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Brevard County

Brevard County sustains a vibrant & dynamic arts and cultural community that is integral to the quality of life here on the Space Coast with numerous theater groups, music & performing arts centers, galleries, & museums.

Click on the buttons below for different Arts & Entertainments lists:

Nonprofit Group Theater Music Dance Museums Galleries

Nonprofit Group

  • Brevard Cultural Alliance:
    Visit Website | 321-690-6817
    Brevard County’s designated local arts agency serving cultural organizations, individual artists and the community. As a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization, the BCA’s mission is to build and sustain a vibrant and dynamic arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard’s quality of life. BCA serves the entire county and all artistic disciplines, in partnership with likeminded organizations, to support the arts and cultural community.

Theater

  • Eastern Florida State College:
    Visit Website | 321- 433-7385
    The college has regular acting classes and a performance season, 1519 Clearlake Road.

  • Brevard Theatrical Ensemble:
    Visit Website | 321-676-0697
    Presents storytelling with theatrical presentation and music.

  • Florida Tech College Players
    Visit Website | 321-674-8767
    Student group produces shows in the Gleason Performing Arts Center at Florida Tech.

  • Henegar Center for the Arts
    Visit Website | 321-723-8698
    Features a 500-seat theater, studio space, gallery space and meeting rooms, and presents classical music and touring theatrical productions, children’s theater and the Henegar’s Red Carpet Productions, 625 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne.

  • Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse
    Visit Website | 321-636-5050
    Produces musicals and runs the Stars of Tomorrow children’s program, 300 Brevard Ave., Cocoa.

  • King Center for the Performing Arts
    Visit Website | 321-242-2219
    From concerts, dance, theater, comedy and variety, the 2,000-seat center presents a wide array of shows. This has become the go-to place for area residents to see big-name performers such as Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Lambert, Loretta Lynn and more. In addition, the King Center runs an active children’s theater program and off-beat Studio Theater and rents its rotunda and black-box facilities to weddings, receptions and more. The King Center is at 3865 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne.

  • Melbourne Civic Theatre
    Visit Website | 321-723-6935 | E-Mail
    Produces shows year-round at 817 E. Strawbridge Ave., Le Galerie, Melbourne.

  • Playwrights Workshop
    Visit Website | 321-961-1988 | E-Mail
    Solicits plays by area playwrights and performs three one-act plays three times a year at Surfside Playhouse, 301 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach.

  • Special Spotlight Theatre
    Visit Website | 321-951-2420
    Presents a production featuring special-needs entertainers at the Henegar Center for the Arts, 625 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne.

  • Surfside Players
    Visit Website | 321-783- 3127
    Produces a full season of comedies, musicals and a drama. Produces a summer production of an original play by a local playwright. Runs Surfside Youth Players, which has children’s acting classes and productions at 301 Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach.

  • Titusville Playhouse
    Visit Website | 321-268-1125
    Produces dramas, comedies and musicals. Runs the Rising Stars Theatre for children and hosts a children’s summer camp at Emma Parrish Theatre, 301 Julia St., Titusville.

  • Voices of Storytelling Guild
    321-259-3822 | E-Mail
    Presents oral storytelling, musicians and dramatic presentations at the Melbourne Public Library, 540 E. Fee Ave., Melbourne.

Music

  • Brevard Chorale
    Visit Website | 321- 433-7385
    More than 80 community members ages 16 and older. Led by James Boyle, the chorale is a function of Brevard Community College.

  • Brevard Children’s Chorus
    Visit Website | 321-432-2770
    Singers in fourth through 10th grades perform across Brevard County.

  • Brevard Community Chorus
    Visit Website | 321-433-7689
    Led by Robert Lamb, professional musicians present classical concerts at the King Center.

  • Eastern Florida State College Performing Arts Ensembles
    Visit Website | 321-632-1111
    The primary mission of the Performing and Visual Arts Department is to educate and train future majors in the disciplines of music, theatre, studio art and dance. Our secondary mission is to enrich the lives of the local community — including students who take our classes as non-majors and community members who attend our concerts, recitals, art shows and theatrical presentations.

  • Brevard Symphony Orchestra
    Visit Website | 321-242-2024
    More than 100-member professional orchestra conducted by Christopher Confessore performs a full season at the King Center. Has several county guilds and the Vivace Society Club.

  • Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra
    Visit Website | 321-216-7804
    Youth form four orchestras — the philharmonic orchestra, symphony orchestra, sinfonietta and string ensemble—with young musicians accepted through audition.

  • Central Florida Winds/Central Florida Chamber Winds
    Visit Website | 321-223-6688
    Gives five free performances a year.

