MKAC Schedule Impacts Due to COVID-19/Coronavirus
March 20, 2020
Due to COVID-19/Coronavirus, the Mattie Kelly Arts Center is closed until further notice. This page will feature an evolving list of cancelled and postponed events, and we will update as soon as information becomes available. Refund Information Refunds for ticket sales and associated fees will be processed automatically after March 30 for ticket-holders of cancelled… View Article
Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra presents sensory-friendly concert
September 11, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra has something special up its sleeve this year. The season-opening weekend will include a sensory-friendly performance of NFSO’s opening night Take Flight concert. This performance on Saturday, September 28 at 10 a.m. will serve audience members of all ages. A sensory-friendly concert will reach members of society who… View Article
Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra Announces 2019 Concerto Competition Winners
March 11, 2019
Parker Wolf (Piano, Junior Division) School: Home educated Home town: Pensacola, FL Performance Piece: Haydn Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII/11, mvt. 1 Biography Parker Wolf is 8 years old and is in 3rd grade. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 4 and has been under the instruction of Mr. Daniel… View Article
The Division of Humanities, Fine & Performing Arts at Northwest Florida State College Announces Spring Production
February 28, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – Northwest Florida State College is proud to present James Clinton’s Uptown 1.0. Part psychological thriller and part revenge tragedy, the play is inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet and takes place sometime in the near future of New York City in the headquarters of the corporation, CyberCom, International. Uptown 1.0 runs in the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Sprint Theater March 13-16… View Article
Mattie Kelly Arts Center Hosts Internationally Touring Act Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Experience
February 27, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The internationally touring act of Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Experience will be at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Saturday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. Considered to be “the ultimate Led Zeppelin experience,” Hammer of the Gods recreates the excitement of Led Zeppelin’s legendary live concerts of the early 1970s.Hammer of the Gods has entertained… View Article
Symphony of Taste Food & Wine Festival to benefit Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra & Youth Programs
February 18, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL– The Northwest Florida Symphony Guild will host the 28th Annual Symphony of Taste Food & Wine Festival to benefit the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and its youth music education programs on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The event will take place in the Student Services Center, building 400, at Northwest Florida State College’s Niceville campus. The… View Article
Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra to Host Piano Recital Series at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on February 16
February 11, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra is hosting a piano recital series featuring internationally renowned musicians Dzmitry Ulasiuk and Yinuo Wang. Ulasiuk’s piano recital is February 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Tyler Recital Hall at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center. Ulasiuk is emerging on the American scene after winning over audiences in Europe… View Article
The Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries at NWF State College Announce New Exhibitions
January 16, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – Northwest Florida State College and the Mattie Kelly Arts Center are pleased to announce two new exhibitions in the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries: Len Davis: A Thousand Words and Salvador Dalí: Surreal Visions of Eternity. The exhibitions will run from January 22 to March 1, 2019. Straight from the Galleries’ Permanent Collection and into the… View Article
Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson to Speak at Northwest Florida State College on Friday, January 18
January 11, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The public is invited to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Friday, January 18 for a free program titled The Power of Perseverance, featuring Lonnie Johnson, U.S. Air Force veteran, NASA engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. Limited… View Article
Mattie Kelly Arts Center Hosts Nationally Touring Show with Rescued Canines as the Stars
January 10, 2019
NICEVILLE, FL – The nationally touring production of Mutts Gone Nuts will be at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center on Thursday, January 17 at 7 p.m. Audiences can expect the unexpected, as canines and comedy collide in a smash hit performance that will leave crowds everywhere howling for more. From shelters to showbiz, these amazing mutts… View Article