Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center

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Welcome to the Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Northwest Florida's premier arts complex. The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is celebrating its 11th season of bringing Broadway's best touring shows to the Emerald Coast! The center is also the home venue for the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra.

Upcoming Events: July 22-24: Art Exhibit - Marie Snow Green Watercolors & Selections from the Permanent Collection July 25: Art Auction Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Season Tickets All Events Listing Tickets Available by phone or in-person at the box office, or online by selecting this link.

Tickets are available now for the summer 2008 musical Gypsy, July 9-12. Season tickets for the 2008-09 concert season of the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra are also now on sale.

All Broadway, Artist, Family shows, and Symphony Concerts appear in the center’s 1,650 seat mainstage theater (select this link for directions). The OWC Spring theatrical production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night appears in the complex’s 175-seat Sprint Theater.

The Box office’s phone and in-person hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call (850) 729-6000 or toll free 1-888-838.ARTS (2787). The on-line box office at www.owc.edu/arts is open 24/7.  Season tickets are available by phone, mail or in-person only. Individual tickets are available online, in-person, by phone or mail.  For more information or to be sent a season brochure, call (850) 729-6000.

For shows which are sold out of advance tickets, select this link for at-the-door ticket information.

The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is located on the Niceville campus of OWC at 100 College Boulevard and is easily accessible via U.S. Highway 285, Highway 85 and the Mid-Bay Bridge. For more information, a season brochure or to purchase tickets call 729-6000 or visit www.owc.edu/arts.

TICKETS: The Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box Office (850) 729-6000

The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is a $25 million-dollar performing arts and educational complex that hosts Broadway's best touring shows, visiting artists, dance and opera companies. The complex encompasses a 1,650 seat Mainstage theater which accommodates touring Broadway shows, the 195-seat, flexible Sprint Theater, an art wing with two galleries, a music wing, a visual arts building and the beautiful OWC amphitheater.

The complex is the home of the Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts Division of OWC, providing an outstanding educational environment that rivals that of many large universities. Through this division, students pursue studies in art, dance, music, humanities and theater that lead to associates' and bachelor's degrees.

The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is also the home venue of the region's premier professional symphony - the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra of Northwest Florida State College. View the symphony's web site for season information.

In July 2007, the center celebrated its one milionth patron (click here for the story.)

The Mattie Kelly Arts Center is available for rental by outside organizations. For more information on renting, see the facility rental section.

Find out what is coming up next at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center through the schedule of events.