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The Weidner The Weidner is located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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TWO FREE Concerts this week at  Join us this Thurs & Fri for 6:30 Concert Series: Piano Fest March 27 | Piano Duo Michae...
03/24/2025

TWO FREE Concerts this week at
Join us this Thurs & Fri for 6:30 Concert Series: Piano Fest

March 27 | Piano Duo Michael Rector & Sylvia Hong
March 28 | Pianist Geoffrey Duce

⏰ 6:30 PM - Free Admission & Open to the public!

UWGB Music UW-Green Bay College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

03/21/2025
03/21/2025

Tickets Officially On-Sale Now!
A Night of Music with Crowder Music & Matt Maher Saturday, June 14 at

Get Tickets 👉 https://bit.ly/4hqvFFH | ☎ 800.895.0071
⭐️VIP Meet & Greet Available ⭐️

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Official Ticketing provided exclusively by TicketStar

Meet the performers of OUT IN THIS WORLD These actors will be here in Green Bay tomorrow evening for our presentation of...
03/20/2025

Meet the performers of OUT IN THIS WORLD
These actors will be here in Green Bay tomorrow evening for our presentation of Forward Theater Company's Out In This World

Friday, March 21 | 7pm at The Tarlton Theatre
You Decide Your Ticket Price 👉 https://bit.ly/4gVgIes
(dinner service add-ons available)

Just Announced❗️Crowder Music & Matt Maher are bringing A Night of Music to   on Sat, JUNE 14 at  ! Get ready for unfilt...
03/19/2025

Just Announced❗️
Crowder Music & Matt Maher are bringing A Night of Music to on Sat, JUNE 14 at ! Get ready for unfiltered music, high-energy anthems, and a night that will leave you changed.

Tickets go on sale Mar 21 at 11am! 🎟🔥
Want pre-sale access? Sign up for The Weidner Wire 👉 https://bit.ly/3MyfSHq

Official Ticketing provided exclusively by TicketStar
Awakening Events

STOMP is here! See you tonight for our   show at   🤩Lobby doors open at 6pm | Show starts at 7:30pmStomp Broadway in Gre...
03/18/2025

STOMP is here! See you tonight for our show at 🤩

Lobby doors open at 6pm | Show starts at 7:30pm

Stomp Broadway in Green Bay

Today   wrapped up our 24/25 Stage Doors Education Series ☺️ This year we welcomed 11,000 K12 students from school group...
03/14/2025

Today wrapped up our 24/25 Stage Doors Education Series ☺️ This year we welcomed 11,000 K12 students from school groups all over NE Wisconsin to UW-Green Bay for educational arts experiences.

Thank you to all the teachers, chaperones, volunteers, artists and students who participated! We'll see you next school year!

Check out some of our favorite pics from the Stage Doors Education Series below. Photos by Bloom Photography

Putting The Art in Partnerships -   is reflecting on our investment in meaningful community partnerships to create a bri...
03/13/2025

Putting The Art in Partnerships - is reflecting on our investment in meaningful community partnerships to create a brighter future for all through the arts.

Special shout out to our partners at Festival Estamos Aqui, NEWDO Northeastern Wisconsin Dance Organization, and Dudley Birder Chorale for helping us create extraordinary things - with more new and continued partnerships to come in 2025!

Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/3R7EMjH
Estamos Aqui photo by Abraham Chavez

THIS Saturday at  ❗️☀️Sesame Street Live Say Hello! - Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and all their   friends are com...
03/06/2025

THIS Saturday at ❗️☀️
Sesame Street Live Say Hello! - Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster and all their friends are coming to Green Bay to sing, dance, and say hello!

Saturday, March 8 - 2 PM
Tickets 👉 https://bit.ly/4hOAuKo
(photo experience add-on available 😁 📷)

This evening at   - A Conversation with Congressman Rep. Adam Kinzinger presented by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundat...
03/05/2025

This evening at - A Conversation with Congressman Rep. Adam Kinzinger presented by The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Lobby Doors will open at 5pm - Conversation starts at 6pm
Drive safely! ❄

UW-Green Bay UW-Green Bay College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

03/04/2025
We think Jo Koy might now officially be a   😂 🏈 🧀We had some special guests in the house for Jo Koy's show last night at...
03/04/2025

We think Jo Koy might now officially be a 😂 🏈 🧀

We had some special guests in the house for Jo Koy's show last night at - Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur, BreAnne LaFleur, incoming Packers President Ed Policy and Weidner Board Member Christy Policy - popped backstage after the show for some selfies and to sign a Cheesehead football

Thank you to Jo and for a great show!

Treat yourself to a FREE Concert THIS EVENING at   UWGB Music Faculty showcase their music talents in a variety of style...
03/03/2025

Treat yourself to a FREE Concert THIS EVENING at
UWGB Music Faculty showcase their music talents in a variety of styles and collaborations.

Free Admission & Open to the public | March 3 at 6:30 PM

Featuring UW-Green Bay's Adam Gaines, Ladislava Gaines, Eric Hansen, McKenna Hayes, Sylvia Hong, Kenneth Johnson, Jenny Larsen, Michelle McQuade Dewhirst, Whitney Myers, Deborah Popham, Michael Rector, Nick Waroff.

UW-Green Bay College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences UWGB Jazz Great Music Green Bay

Our friend,   artist Beau Thomas created this fantastic drawing of Jo Koy for our growing collection of comedian artwork...
03/03/2025

Our friend, artist Beau Thomas created this fantastic drawing of Jo Koy for our growing collection of comedian artworks at
(Jo signed it too!) Check it out and give Beau a follow 👉 Trackside Design LLC

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The Weidner Center: Our Origins

The Edward W. Weidner Center for the Performing Arts opened its doors in 1993 and marked the beginning of a new era of arts and entertainment for the state of Wisconsin. The Weidner Center has received rave reviews from performers and audiences alike. Its outstanding acoustics, physical beauty and state-of-the-art accommodations combine to make it one of the finest performing halls in the United States.

In the beginning... Dr. David Cofrin offered the seed gift to begin the planning stages of the Center. Two conditions were made for the gift: the Center must be located on the UW-Green Bay campus and it should serve the entire community. The decision to construct the Center on the UW-Green Bay campus was done so strategically. The Center could then draw upon the existing infrastructure of the University without needing to duplicate many of the services and associated costs if built on an alternative site. Additionally, the original 1968 master plan for the UW-Green Bay campus included a performing arts center, allowing for state funds to be allocated towards the project. Building the Center on the University campus afforded the opportunity to construct a grand performing arts center for the community at a lower cost than if located elsewhere. Dr. Edward W. Weidner, the university’s founding chancellor, began to garner community support and leadership. A major fund-raising campaign began in the late 1980s, which would eventually raise the remainder of the $18.4 million needed to build and equip the facility. Support came from community corporations, foundations, private citizens, and the State of Wisconsin. Today, the Weidner Center (named for Dr. Weidner) exists as a unique model of a “comm-university” center, which is supported by both the University and the communities of Northeastern Wisconsin.

After five years... As the Weidner Center began to look towards its fifth anniversary in 1998, plans for expansion came to fruition, again with the support of the Cofrin Family. The plans included added restroom facilities, an expanded ticket office, more lobby space, a studio theatre for academic use, more dressing rooms and backstage storage space, and the relocation of the administrative offices. An elevator on the Center’s west side and semi-private dining spaces were also part of the project. The expansion project took place in late summer of 1998.