  • Community Band of Brevard
    Visit Website | 321-725-9191
    Gives free concerts each year, conducted by Marion Scott. Includes Space Coast Swing Ensemble.

  • Greater Canaveral Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society
    Visit Website | Phil: 312-454-3823 or Arlan: 321-636-0900
    The group meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Choral Room, B. W. Simpkins Fine Arts Building 4, Brevard Community College,1519 Clearlake Road, Cocoa. The group performs for civic groups, assisted living facilities, social gatherings, etc.

  • Harbor City Harmonizers
    Visit Website | 321-213-9424
    Male chorus and quartets available for performances and special functions. Affiliated with Barbershop Harmony Society.

  • Indialantic Chamber Singers
    Visit Website | 321-723-8371
    David Vogeding leads singers at Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Indialantic.

  • Melbourne Chamber Music Society
    Visit Website | 321-956- 8775
    Brings acclaimed chamber music groups to perform at St. Marks United Methodist Church, 2030 N. SR A1A, Indialantic.

  • Melbourne Community Orchestra
    Visit Website | 321-952-9949
    More than 50 musicians perform free concerts at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

  • Melbourne Municipal Band
    Visit Website | 321-724-0555
    Amateur and professional musicians perform free concerts at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

  • Platinum Coast Chorus
    Visit Website | 321-733-0070
    Available for performances and social functions. A chapter of the Sweet Adelines International.

  • Rock the Silence
    Visit Website | 321-446-1802
    Brings Christian music to hearing and hearing impaired audiences. Organization also teaches sign language classes.

  • Space Coast Chapter of American Guild of Organists
    Visit Website | 321-953-2151
    Offers concerts and educational workshops to promote the art.

  • Space Coast Symphony Chorus
    Visit Website | 855-252-7276
    The Space Coast Symphony Chorus is an unpaid professional group of singers from throughout the Space and Treasure Coasts.

  • Space Coast Flute Orchestra
    Visit Website | 321-385-SCFO (7236)
    Performs free concerts, featuring about 42 musicians who play a wide collection of flutes, directed by Nancy Clew.

  • Space Coast Jazz Society
    Visit Website | 321-453-4191
    Meets monthly for live jazz performances and awards scholarships to Brevard students studying jazz in college.

  • Space Coast Oratorio Society
    Visit Website | 321-536-8580
    Performs at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Cocoa Beach.

  • Space Coast Pops
    Visit Website | 321-632-7445 | E-Mail
    Offers an annual four-concert subscription and other special concerts by professional musicians. Concert venue typically is the First Baptist Church Merritt Island. Sponsors the Brevard Young Performing Artists Competition.

  • Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
    Visit Website | 321-536-8580
    The group includes professional musicians as well as university and youth players. Most concerts are at First Baptist Church of Merritt Island.

  • Swingtime Jazz Band
    Visit Website | 321-724-0555
    Appears in three Big Band concerts in January and July, plus eight ballroom dances at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

Dance

  • Brevard’s Best Youth Entertainment
    Visit Website | 321-777-3833
    Performs for special events, fundraisers and retirement facilities; includes a holiday show in December.

  • Dance Arts Centre Company
    Visit Website | 321-777-2155
    Performances throughout the season, focusing on modern and contemporary dance. Open to students of the Dance Arts Centre in Indian Harbour Beach and Melbourne studios.

  • Galmont Ballet Centre for Dance Education
    Visit Website | 321-543-4403
    Presents several productions a year, including “The Nutcracker,” at Cocoa Village Playhouse, educational outreach programs and training program for children, teens, adults and professionals, 5575 Schenck Ave., Suite11, Viera.

  • Golden Steppers
    Visit Website | 321-783-5931
    Produces two shows a year at the Cocoa Village Playhouse.

  • Imperial Dance Corps
    Visit Website | 321-452-2046
    Performances throughout the year. Membership by audition from among students of the Dussich Dance Studio.

  • Kaliko’s Polynesian Dancing
    321-984-2789
    Includes fire dancers, percussionists and Polynesian dancers, Indialantic.

  • Serenade Dance Company
    Visit Website | 321-242-2442
    Performs at the Henegar Center. Membership is only for students of the Dance Zone, 1020 W. Eau Gallie Blvd.

  • Space Coast Ballet Academy
    Visit Website | 321-684-7390
    Features the Vaganova training method under the artistic directionof Boris Chepelev and Janna Kirova. Offers international master classes, year-end showcase, intensive summer program and “The Nutcracker” production in December at the King Center; 296 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne.

