Plan Your Visit
Visit the tabs on this page to learn more about each venue, parking, and dining options or read more below about the general experience. Because we present a variety of different types of performers at several different venues throughout Greater Worcester, your experience at each concert may be slightly different.
Pre-Show Communications
Anyone who has tickets to an upcoming event will receive two emails from us prior to the concert with specific information about parking, timing, and other details. These are generally sent on the Monday before and the day before each event. The second email will also contain a link to your tickets, if you chose the email delivery method.
When to Arrive
For most presentations, the doors of the building will open one hour prior to the start time and the hall will open for seating about 30 minutes prior. You can find more information about the run time and whether there will be an intermission on the individual event pages. Intermissions typically run 15-20 minutes.
What to Wear
There is no dress code for Music Worcester events. Some folks choose to wear layers since the temperature can vary based on the weather and the amount of people in attendance. Though some audience members get dressed up, many are dressed in “business-casual” or even just “casual.”
If you have any other questions, please feel free to give us a call at 508-754-3231 or email info@musicworcester.org.
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
WAMS Works
6 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, USA
Curtis Performance Hall
500 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street, Worcester, MA, USA
Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
The Hanover Theatre
2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
Trinity Lutheran Church
73 Lancaster St, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
BrickBox Theater at the JMAC
20b Franklin St, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
Doherty Memorial High School
299 Highland Street, Worcester, MA, USA
Tuckerman Hall
10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, MA, USA
Washburn Hall at Mechanics Hall
321 Main Street, Worcester, MA, USA
Mechanics Hall
321 Main St. Worcester
Mechanics Hall, built in 1857, is a four-story structure that remains an incredible venue for live music, seating up to 1500 audience members in the Great Hall. Renowned for its acoustics, it is located ion Main St. in downtown Worcester just blocks away from Route 290.
Seating in the floor level of the Great Hall is accessible via elevator, by the Waldo St. entrance to the building. The balcony is not accessible by elevator. We suggest parties with small children sit in the side balconies whenever possible, as they provide the best view for small children who may not have a clear view from the flat seating on the floor level. Balcony seating has less leg room. If you’re a taller patron, we recommend floor seating or choosing an aisle seat in the balcony section.
Washburn Hall, located on the 2nd floor is a smaller space used for some smaller events. Seating in this space is either table seating or individual chairs arranged in rows in front of the stage.
All Saints Church
10 Irving St, Worcester
The All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester was first founded in 1835, with the current building dating from 1934. As a performance space, the All Saints sanctuary is known by music lovers in Worcester County and has been the site for many concerts.
The Rice Memorial Organ at All Saints Church was first installed in 1933, prior to the opening of the current building in 1934. It has had several modifications and refurbishments throughout the decades since. The orchestral sounds once present have been re-created, while the “classic” additions of French reeds and mixtures have been preserved as well. The result is an organ of unusual variety, great power, clarity, and brilliance. The re-dedication of the Rice Memorial Organ of four manuals and pedal, seven divisions, 135 ranks and over 7,000 pipes took place during the Lenten Recital Series 2000.
Curtis Performance Hall at Assumption University
500 Salisbury St, Worcester
Curtis Performance Hall is in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center at Assumption University and seats about 400.
This venue has stadium-style seating, with accessible seats marked on the seating chart. Row F is the only row that does not require access via stair. Please consider leaving seats in this row available for those who have mobility-related needs.
Doherty Memorial High School
299 Highland St, Worcester
The state-of-the-art and fully accessible auditorium at Doherty Memorial High School opened in 2024 and is used by Music Worcester for some general admission events, particularly those connected to our Artist-in-Residence program.
The 800-seat venue is split between a main orchestra level and balcony with about 400 seats on each level. Free parking is available in the school lots.
The Hanover Theatre
2 Southbridge St, Worcester
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historic performance venue that seats 2,300 patrons. In 2008, The Hanover Theatre won a National Trust for Historic Preservation Award for its renovation and restoration of the original 1904 building built by Thomas Lamb. As one of Worcester’s largest and most active venues, it hosts performances and events a majority of days out of the year and is located in the heart of Worcester’s Theatre District.
Accessible seating is clearly marked. There is elevator access to lower/upper lobbies and orchestra/lower balcony seating. There is no elevator to upper balcony seating.
First Baptist Church
111 Park Ave, Worcester
The First Baptist Church in Worcester was founded in 1829, with its current location opened in 1939 at the corner of Park Ave and Salisbury St. There are two organs in the church: the Wood Organ and the Great Organ.
Built in England in the 1980s, the newly rededicated Wood Organ spent its first decades in the chapel at First Baptist, where it served the church well. Because of the limited scale of the chapel, however, the organ had to be installed on a side wall between two windows where it was subjected to drafts and high temperatures with some of the pedal work buried in the floor. The Great Organ was built by Reuter just over sixty years ago and received a new console from Russell in 1999. When it was built, it was the largest instrument Reuter had ever constructed east of the Mississippi.
Wooden bench-style seating is available throughout the hall, with accessible seating available to the left after existing the elevator.
First Unitarian Church
90 Main St, Worcester
First Unitarian Church was founded in 1719 and has seen many historical moments, including Paul Revere casting the bell first for the Second Parish’s new building. It is located at the north end of Main St in downtown Worcester.
There is accessible seating in the front of both sides of the sanctuary. The building is accessible via elevator.
JMAC
20 Franklin St, Worcester
The BrickBox Theater at JMAC is an industrial chic intimate venue with about 250 seats, located in downtown Worcester near City Hall.
Most seating in the BrickBox Theater is on elevated risers. We suggest those with mobility concerns sit on the floor level or in the clearly marked accessible seats.
Prior Performing Arts Center
1 College St, Worcester
The Prior Performing Arts Center is Worcester’s newest performance venue, on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross. There are two performance venues inside the building: the 400-seat Luth Concert Hall and the 200-seat Boroughs Theatre.
Accessible seating is available in both the Balcony and Orchestra sections of the Luth Concert Hall, and is marked clearly on the seating map.
Trinity Lutheran Church
73 Lancaster St, Worcester
Located at the corner of Lancaster St and Salisbury St, near the Worcester Art Museum, Trinity Lutheran Church was founded in 1948 as a merger between three parishes. Current facilities have seen additions since its founding, heavily influenced by Scandinavian church architecture.
Throughout the hall wooden bench-style seating is available, with accessible seating available throughout the hall.
Tuckerman Hall
10 Tuckerman St, Worcester
Located at the corner of Salisbury St and Tuckerman St, Tuckerman Hall is an intimate 400-500-seat venue used by Music Worcester for smaller ensembles, chamber music, and recitals. It’s a historic hall that was designed in 1902 by Josephine Wright Chapman, one of America’s first female architects.
Seating is in the orchestra and balcony. Please note the balcony is not accessible via elevator. Due to a small lobby, there is little room to wait before performances at Tuckerman Hall. We advise arriving no earlier than 30 minutes before a show, except in the case of a pre-concert lecture.
WAMS Works
6 Institute Rd, Worcester
Located at the corner of Institute Rd and Grove St, WAMS Works is in the former United Congregational Church. It is an intimate, flexible venue used by Music Worcester for small ensembles and solo performances.
Seating is on moveable chairs in the former sanctuary of the church, now the Sarah Wyman Whitman Gallery. The space holds 200-300 audience members. All Music Worcester concerts here are General Admission. The space is fully accessible for those with mobility concerns.
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