Festival Hall, Greensboro’s premier arts venue and cultural center, received a grant from Fox Gives to replace the theater’s roof.
Festival Hall received the $25,000 Preservation and Facilities Grant for roof replacement, including removing and disposing of existing shingles and underlayment, inspection, and repairing decking, installing water guard, metal drip edge, flashing and other necessities.
The Fox Theatre announced 12 grant recipients for its current year, totaling $500,000 in financial support. These single-year grants were funded in two categories: preservation and facilities and technical assistance. The Fox Theatre, through its nonprofit partnerships program Fox Gives, is dedicated to strengthening communities and their iconic performing arts institutions while providing support through financial investments. This grant funding addresses financial deficiencies through the nonprofit’s community engagement program.
“We can’t thank Fox Gives enough for this funding,” stated Festival Hall Director Nicole Chillemi. “This is the third grant from Fox Gives that Festival Hall has received. Their partnership with all the small theaters across Georgia is invaluable to the arts community in our region.”
Since its inception in 2008, Fox Gives has expanded its philanthropic effort, more than doubling its financial commitment to preserving historic theaters in local communities across Georgia and the Southeast. Over the past 16 years, Fox Gives has awarded over $3.7 million to more than 70 historic theater organizations. The single-year grant program addresses emergency needs, historic structure studies or planning, technical assistance and preservation and facilities upgrades.
Fox Gives is the expanded outreach arm of Atlanta’s iconic Fox Theatre, committed to fostering community partnerships and enriching lives through the arts. Evolved from the Fox Theatre Institute, Fox Gives continues the legacy of providing historic preservation expertise, consultation, and education to performing arts venues in Georgia and beyond. With a focus on environmental and economic impact, Fox Gives offers multiyear preservation grants, arts education programs, and vocational mentorship, leveraging resources to stimulate local economies and keep the artistic pulse of communities vibrant. Under the Fox Gives umbrella, the theatre introduces trans- formative initiatives like the All-Access Pass high school program to open new doors in vocational arts education for young minds. For more information, visit foxtheatre.org/foxgives and stay connected on Facebook and Instagram.
The Fox Theatre is one of Atlanta’s premier venues for live entertainment, welcoming more than 150 performances a year in its 4,665-seat theatre. From concerts to ballets, comedy, and movies, the historic venue attracts more than 500,000 visitors annually. The theatre hosts over 100 annual private events like wedding receptions, trade shows, corporate meetings, and association functions in its two ballrooms. The Fox’s premium Marquee Club, presented by Lexus, is a 10,000 sq.
ft., three-story luxury bar accessible to all Club Level ticket holders or annual members of the Fox Theatre. As a 501(c) (3) nonprofit arts organization, the Fox Theatre is a fiercely protected landmark and nation- ally acclaimed theatre today. The Fox Theatre acknowledges its partners’ generous support: Casamigos, Coca-Cola, Georgia Natural Gas, Georgian Terrace Hotel & Livingston Restaurant, Humana, Lexus, Northside Hospital and Regions Bank. Tickets for all events are avail- able at FoxTheatre.org, or toll-free at 855-285- 8499. Stay connected by following the Fox Theatre on social via @ theFoxTheatre on Instagram, X and Facebook.
For more information about Festival Hall, visit www.festivalhallga.com.