Museums

  • Air Force Space & Missile Museum
    Visit Website | 321-449-4444
    Focuses primarily on the early unmanned space program, with artifacts from the 1950s and1960s and a rocket garden. Cape Canaveral “Then and Now” bus tour from Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex leaves at12:50 p.m. daily. A combo-pass costs $64 plus tax; $48 plus tax for children ages 3 to11, and includes one-day access to all Visitor Complex exhibitions, shows, IMAX movies, space art gallery and one day admission to the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m

  • Air Force Space & Missile Museum
    Visit Website | 321-494-5933 or 321-498-5945
    You can see the Air Force Space & Missile Museum free via the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station public tour Wednesdays and Thursdays, with some exceptions. The three-hour tour focuses on the Air Force space program and includes stops at the Air Force Space & Missile Museum, retired launch pads and facilities and the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. Tours begin at the Air Force Space & Missile History Center near the South Gate of Cape Canaveral AFS, on State Road 401North, off the Beachline (State Road 528). Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. The bus departs at 9 a.m.. Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis

  • American Police Hall of Fame and Museum
    Visit Website | 321-264-0911
    The 50,000-squarefoot facility at 6350 Horizon Drive, Titusville, allows visitors to sit on an electric chair, lie under a guillotine, sit on a police motorcycle and shoot a police weapon. Facility also has a state-of-the-art indoor shooting center. Hours are10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Christmas and Thanksgiving. Shooting range is open noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 6 p.m. weekends. Admission: $13; $8 for children ages 4 to12 and $10 for seniors and military; free for children 3 and younger, members, law enforcement officers and police family survivors. Shooting range admission ranges from $15 to $38.

  • U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
    Visit Website | 877- 313-2610
    World’s largest collection of personal astronaut memorabilia, historic spacecraft and simulator rides. Admission: $20 plus tax; $16 plus tax for children ages 3 to11. It also is featured with regular admission to the KSC Visitor Complex. Hours: Noon to 6 p.m., 6225 Vectorspace Blvd., Titusville.

  • Foosaner Art Museum
    Visit Website | 321-242-0737
    The museum has rotating exhibitions by international, national and regional artists, cultural lectures, book club, music performances, children’s activities and art classes. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday,1to 5 p.m. Sunday. Open until 7 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is $5; $2 for seniors 63 and older, children and students with ID; free for children younger than 2 and members. Admission is free Thursdays, 1463 Highland Ave., Melbourne.

  • Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science
    Visit Website | 321-632-1830
    Exhibitions of historical artifacts from mostly Brevard County and elsewhere in Florida. On permanent display are a Florida timeline and a replica of the famous Windover Dig, which unearthed 7,000-year-old remains of prehistoric man. Also features a nature center with 22 acres of trails. Hours:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. Admission: $6; $5.50 for seniors 62 or older and military personnel with ID; $5 for college students with ID; $4.50 for children; free for children younger than 4, 2201 Michigan Ave., Cocoa.

  • Brevard Veterans Memorial Museum
    Visit Website | 321-453-1776
    Education museum houses artifacts from all wars in which the United States has fought. Admission is free. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, Veterans Memorial Center, 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway, Merritt Island.

  • Cocoa Beach Surf Museum
    Visit Website | 321-258-8217
    Exhibits present history of surfing through old surfboards, magazines and photos, surf music and items related to surfing. Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Hours shortened during winter. Admission: $2 donation requested, Ron Jon Watersports, 4275 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach.

  • Grant Historical House
    Visit Website | 321-723-8543
    1916 house by the Indian River has antiques from many eras and countries. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Admission: donation. Closed for summers, 5795 U.S.1, Grant.

  • Historic Rossetter House Museum
    Visit Website | 321-254-9855
    Botanical gardens and house museum, circa 1930. Gardens available for weddings. Hours:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Admission: $7.50, 1320 Highland Ave., Melbourne.

  • Liberty Bell Memorial Museum
    Visit Website | 321-727-1776
    Contains artifacts and facsimiles from U.S. history, including a replica of the Liberty Bell. Hours:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Free admission, tours available, 1601 Oak St., Melbourne.

  • Library of Florida History
    Visit Website | 321-690-1971 ext. 211
    1908 building was Melbourne Beach Town Hall and Post Office. It presents history of the area from Ais Indians, landing of Ponce de Leon, shipwreck treasure and building of Melbourne Beach. Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and holidays. Admission: free; 2373 Oak St., Melbourne Beach.

  • Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts
    Visit Website | 321-674-8313
    Touring exhibitions from national collections and its permanent collection. Also presents programs related to textile arts. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Admission: free, Florida Tech, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne.

  • U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum
    Visit Website | 321-264-0434
    Displays rare photos, space hardware, flight suits, shuttle tiles, bronzed handprints of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts, scale models of aerospace vehicles and facilities and a hands-on display of Launch Complex 36A. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Admission: free; 4 Main St., Titusville.

  • Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum
    Visit Website | 321-268-1941 | E-Mail
    Airplanes from after World War I up to present day. Take a flight in the restored C-47 from the D-Day invasion. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission: $18; $15 for active or retired military and seniors 60 and older; $5 for children younger than 12; free for children 4 and younger. Group rates and tours available, 6600 Tico Road, Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville.

Galleries

  • Art and Antique Studio
    Visit Website | 321-253-5553
    1419 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Receptions from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on First Friday Gallery Walks.

  • Art and Junk
    Visit Website | 775-397-8555
    818 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

  • Art Etc.
    321-720-3938 | E-Mail
    Gaslight Mall, 11 Main St., Titusville. Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and by appointment

  • Art Expressions
    Visit Website | 321-259-1493
    1402 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and by appointment.

  • Art Gallery of Viera
    Visit Website | 321-504-4343
    2261 Town Center Ave., Suite 111, Viera. Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

  • Artscapes Studio
    Visit Website | 321-779- 3389
    720 E. New Haven Ave., Suite 7, Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays and by appointment.

  • Carolyn Seiler and Friends
    Visit Website | 321-637-0444
    318 Delannoy Ave., Cocoa Village. Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

  • Miss Bailey’s Curiosity Shop
    Visit Website | 321-636-1005
    Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 404 D Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village.

  • Brick & Mortar
    Visit Website | 321-591-2444
    643 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. No regular hours.

  • Castaways Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-298-3079
    Gas Light Mall, 11 Main St., Titusville. Open 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 to 5 p.m. weekdays.

  • The Clay Studio
    321-636-4160
    116 B Harrison St., Cocoa Village. Open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

  • Charles Vance Brand Gallery
    Visit Website | 513-659-9843 | E-Mail
    825 E. Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.

  • EGAD! Art Lab
    Visit Website | 321-258-2119
    1405 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

  • Erika Masterson Photography
    Visit Website | 321-626- 1697
    1610 Pineapple Ave., Melbourne. Open by appointment.

  • Fifth Avenue Art Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-259-8261
    1470 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Exhibitions, opening receptions from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on First Friday Gallery Walks.

  • Highland Art and Studio
    Visit Website | 321-243-9855
    1414 Highland Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

  • Indian River Potters Guild
    Visit Website | 321-543-3645
    1542 Guava Ave., Melbourne. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

  • Jan’s You Frame It
    Visit Website | 321-631-0454
    Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 23 Stone St., Cocoa Village.

  • Kennedy Space Center Gallery
    Visit Website | 877-313-2610
    IMAX theater at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, off State Road 405, NASA Parkway. Hours: Noon to 6 p.m. daily. Admission: $43 plus tax; $33 plus tax for children ages 3 to 11.

  • Klopfenstine Stained Glass
    Visit Website | 321-868-0438
    12 N. Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

  • Kurt Zimmerman Studio and Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-266-7892
    120 Harrison St., Cocoa Village. Open 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and by appointment.

  • Lorraine Fouquet Studio
    Visit Website | 321-749-5288
    120 Harrison St., Cocoa Village. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays.

  • Loys Ann Locklear Pottery
    321-637-0061
    120 Harrison St., Cocoa Village. Open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday or by appointment.

  • Mai Tiki
    Visit Website | 321-783-6890
    251 Minutemen Causeway, Cocoa Beach. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, by appointment Sunday.

  • Purple Stone
    Visit Website | 321-259-1649
    118 Harrison St., Cocoa Village, Cocoa.

  • Richmond Photography
    Visit Website | 321-264-4340
    311 Julia St., Titusville. Hours vary.

  • Rick Piper’s Big Art Studios
    Visit Website | 321-604-0817
    18 N. Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach. Hours vary.

  • Sand and Sea Gifts and Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-632-2745
    304 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

  • Sandra Dee Art
    Visit Website | 321-302-4591
    Call for appointment.

  • Space Coast Crafters
    Visit Website | 321-632-6553
    410 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

  • Studio in Blue
    Visit Website | 321-432-6215
    411 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m daily and by appointment.

  • Sundancer Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-631-0092
    6 Florida Ave., Cocoa Village. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday

  • The Downtown Gallery Fine Art & Custom Framing
    Visit Website | 321-268-0122
    335 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

  • Two Feathers Gallery
    Visit Website | 321-733-1227
    833 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

  • Frits Van Eeden Art Studio
    Visit Website | 321-412-8222
    808 E. New Haven Ave., Melbourne. Hours vary, but generally open at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The gallery may close for the summer.

  • Vessels in Stoneware
    Visit Website | 321-720-0783
    Baldwin Plaza, 113 Broad St., Titusville. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays.