchestral concerts at the Clay Center for the audiences of West Virginia's state capital. WVSO's remarkable programming and its extraordinary community engagement across West Virginia create an orchestra of genuine West Virginia classical music cultural significance.

1 Clay Square, Charleston, WV 25301

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center presents touring concerts and Broadway acts in a restored 1913 theater in downtown Clarksburg.

444 W Pike St 26301

Fairmont, West Virginia

Falcon Center presents concerts and Fighting Falcons athletics at Fairmont State University.

Huntington, West Virginia

Big Sandy Superstore Arena is Huntington's 10,000-seat arena serving the Tri-State region where West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio converge along the Ohio River — a market of over 300,000 people that the arena serves as the primary large-scale entertainment venue. Home to Marshall University's Thundering Herd basketball and regular national touring concerts, the arena serves a working-class Appalachian market that is deeply passionate about live entertainment and has shown consistent willingness to support national touring acts.

1 Civic Center Dr 25701

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington Museum of Art is the largest art museum in the tri-state area (West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio) — presenting outstanding exhibitions and cultural events alongside a remarkable permanent collection. HMOA's extraordinary scope for a West Virginia city and its remarkable educational programming create a cultural institution of genuine Appalachian regional arts significance.

2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV 25701

Huntington, West Virginia

Joan C. Edwards Stadium is the home of Marshall University Thundering Herd football — presenting Sun Belt Conference football for a community whose extraordinary resilience after the 1970 plane crash created one of the most emotionally powerful comeback stories in American sports history. Marshall's remarkable "We Are Marshall" tradition and the Huntington community's enduring loyalty create game-day experiences of profound American sporting community significance.

1 John Marshall Dr, Huntington, WV 25755

Institute, West Virginia

West Virginia State University presents concerts and Yellow Jackets athletics events in Institute, West Virginia.

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Greenbrier Valley Theatre is West Virginia's most charming professional theater company — a Lewisburg institution presenting outstanding theatrical productions for the most culturally sophisticated community in Appalachia. GVT's remarkable artistic programming and its extraordinary connection to the Greenbrier Resort's elegant community create a theater of genuine West Virginia performing arts community significance.

Church St, Lewisburg, WV 24901

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Apollo Civic Theatre presents touring concerts and community theater in a restored 1911 opera house in Martinsburg.

128 E Martin St 25401

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Martinsburg serves West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle — a community deeply connected to the extraordinary Civil War heritage of the Shenandoah Valley (Stonewall Jackson destroyed a major railroad junction here) and to the remarkable antebellum plantation landscape of the Eastern Panhandle. Martinsburg's extraordinary historical significance and its remarkable proximity to Washington D.C. create a performing arts environment of genuine West Virginia civil war heritage cultural significance.

King St, Martinsburg, WV 25401

Morgantown, West Virginia

123 Pleasant Street is Morgantown's most celebrated live music venue — a 500-capacity downtown club that books national touring indie, folk, rock, and alternative acts for the West Virginia University community. The venue serves one of America's most passionate college bar cities — Morgantown has perennially ranked among America's top college towns by WVU's enormous enrollment and the city's compact, walkable entertainment district concentrated around High Street and Willey Avenue.

123 Pleasant St 26505

Morgantown, West Virginia

Krepps Park Amphitheater presents summer concerts overlooking Morgantown, West Virginia.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium is the home of WVU Mountaineers football — a 60,000-capacity Big 12 Conference stadium where the passionate Mountaineer faithful create one of college football's most electric atmospheres. WVU football's extraordinary tradition (the couch burning after victories that has become one of college football's most notorious fan traditions) and its role in providing the entire state of West Virginia with a unified sports identity create game-day experiences of extraordinary community passion.

1 Mountaineer Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506

Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU Coliseum in Morgantown is West Virginia's largest arena — a 14,000-seat facility that hosts West Virginia University basketball and brings mid-size concert tours to northern WV. Morgantown's position as a major university city in an otherwise rural state makes the Coliseum the primary entertainment venue for the northern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania gaming market, serving visitors from the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town and Wheeling Island gaming properties.

3450 Jerry West Blvd 26505

Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU Coliseum is home to West Virginia University Mountaineers basketball — a passionate college basketball program playing before some of the most enthusiastic fans in the Big 12 Conference in one of the most intimidating small arenas in college basketball. WVU basketball's extraordinary fan passion, its role in unifying a state facing significant economic challenges, and the genuine community investment in Mountaineer athletic success create a sports entertainment experience of remarkable authenticity and emotional depth.

Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506

Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU Coliseum is West Virginia's most important entertainment arena — a Morgantown venue presenting major concerts and WVU Mountaineers athletics for one of America's most passionate college athletic communities. WVU's extraordinary couch-burning traditions (Morgantown has become famous for the passion of its college sports celebration culture) and the Coliseum's consistent programming of outstanding entertainment create an arena of genuine West Virginia community significance.

