Bay Arts Council
The Bay Arts Council is dedicated to providing and facilitating
excellence in artistic and cultural programs and services. The Bay Arts
Council sponsors summertime concerts presented at the World Friendship
Shell outdoor amphitheater in Downtown Bay City's Wenonah Park. The Arts
Council also sponsors a wide variety of performances and cultural
activities throughout the year in Bay County.
Bay City Players
The oldest, continuously operating community theater in Michigan, the
Bay City Players presents musicals, comedies, mysteries and dramas in
five productions
each year.
each year.
Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra
The Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra performs pop and classical music in
four concerts each year at a variety of unique Bay City venues.
State Theatre
A must for lovers of nostalgia. Built in 1930, the historic State
Theatre is one of Michigan's finest examples of Art Deco design. A
sister theatre to Detroit's famous Fox Theater, the State Theater was
designed by Howard Crane and modeled after an Aztec temple.
The Bijou Orchestra
Unlike any other ensemble in the country, the Bijou Orchestra is
modeled on the orchestras found in America’s theaters in the first
part of the 20th century. Small and versatile, it is composed of artists
selected from the ranks of symphony orchestras, opera houses and
university faculties. The Orchestra performs both in Bay City and
beyond, featuring a vast repertoire ranging from 19th century European
and American dance and concert music to swing, bluegrass, jazz and
klezmer styles.
VanBuren Street Dinner Theater
Comedy dinner theater presented in the intimate atmosphere of a
restored former Christian Science Reading Room.
Maritime Legacy