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CONCERTS, PLAYS & EVENTS IN FLORENCE’S THRIVING ART SCENE Live Entertainment Florence is home to talented acting troupes and skilled performers. The Last Resort Players theater company performs dramas and comedies seasonally at the FEC. Find current season information at www. lastresortplayers.com.
For more adult entertainment, Florence is also home to drag queens Fanny Rugburn and Ana Khonda, who perform throughout Oregon.
Florence Events Center At the Florence Events Center (FEC), 715 Quince St., there is “Always Something Happening.”
like Community Chorus of Florence, hold concerts throughout the year. Visit online at eventcenter.org or call 541-997-1994.
Three Rivers Casino Resort
Three Rivers Casino Resort, 5647 Highway 126, offers card games, slot machines, karaoke, giveaways, dining It’s About Time Productions perThis gorgeous facility features and concerts, in addition to operatforms several shows throughout the 21,000 square feet of space, a nearly ing a hotel and golf course. Headlinyear, including dinner murder myster- 8,000 sq. ft. dividable flat floor, a 450- ers such as America, The Monkeys, ies. For more information, go to www. seat state-of-the-art performance hall, Smothers Brothers, Crystal Gayle, facebook.com/IATProd. conference rooms, on-site catering, 38 Special and Tony Orlando dazzle and a staff that works extra hard to audiences in the casino’s 700-seat CROW (Children’s Repertory of create a memorable event for four to concert venue. Bands rock out to all Oregon Workshops) hosts workshops 400 people. genres, including local performers. and classes for youth and adults at its building, 3120 Highway 101 in FlorAnnual events keep audiences The 15,500-square-foot gaming ence. Come see the cast of 60 chilreturning to the FEC, such as the facility is open 24 hours a day. There’s dren, ages 3 to 21, perform charming Florence Festival of Books in Septem- so much happening in Florence with versions of popular musicals and fairy ber, juried art shows in Galleries One golf tournaments, concerts and other tales. A full contingent of volunteers and Five and jazz and music festivals. events that Three Rivers Casino reteaches students to sing, dance and SEAcoast Entertainment Association cently expanded to Coos Bay. act and work on and off stage. Find presents a concert series each year * Venues and performance groups current season information and year- that brings notable performers to may operate in a reduced format round activities at crowkids.com. town, and local performing groups, due to COVID-19 Midcoast Wave 2021–2022
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