Live Entertainment in Rapid City

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.

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.

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.