3450 Jerry West Blvd, Morgantown, WV 26506

Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU's Creative Arts Center presents outstanding theatrical productions and concerts for Morgantown's remarkable university community. WVU's extraordinary combination of passionate Mountaineer athletic culture, outstanding academic programs, and genuine West Virginia community character creates a performing arts venue reflecting the most complex and interesting state character in Appalachia.

WVU Campus, Morgantown, WV 26506

Morgantown, West Virginia

Milan Puskar Stadium at WVU presents Big 12 college football for one of the most passionate college football fan bases in America — a Morgantown stadium where "The Backyard Brawl" (WVU vs. Pitt, one of college football's most intense rivalries) and the legendary pre-game couch-burning tradition create game-day experiences of remarkable American college football community cultural significance.

Jerry West Blvd, Morgantown, WV 26506

Morgantown, West Virginia

WVU Creative Arts Center is West Virginia's premier performing arts venue — presenting the West Virginia Symphony's Morgantown series, WVU Schools of Music and Theater productions, and major touring cultural performances. The center's role as the primary venue for high-quality performing arts programming in a state that genuinely needs accessible cultural education creates a mission that goes beyond entertainment to serve a broader social purpose.

1 Evansdale Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Actors Guild of Parkersburg presents community theater productions in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg's performing arts community serves West Virginia's second-largest city with outstanding theatrical productions and cultural events. Parkersburg's remarkable position at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers and its genuine West Virginia community character create performing arts presentations of genuine Appalachian river city significance.

Juliana St, Parkersburg, WV 26101

Salem, West Virginia

Salem University Events Center presents concerts and Tigers athletics in Salem, West Virginia.

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown Opera House presents concerts and film screenings in West Virginia's oldest town.

131 W German St 25443

Wheeling, West Virginia

Capitol Music Hall is Wheeling's spectacular 2,500-seat historic concert venue — a restored 1928 Vaudeville palace on Main Street that hosted WWVA Jamboree broadcasts for decades and continues presenting major country, bluegrass, and classic rock touring acts for the northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio market. The venue's extraordinary preservation of its original theatrical grandeur and its deep roots in West Virginia's country music heritage make it one of the most authentic concert experiences in Appalachia.

1015 Main St 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

Capitol Music Hall is West Virginia's most historically significant concert venue — the former home of Wheeling Jamboree USA, the radio show that predated Nashville's Grand Ole Opry as the most important country music radio broadcast in America. Capitol Music Hall's extraordinary country music radio heritage (it broadcast continuously from 1933 to 2005, making it the world's longest-running live radio show) and its beautiful 1928 architecture create a concert venue of genuine American country music historical significance.

1015 Main St, Wheeling, WV 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

Capitol Theatre Wheeling is West Virginia's most historically significant performance venue — a beautifully restored 1928 theater with extraordinary Baroque architectural detail presenting outstanding Broadway touring shows, concerts, and cultural events. Capitol Theatre's remarkable architectural heritage and its consistent programming of outstanding theatrical and musical entertainment create a performing arts venue of genuine West Virginia historical significance.

1015 Main St, Wheeling, WV 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

WesBanco Arena is Wheeling's multi-purpose arena and West Virginia's northern entertainment anchor — a 9,000-seat facility on the Ohio River serving the northern panhandle market that straddles West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The Wheeling Nailers ECHL hockey team provides the arena's athletic anchor while major touring concerts serve the economically recovering industrial community that has made Wheeling one of Appalachia's most interesting cultural revival stories.

1 Mon Power Plaza 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

WesBanco Arena in Wheeling serves the Northern Panhandle with concerts, ECHL hockey, and community events for one of West Virginia's most industrially historic communities. Wheeling's extraordinary 19th-century history as the "Nail City" (one of the most important industrial cities in pre-Civil War America) and its position on the Ohio River create an entertainment culture shaped by Appalachia's complex industrial heritage.

1 Civic Center Dr, Wheeling, WV 26003

Wheeling, West Virginia

WesBanco Arena is home to the Wheeling Nailers ECHL hockey team — presenting professional hockey for one of West Virginia's most historically significant Ohio River communities. The Nailers' remarkable community connection and Wheeling's genuine Appalachian community spirit create hockey game-day experiences of considerable West Virginia sporting significance.

2000 Main St, Wheeling, WV 26003

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

The Greenbrier Resort presents concert events in the most opulent setting in the American South — a 710-room grand resort where 26 Presidents have stayed and where the Cold War-era Congressional bunker was housed beneath the resort's West Virginia wing. The Greenbrier's extraordinary presidential history and its remarkable grand resort character create concert experiences of genuine American luxury resort historical significance.

300 W Main St, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986