Ovens Auditorium is an auditorium located adjacent to Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

. Opened in 1955, Ovens has a seating capacity of 2,455, and has hosted over 7,500 events (as of April 2009). It is managed by the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority.

History

Ovens Auditorium, located adjacent to Bojangles’ Coliseum on East Independence Blvd., opened along with the original Coliseum in 1955. The auditorium underwent minor renovations in 2002 that resulted in ADA compliance, better acoustics and an upgrade of the sound system.

Concerts and Events

• Billy Graham
  Billy Graham
  William Franklin "Billy" Graham, Jr. is an American evangelical Christian evangelist. As of April 25, 2010, when he met with Barack Obama, Graham has spent personal time with twelve United States Presidents dating back to Harry S. Truman, and is number seven on Gallup's list of admired people for...
  
   Crusades played in late 1950’s.
• Wicked
  Wicked (musical)
  Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard...
  
   sold out for two straight weeks in 2008 becoming the first for straight sellouts.
• High School and College Graduations have made Ovens Auditorium their home
• Family Shows that have made their way to Ovens Auditorium include
  • The Backyardigans
    The Backyardigans
    The Backyardigans is a Canadian/American 3-D CGI-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children, who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. It is a coproduction of Treehouse TV, and the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Debuting on...
    
    
  • Disney Live
    Disney Live
    Disney Live is a touring stage show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature performers dressed as Disney cartoon characters in performances that each derive their music and plot from elements collected from various...
    
    
  • My Little Pony Live
  • Raggs

Awards and recognitions

In 2008, Ovens Auditorium was named the #38 Top Theatre in the World by POLLSTAR

External links

• Ovens Auditorium