Grand Center, The District

The Fox Theatre

The Fox Theatre

Powell Hall

Powell Hall

SHeldon Concert Hall

SHeldon Concert Hall

Jazz at the Bistro

Jazz at the Bistro

CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
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Located in the heart of St. Louis, Grand Center hosts more than 1500 cultural events annually.  With 12,000 theater seats and 12 museums and galleries within four blocks, Grand Center is a destination for more than 1.5 million people who visit each year.  From Broadway musicals to jazz clubs, contemporary art to cabaret shows, a symphony to a circus, films to festivals, and much more, this premier arts district has something for everyone. An eclectic choice of restaurants, a variety of housing and education options further enhances the vitality of this cosmopolitan neighborhood.

From the traditional to the experimental, from around the corner and around the world, Grand Center brings the finest in art, dance, music and theater to the people of St. Louis and the Midwest region.

Where to Stay

Where to Stay

For a listing of hotels within the District and near the District.

Live Here

Live Here

For a listing of places to live in the district.

Dine Here

Dine Here

For a listing of restaurants in and around the district.

FAQ

What is Grand Center?

Grand Center is the arts and entertainment district located in the center of St. Louis. Grand Center is home to dozens of arts organizations, museums, galleries, theaters and concert halls that demonstrate the depth and diversity of the city’s cultural life. Grand Center’s artistic renaissance began with the restoration of Powell Hall, home to the St. Louis Symphony, in 1968 and the Fabulous Fox Theatre in 1982. Today the district hosts more than 1,500 cultural events each year. 

Where is Grand Center?

The Grand Center district is conveniently located in Midtown St. Louis.  The boundaries of the district run along Grand from Lindell to Delmar and from Vandeventer to the west and Josephine Baker to the east. The heart of the district is located at Grand and Washington, next to the Fabulous Fox Theatre.

How do I get to Grand Center?

Visit the Maps and Parking page for more information.

Where can I park?

Visit the Maps and Parking page for more information.



How do I purchase tickets?

Most of the larger performance venues and concert halls located in the district (e.g.  Powell Hall, Fabulous Fox Theatre), manage their own box offices. Most of the smaller venues (e.g. the Grandel Theatre or the Kranzberg Arts Center) do not have a dedicated box office; rather each individual organization who performs in that venue manages their own ticket sales.  Visit the Tickets and Box Office Information page for a complete list of box offices and ticket information.

What restaurants are in the area?

The Grand Center neighborhood is home to many restaurants which offer a variety of cuisines. From cafes to grills, bistros to diners, breakfast to after-theater dinner, there is a culinary option waiting to fit everyone’s palate. For a complete list of restaurants visit the Where to Dine page.

The Next Three Days in Grand Center

Wednesday, May 16

Bunny Burson: Hidden in Plain Sight
Bruno David Gallery

Providential Journey: The Art of Brother Mel
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Danielle Spradley: Over Time
Bruno David Gallery

Warhol's Polaroids: A Method
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Larry Krone: Here I Am
The PSTL Gallery

Lisa K. Blatt: i am the enola gay
Bruno David Gallery

Mississippi River Celtic Music Festival
Sheldon Concert Hall

In the Still Epiphany
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

2012 Artists'-In-Residence Exhibition
Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries

Dark Girls
Portfolio Gallery and Education Center

Rounding Third
Kranzberg Arts Center Blackbox

Grand Center Visionary Awards
Sheldon Concert Hall

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager
Sheldon Art Galleries

The Beat Goes On: Instruments from the Hartenberger World Music Collection
Sheldon Art Galleries

Made in the Shade: Paul Rudolph's Florida Houses Revisited
Sheldon Art Galleries

Art by Children of Artists
Sheldon Art Galleries

Northern Haiti: Human Landscape- Photographs by Patti Gabriel
Sheldon Art Galleries

CAM Nights
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Frank Vignola with Vinny Raniolo
Jazz at the Bistro

Summer Dance Card
Powell Hall

Show-Me Burlesque Fest
Sheldon Concert Hall

Igor and the Red Elvises
Plush Saint Louis

Docents in Dialogue
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Riverdance
Fabulous Fox Theatre

New Music, New Works
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Powell Hall

Madeleine Peyroux
Sheldon Concert Hall

Lindy Hop St. Louis - Night of Swing at the Grandel
Grandel Theatre

The Big Disruption Event Series: SciFi Interaction
Plush Saint Louis

Insidious
Grandel Theatre

Chickenfoot
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Stanley Clark Trio
Jazz at the Bistro

Architectural Tour with Steve Morby
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Acoustic Stories from the Road
Sheldon Concert Hall

Concrete Cinema
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Avicii
Chaifetz Arena

Circus Flora
Circus Flora

JazzU with Tim Warfield
Jazz at the Bistro

Ken Haller: The TV Show!
Kranzberg Arts Center Studio

Family Vision Video
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Feast Your Eyes
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bond and Beyond: 50 Years of 007
Powell Hall

Takashi Horisaki Exhibition Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bob Coleman's Legacy Big Band
Sheldon Concert Hall

