London Performing Arts Centre – Ontario Canada

The London Performing Arts Centre’s first round of activity can be traced back to 1983 under the name Performing Arts Centre Today.  After two name changes and several attempts to get the project to the top of the municipal agenda, LPAC has realized that the environment for a new hall is now better than ever before.  Public response to the new Central Library, Covent Garden Market, and the John Labatt Centre has shown that Londoners value investment in a revitalized downtown.  The John Labatt Centre has demonstrated London’s potential as a regional centre for entertainment events, but this facility, which is primarily a hockey arena, does not address the need for a mid-sized performing arts space that is physically inviting and acoustically excellent. 

In recent years, London has evolved into an ambitious and diverse community with incredibly varied musical activity, from Orchestra London’s expanded educational concerts to the ever-increasing world music programs of Sunfest.  London has dozens of high quality community organizations and experienced impresarios who need better facilities in which to present performances of all kinds:  choral music, world music, folk, dance, musical theatre, orchestral and chamber music, celtic, big band, and jazz, just to name a few.   

In 2003 LPAC became more active in the pursuit of this dream. 

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