Experience the Cultural District
Downtown Spartanburg has even been designated as a cultural district by the South Carolina Arts Commission. Within the cultural district, you can walk to and enjoy world-class art galleries, studios, music venues, breweries, culinary arts, local literature publishers, coffee shops, libraries, museums, and more. Regardless of when you visit, you’re likely to encounter live music in the streets, featuring jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, or beach music.
Come experience how we put the art in SpARTanburg.
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Artists Collective Spartanburg
The mission of the West Main Artists cooperative is to create a community of artists wherein members mentor and support one another.
Artists' Guild of Spartanburg
The Artists’ Guild serves as a resource for the visual arts in our community by promoting, fostering, and cultivating knowledge of the visual arts and of local artists. We strive to provide enrichment and artistic education for our members and our community thereby encouraging a growing appreciation, understanding, and love of art among the citizens of Spartanburg and surrounding counties.
Ballet Spartanburg
Ballet Spartanburg’ s 2019/2020 performance season is exciting, new and filled with fun for everyone; including Spartanburg’s Christmas holiday family tradition, The Nutcracker.
Chapman Cultural Center
The mission of Chapman Cultural Center is to provide cultural leadership for Greater Spartanburg by developing, strengthening, and promoting the scope, excellence, and educational role of the arts, humanities, and sciences and to further their significance in the life of our community and all of its citizens.
Clay-King Studio
Clay-King Pottery Studio offers pottery classes, workshops, birthday parties, and corporate team-building events. Our course offerings can be found via this link: https://www.clay-king.com/studio-workshops.html.
Mayfair Art Studios
Mayfair Art Studios, a division of Chapman Cultural Center, is a dynamic arts facility in the Arcadia village of Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a diverse creative community that joins together to learn about and make art, discover each other’s cultures, and builds a new, vibrant, and economically sustainable community in Spartanburg County. Inside Mayfair, you’ll discover 14 individual artist studios featuring public open studio hours and hourly rental options including: 1 large co-work studio for fiber arts, 3D art, and more; 1 large co-work studio for ceramics including 20 wheels; 7 music studios for lessons, rehearsals, and podcasting; 2 dance/movement studios; 2 exhibit and event spaces; and 1 photography studio.
Proud Mary Theatre Company
The mission of the Proud Mary Theatre Company is to present LGBTQ+ voices and stories in Spartanburg and the entire Upstate region through theatrical plays: compelling dramas, rib-tickling comedies, campy musicals, and local original works and avant-garde pieces that celebrate diversity and tolerance.
Spartanburg Art Museum
Spartanburg Art Museum is a regional museum promoting contemporary visual arts by inspiring and engaging people of all ages through exhibitions and education.
Spartanburg ArtWalk
ArtWalk is a free, self-guided tour of art galleries in downtown Spartanburg that takes place on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 5–8pm.
Spartanburg Downtown Cultural District
This area includes 21 indoor live performance venues; nine outdoor performance venues; 43 galleries or exhibit spaces; 38 murals and other public art displays; five museums; 64 studios and workshops; six historic sites; 15 green spaces and arboretums; 251 creative industry and cultural jobs; and 1,335 events and festivals open to the public.
Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
Christened the ‘Showplace of the South’ in 1951, Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium is one of the finest theaters in the country, with seating capacity of 3244 and one of the largest stages in the southeast.
Spartanburg Music Trail
The Spartanburg Music Trail honors musicians from Spartanburg who have made a national or international impact in the world of music. The stops highlight artists in such genres as country, gospel, soul, rock ‘n’ roll and more. Ultimately the trail will circle the downtown as new inductees are added.
Spartanburg Philharmonic
For 90 seasons, Spartanburg Philharmonic has been delighting audiences of all ages. Our mission is to enrich, inspire, and educate through live performances.
Spartanburg Repertory Opera
Spartanburg Repertory Opera produces up to four major productions each year, including an educational program for local students, and specializes in standard repertoire from the traditions of light opera, operetta, and musical theatre.
Arts Itineraries
If you are here on the third Thursday of the month, join the ArtWalk, when most of the galleries and museums are open 5-9 p.m. It is an evening of meeting and greeting, and seeing the latest works of art, and it’s free! If you can’t make it on a Thursday, we’ve made you you’re very own ArtWalk with these itineraries:
