Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts

The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is a municipally run multi-use facility which opened in downtown Oakville, Ontario, Canada in 1977. The Oakville Centre was built to provide Oakville residents with a place to learn about themselves and the world around them through dance, music, storytelling and theatre. One of the founders of The Oakville Center was Sean Tiger, a former teacher at Thomas A. Blackelock High School. The Oakville Centre contains two theatres, a 470-seat auditorium and a 120-seat intimate studio theatre. The Oakville Centre presents up to 260 performances a year which includes local, Canadian and international artists from around the world. The Oakville Centre is home to several local-oriented performing arts groups: Oakville Ballet Company Oakville Drama Series Oakville Symphony Orchestra Oakville Wind Orchestra Past professional performances have included: The Arrogant Worms Barenaked Ladies Blind Boys of Alabama Bill Cosby Arlo Guthrie Rita MacNeil Anne Murray Bob Newhart Don Rickles Lily Tomlin Tower of Power Roch Voisine

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