Arts & Culture — Downtown Lynchburg Association

The arts & culture scene is alive in Downtown Lynchburg. There’s a reason that Downtown is considered to be the cultural hub of the city, and it clearly shows in the selection of galleries, museums, and art centers. Step into an immersive public art experience in Art Alley at the interection of Commerce and 11th Street. Come downtown to find arts & crafts programming for all ages, performing arts venues, and galleries with rotating exhibits.

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Academy Center of the Arts

Lynchburg's home for music, theatre, fine arts and more is the Academy Center of the Arts in downtown. A variety of classes—pottery, art, photography and more—are currently offered at the Academy for young and old alike along with live plays, concerts, and regular gallery shows featuring a range of national and local talent.

Amazement Square

Downtown Lynchburg is truly the hub for all things art in the region, which is fitting as it’s anchored by our nationally-recognized children’s museum at the corner of 9th and Jefferson Streets.

Art Alley

Art Alley is a placemaking conception turned reality in Downtown Lynchburg. At the intersection of Commerce and 11th Street you will find a blank canvas in the heart of our city that was transformed into a beautiful alleyway for locals and visitors to enjoy. This space is currently one of multiple entrances to the Bluffwalk, and has been upgraded to an inviting gateway to a beautiful public amenity.

Commerce Street Theater

The mission of this theater is to is to promote the arts in the greater Lynchburg community by providing quality theatre programming. Commerce Street Theater brings the arts alive downtown in their gorgeous black-box style venue. Check out their website for the latest information on shows and productions.

Jazz@720

Kick back, relax and listen to some chill tunes performed by local artists at Jazz@720.

Riverviews Artspace

Here you’ll find a professional level gallery, a movie theatre, and studio space for artists, cooperative and group galleries, dance and performances, film festivals, live music, and art camps — to name just a few things.

Vector Space

You’ll want to check out Vector Space, a one-of-a-kind makerspace designed to give people a venue to collaborate, invent, discover and build in the realms of science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Events and More!

Downtown is also your go-to destination for some of the largest and most exciting events in the region, from the annual street festival Get Downtown to a spectacular Fourth of July Fireworks display. In addition to the monthly First Fridays arts crawl, you can also regularly find live concerts, beer and wine festivals, and movies occurring at Riverfront Park.