Yelawolf
Plush Saint Louis

Stroller Tour Tuesdays
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Tuesday Morning Play Dates
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Zimbabwe Nkenya, Rich O'Connell, Glenn "Papa" Wright Trio
Sheldon Concert Hall

David Dondero
Plush Saint Louis

Art21 Screening
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Erin Bode
Jazz at the Bistro

Sounds of New Orleans
Powell Hall

The St. Louis Big Band with vocalist Dave Gill
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Big Disruption Event Series: Locavesting
Plush Saint Louis

The Pulitzer Contemporary Music Festival
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Tim Cunningham
Jazz at the Bistro

Wynonna Judd with STL Symphony
Powell Hall

Rockin' Chair
Sheldon Ballroom

Kevin Lucas, Vibes
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Dukes of September
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles
Powell Hall

Play Time (1967)
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

S.L.A.P. Conference
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Concert in the Courtyard
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Jacksons
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Sunday Studio: Printmaking Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

O.A.R.
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Coriolanus
Grandel Theatre

James Taylor
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Seal
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Lion King
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Def Leppard & Poison

Phish
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Avett Brothers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Tim Schall: The Gershwins
Sheldon Concert Hall

Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sheldon Concert Hall

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Sheldon Concert Hall

Arturo Sandoval
Sheldon Concert Hall

100th Anniversary Celebration!
Sheldon Concert Hall

Imagination Movers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Les Miserables
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Olga Kern
Sheldon Concert Hall

St. Louis Stompers
Sheldon Concert Hall

Natalie MacMaster
Sheldon Concert Hall

Joe Bonamassa
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Celtic Thunder
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Blue Man Group
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Wicked
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Paul Brown & The Killing Devils
Sheldon Concert Hall

Thursday, May 17

Bunny Burson: Hidden in Plain Sight
Bruno David Gallery

Danielle Spradley: Over Time
Bruno David Gallery

Providential Journey: The Art of Brother Mel
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Lisa K. Blatt: i am the enola gay
Bruno David Gallery

Warhol's Polaroids: A Method
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Larry Krone: Here I Am
The PSTL Gallery

Mississippi River Celtic Music Festival
Sheldon Concert Hall

In the Still Epiphany
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Dark Girls
Portfolio Gallery and Education Center

2012 Artists'-In-Residence Exhibition
Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries

Rounding Third
Kranzberg Arts Center Blackbox

CAM Nights
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager
Sheldon Art Galleries

The Beat Goes On: Instruments from the Hartenberger World Music Collection
Sheldon Art Galleries

Made in the Shade: Paul Rudolph's Florida Houses Revisited
Sheldon Art Galleries

Art by Children of Artists
Sheldon Art Galleries

Northern Haiti: Human Landscape- Photographs by Patti Gabriel
Sheldon Art Galleries

Frank Vignola with Vinny Raniolo
Jazz at the Bistro

Summer Dance Card
Powell Hall

Show-Me Burlesque Fest
Sheldon Concert Hall

Igor and the Red Elvises
Plush Saint Louis

Docents in Dialogue
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Riverdance
Fabulous Fox Theatre

New Music, New Works
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Powell Hall

Madeleine Peyroux
Sheldon Concert Hall

Lindy Hop St. Louis - Night of Swing at the Grandel
Grandel Theatre

The Big Disruption Event Series: SciFi Interaction
Plush Saint Louis

Insidious
Grandel Theatre

Stanley Clark Trio
Jazz at the Bistro

Chickenfoot
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Architectural Tour with Steve Morby
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Acoustic Stories from the Road
Sheldon Concert Hall

Concrete Cinema
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Avicii
Chaifetz Arena

Circus Flora
Circus Flora

JazzU with Tim Warfield
Jazz at the Bistro

Ken Haller: The TV Show!
Kranzberg Arts Center Studio

Family Vision Video
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Feast Your Eyes
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bond and Beyond: 50 Years of 007
Powell Hall

Takashi Horisaki Exhibition Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bob Coleman's Legacy Big Band
Sheldon Concert Hall

Yelawolf
Plush Saint Louis

Stroller Tour Tuesdays
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Tuesday Morning Play Dates
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Zimbabwe Nkenya, Rich O'Connell, Glenn "Papa" Wright Trio
Sheldon Concert Hall

David Dondero
Plush Saint Louis

Art21 Screening
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Erin Bode
Jazz at the Bistro

Sounds of New Orleans
Powell Hall

The St. Louis Big Band with vocalist Dave Gill
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Big Disruption Event Series: Locavesting
Plush Saint Louis

The Pulitzer Contemporary Music Festival
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Tim Cunningham
Jazz at the Bistro

Wynonna Judd with STL Symphony
Powell Hall

Rockin' Chair
Sheldon Ballroom

Kevin Lucas, Vibes
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Dukes of September
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles
Powell Hall

Play Time (1967)
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

S.L.A.P. Conference
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Concert in the Courtyard
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Jacksons
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Sunday Studio: Printmaking Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

O.A.R.
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Coriolanus
Grandel Theatre

James Taylor
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Seal
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Lion King
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Def Leppard & Poison

