Fodor's Expert Review Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Center City Arts/Performance Venue Fodor's Choice

Intended to make a contemporary design statement, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts has some architectural oomph with its dramatic vaulted glass roof. The 450,000-square-foot venue by architect Rafael Viñoly includes the 2,500-seat Verizon Hall, the more intimate 650-seat Perelman Theater, Jose Garces's restaurant Volvér, a café, a gift shop, and a rooftop terrace. Making their home at the Kimmel are the Philadelphia Orchestra, Philadanco, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and the Philly Pops. Free performances are given before some performances and on many weekends in the center's Commonwealth Plaza.

Arts/Performance Venue Fodor's Choice

Quick Facts

Broad and Spruce Sts.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19102, USA

215-790–5800

www.kimmelcenter.org

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Rate Includes: Free

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