Florida Theatre Jacksonville Tickets

Florida Theatre Jacksonville
The Florida Theatre has been located in the town of Jacksonville, it was opened for the general audiences on April 8, 1927, and it was one of the largest movie theatres of the area.

The interior of the theatre had an exquisite interior decor, the Florida Theatre has also been considered to be a historical architecture of the era of 1920's. It is entirely very difficult to find out such beautiful places in the town, at present.

The great interior was designed by R.E. Hall of New York and Jacksonville architect Roy Benjamin. There are many other famous buildings to his credit.

The Florida Theatre has a specific place in the hearts and minds of the people, as it has a special reference to the show of Mediterranean features, which was at a boom during the era of 1920s.

The Florida Theatre has the atmosphere of a Moorish courtyard, while planning a design, so it displays glittering stars, grand balconies and fountains. You can find an ornate proscenium arch that really reaches up to six stories of the auditorium.

The sound quality is really un-matched, and the near-perfect sight lines had really made the theatre"s 1,900 seats exceptional. The theatre had provided a nursery for the patrons" young children and a dancing floor for them.

The theatre had presented many of the unique features, like central heating, air-conditioning and vacuuming systems, which was an unusual phenomenon in that era. The theatre had been designed in such a way, as to offer stage shows and motion pictures, at the same time.

The fully equipped evening at the Florida Theatre had always included six program elements?the news, a comedy short, a cartoon or travelogue, an overture by the band on its moveable orchestra pit, live stage presentation and the feature film, at the end. It is really very unfortunate to see the decline of Vaudeville"s popularity, which had really caused a great danger for cinema houses.

Approximately 60% of the theatre"s use has been by local not-for-profit organizations of every description, and programs have reached out to virtually every segment of northeast Florida"s population.

Without a doubt, the community"s investment in the restoration, renovation and operation of this historic treasure has been returned many times over. There has been a special reference to the Jacksonville"s Guy Kenimer, who had managed to keep the theatre alive, even in the period of depression.

The Florida Theatre had kept on offering film screenings along with the other forms of entertainment. The theater had seen a brief closure, at several times, but it had been saved from bankruptcy by special programs such as "Screeno," a bingo game played on the movie screen, and "Bank Night," which gave ticket buyers a chance to win cash prizes.

The Florida Theatre had also launched special programs, with the help of local community. The programs included Happy Hearts Club, which had provided Christmas toys for underprivileged children for more than twenty years.

The Florida Theatre had seen a great day, when Elvis Presley came to the Florida Theatre for one of his first headline concert appearances on an indoor stage. The great event had occurred in the year of 1956.

Throughout the early 1960s, locally produced opera, dance and dramatic presentations in the theatre had helped in increasing popularity, by organizing trade shows, fashion shows, benefits and meetings, which had really helped in keeping the activity alive at the theatre.

It was in the same era, that the theatre"s management had attempted to develop and revitalize the interest of the public, in the theatre by the installation of the popular rocking-chair seats and upgrading the quality of films being shown.

The theatre had been closed for almost a decade. The beautiful Florida Theatre had seen a re-opening after a great restoration effort in 1983; few people could have foreseen the incredible record of activity and community service that has marked the past 25 years. More than 4,500 different events of all kinds have taken place here, attended by nearly 4.3 million people.

The theatre had begun a second part of great history on October 1, 1987, as the theatre had been officially separated from the Arts Assembly of Jacksonville and became an independent entity, in every respect.

The Florida Theatre has been offering about 200 different events annually, with more than 100 days each year used by local not-for-profit organizations.

It is also serving as a permanent home for many Jacksonville arts institutions such as Theatre works, the Jacksonville Film Festival.