Whether you're a novice or an expert in the field of Arts & Entertainment or your just looking for fun, different things to do in the Daytona Beach area, then this is the site to help you plan your entertainment options.
You'll find lots of unexpected treasures throughout the Daytona Beach area. From historic sites, to world class museums and live performances by world class artists and talented locals. If festivals are your interest, we've got plenty of them too. Simply browse through our site and discover the world of Arts & Entertainment - Daytona Beach style!
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Ocean Walk 10 Movies Bring you Live Opera....What a great way to experience the moving performances of opera at the Met, live from the comfort of your Daytona Beach seat enjoy this seasons performances in HD. Enjoy everything from TOSCA to HAMLET during this season performance running from Oct. 2009 to May 2010. Click to learn more, http://www.oceanwalkshoppes.com/ or click here
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Love a great play? Try our own local Daytona Playhouse - shows sure to keep you in your seat!
Daytona Playhouse is located at 100 Jessamine Blvd. Daytona Beach (3 blocks North of Seabreeze). For more information call 386.255.2431 or 877.228.1001 or visit:www.daytonaplayhouse.org.
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The Arts at Daytona State College
The Arabian Nights
April 8 - 10, 7:30 p.m.
April 15 - 17, 7:30 p.m.
April 18, 2:30 p.m.
News-Journal Center
Gillespy Theater Mary Zimmerman, The Tony Award-winning creator of Metamorphoses, re-animates yet another set of ancient tales with her incredible adaptation of The Arabian Nights. In order to save her own life, a beautiful bride must tell tales of kings, warriors, and thieves. Zimmerman's incredible storytelling weaves together a thousand tales in an evening of incredible live theatre.
CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
June 22 - 26, 7:30 p.m.
June 27, 2:30 p.m.
News-Journal Center
Gillespy Theater
This retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet is an absurdist-like farce, focusing on the point of view of two of the famous play's most insignificant characters. One of Tom Stoppard's greatest plays it is recognized
as a comic masterpiece, sure to amuse and delight.
To order by telephone, call the box office at (386) 506-3042
To purchase in person, visit during box office hours:
Daytona Beach Campus, Theater Center-Building 220
Open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tickets for J.M. Goddard Theater and the Theater Center are available at this location only.
Tickets can be purchased the night of the event one hours prior to curtain at the venue at which the event is being held (based on ticket availability).
News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach Street
Ph: (386) 226-1927
Open Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tickets may also be purchased at the Theater 2 hours prior to curtain time.
Tickets for the Davidson and Gillespy Theaters are available at this location only.
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Atlantic Center for the Arts' Classes, Events, and Exhibitions

DO YOU KNOW A TEEN WHO LOVES TO WRITE?
Atlantic Center for the Arts
presents
your word Teen Creative Writing Residency
July 25 - August 7, 2010
Application Deadline: March 26, 2010
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Atlantic Center for the Arts' your word Teen Creative Writing Residency is a one-of-a-kind, multi-genre summer writing residency that offers 9th through rising 12th grade writers workshops and mentorship by distinguished authors in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction/memoir, on the grounds of a breathtakingly beautiful ecological preserve.
your word Teen Creative Writing Residency will beheld from July 25 through Aug 7, 2010, offering 21 participants an extraordinary opportunity to explore and expand the power of their individual voices through writing workshops. The program will take place at Atlantic Center for the Arts, an artists' community on the east coast of central Florida.
Atlantic Center for the Arts
1414 Art Center Avenue
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
386.427.6975
www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org
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The Metropolitan Opera Live from New York will be coming to Daytona Beach! We will be showing these performances right here
in our Movies 10 Theatre. One hour prior to the start of the show we
will be hosting "Diva Delights". Guests can come and enjoy the sounds of
Ted Conner and Ron Gilotti live while they peer over the beautiful
Atlantic Ocean in the Ocean View Room. We will be serving wine tasting
and appetizers.
03/27 Hamlet
05/01 Armida

Diva Delights start at 12pm, Performances start at 1pm
Admission: $22 for Adults, $20 for Seniors, $15 for Children 15 and
Under
Tickets are now available at our box office!
www.oceanwalkshoppes.com
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SHARE THE COMEDY OF "CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES"

Gather all your Sunday School classmates, church friends, fellow choir members, sisters, and daughters for a riotous afternoon of comedy!
Church Basement ladies will cook up the comedy on
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 2:00pm at the Peabody Auditorium
www.peabodyauditorium.org
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Enjoy lunch at Daytona State College's Cafe 101 and follow up with a comfortable seat in the Southeast Museum of Photography's Madorsky Theater for our new afternoon matinee film series
Wednesday afternoons at 2:00 pm
Phone 386-506-3859 for a lunch reservation at Cafe 101.
All films are on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm.
Movie admission by donation-no reserve seating.
Lunch and film available separately.
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At The Book Store Cinema - 410 South Nova Road, Ormond Beach
For information on tickets or becoming a member call 386.252.3778 or visit:www.cinematique.org.
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Halifax Historical Society Museum
252 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach, Florida
10 am-4 pm Tuesday-Saturday
Phone: 386-255-6976
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Bandshell Live !!! Quality family variety show entertainment on Friday evenings this summer. Presented by the City of Daytona Beach Cultural Services Department in partnership with Hometown Entertainment.
Upcoming Bandshell Events:
Local folk rockers THE HALIFAX CONTRABAND headline the show at 8:30pm. MINISTER THEORY go onstage at 7:30pm. The PARK-O LATERS take the stage at 7pm. TROY & JIMMY TRENTINI start things off at 6:30pm
For more info on the bands visit us at www.myspace.com/bandshelllive or contact us at (386) 307-0922. Our shows are FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT and are ALWAYS FREE!
www.daytonabandshell.com
FREE ADMISSION - For your comfort bring a lawn chair. Food and beverages are available for purchase at the Bandshell. NO coolers, umbrellas or glass containers.
Bandshell is located on the ocean behind Ocean Walk Village. For information contact Wyatt Davis at 386.852.7890.
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BROADWAY IN DAYTONA BEACH
Beauty and the Beast
April 19, 2010
TALE AS OLD AS TIME, TRUE AS IT CAN BE. Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Daytona! Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide.
Broadway in Daytona Beach / The Peabody Auditorium
600 Auditorium Boulevard / Daytona Beach, FL 32118
386.671.3462
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GATEWAY Center for the Arts

Gateway Center for the Arts in Gateway Park is located at 880 North Highway 17-92 and Saxon Blvd. in DeBary. For information call 386.668.5553 or visit
www.gatewaycenterforthearts.org.