Phish
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Avett Brothers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Tim Schall: The Gershwins
Sheldon Concert Hall

Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sheldon Concert Hall

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Sheldon Concert Hall

Arturo Sandoval
Sheldon Concert Hall

100th Anniversary Celebration!
Sheldon Concert Hall

Imagination Movers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Les Miserables
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Olga Kern
Sheldon Concert Hall

St. Louis Stompers
Sheldon Concert Hall

Natalie MacMaster
Sheldon Concert Hall

Joe Bonamassa
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Celtic Thunder
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Blue Man Group
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Wicked
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Paul Brown & The Killing Devils
Sheldon Concert Hall

Friday, May 18

Bunny Burson: Hidden in Plain Sight
Bruno David Gallery

Danielle Spradley: Over Time
Bruno David Gallery

Providential Journey: The Art of Brother Mel
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Lisa K. Blatt: i am the enola gay
Bruno David Gallery

Warhol's Polaroids: A Method
Saint Louis University Museum of Art

Larry Krone: Here I Am
The PSTL Gallery

Mississippi River Celtic Music Festival
Sheldon Concert Hall

In the Still Epiphany
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Dark Girls
Portfolio Gallery and Education Center

2012 Artists'-In-Residence Exhibition
Craft Alliance in the Kranzberg Arts Center Galleries

Rounding Third
Kranzberg Arts Center Blackbox

Frank Vignola with Vinny Raniolo
Jazz at the Bistro

Summer Dance Card
Powell Hall

Show-Me Burlesque Fest
Sheldon Concert Hall

Igor and the Red Elvises
Plush Saint Louis

Liquid Terrain: 20 Years of Works on Paper by Eva Lundsager
Sheldon Art Galleries

The Beat Goes On: Instruments from the Hartenberger World Music Collection
Sheldon Art Galleries

Made in the Shade: Paul Rudolph's Florida Houses Revisited
Sheldon Art Galleries

Art by Children of Artists
Sheldon Art Galleries

Northern Haiti: Human Landscape- Photographs by Patti Gabriel
Sheldon Art Galleries

Docents in Dialogue
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Riverdance
Fabulous Fox Theatre

New Music, New Works
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra
Powell Hall

Madeleine Peyroux
Sheldon Concert Hall

Lindy Hop St. Louis - Night of Swing at the Grandel
Grandel Theatre

The Big Disruption Event Series: SciFi Interaction
Plush Saint Louis

Insidious
Grandel Theatre

Stanley Clark Trio
Jazz at the Bistro

Chickenfoot
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Architectural Tour with Steve Morby
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Acoustic Stories from the Road
Sheldon Concert Hall

Concrete Cinema
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Avicii
Chaifetz Arena

Circus Flora
Circus Flora

JazzU with Tim Warfield
Jazz at the Bistro

Ken Haller: The TV Show!
Kranzberg Arts Center Studio

Family Vision Video
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Feast Your Eyes
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bond and Beyond: 50 Years of 007
Powell Hall

Takashi Horisaki Exhibition Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Bob Coleman's Legacy Big Band
Sheldon Concert Hall

Yelawolf
Plush Saint Louis

Stroller Tour Tuesdays
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Tuesday Morning Play Dates
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Zimbabwe Nkenya, Rich O'Connell, Glenn "Papa" Wright Trio
Sheldon Concert Hall

David Dondero
Plush Saint Louis

Art21 Screening
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Erin Bode
Jazz at the Bistro

Sounds of New Orleans
Powell Hall

The St. Louis Big Band with vocalist Dave Gill
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Big Disruption Event Series: Locavesting
Plush Saint Louis

The Pulitzer Contemporary Music Festival
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Tim Cunningham
Jazz at the Bistro

Wynonna Judd with STL Symphony
Powell Hall

Rockin' Chair
Sheldon Ballroom

Kevin Lucas, Vibes
Sheldon Concert Hall

The Dukes of September
Fabulous Fox Theatre

CAM Nights
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Classical Mystery Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles
Powell Hall

Play Time (1967)
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

S.L.A.P. Conference
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Concert in the Courtyard
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

The Jacksons
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Sunday Studio: Printmaking Workshop
CAM / Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

O.A.R.
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Coriolanus
Grandel Theatre

James Taylor
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Seal
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Lion King
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Def Leppard & Poison

Phish
Fabulous Fox Theatre

The Avett Brothers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Tim Schall: The Gershwins
Sheldon Concert Hall

Mary Chapin Carpenter
Sheldon Concert Hall

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Sheldon Concert Hall

Arturo Sandoval
Sheldon Concert Hall

100th Anniversary Celebration!
Sheldon Concert Hall

Imagination Movers
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Les Miserables
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Olga Kern
Sheldon Concert Hall

St. Louis Stompers
Sheldon Concert Hall

Natalie MacMaster
Sheldon Concert Hall

Joe Bonamassa
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Celtic Thunder
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Blue Man Group
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Wicked
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical
Fabulous Fox Theatre

Paul Brown & The Killing Devils
Sheldon Concert Hall

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