Tickets

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Cinema

• Carmike Cinema 14
  2000 Southeast Catawba Valley Boulevard • Hickory, NC 28602
  828-304-0004
  Twelve theatres showing the best of first run movies is featured at this cinema. Four of the theatres have stadium seating and six of the theatres have Dolby Digital Surround Sound.

Concerts & Performances

• Acoustic Stage
  Arts & Science Center Auditorium
  828-324-5951
  Recognized nationally, this all volunteer, nonprofit organization presents 25 concerts and performances by nationally known artists annually that are either held at the Arts & Science Center Auditorium or at the Hickory Community Theatre Firemen’s Kitchen for smaller crowds.

• Hickory Choral Society
  243 Third Avenue Northeast • Hickory, NC 28602
  828-322-2210
  Serving the Hickory and surrounding Piedmont area for over 25 years, this volunteer organization of over 125 voices presents three concerts annually including a traditional Christmas concert, a classical winter concert, and a spring concert that includes a guest artist.

• Western Piedmont Symphony
  243 Third Avenue Northeast • Hickory, NC 28602
  828-324-8603
  A professional symphony orchestra that offers a season of top quality symphonic music and features rising classical music guest artists. A Masterworks Series that includes five performances and the UBS/PaineWebber Chamber Classics Series of four performances of small ensembles is offered during their season.

Plays & Productions

• Hickory Community Theatre
  30 Third Street Northwst • Hickory, NC 28602
  Historic Old Hickory City Hall
  828-327-3855
  One of the largest community theatres in North Carolina, this theatre presents an array of entertaining comedies, dramas, children's shows, and musical during their season from September to June.

• Lenoir-Rhyne Playmakers
  Seventh Avenue & Eigth Street • Hickory, NC 28602
  Belk Centrum, Lenoir-Rhyne Campus
  828-328-7163
  Enjoy mainstage productions in November and April by this theatre group that also features a February presentation of either a student showcase event or a children's theatre.

• Green Room Community Theatre, The
  60 West Sixth Street • Newton, NC 28658
  828-464-6128
  Performing in the Newton-Conover Civic & Performance Place, this award-winning community theater presents five mainstage productions each season that consists of dramas, musicals, comedies, and children's plays.

• Creative Arts Shoestring Theatre
  332 1st Avenue, Southwest • Hickory, NC 28602
  828-328-CAST
  Hickory's newest theatre offering family friendly, youth centered year-round productions.

Sporting Events

• Hickory Crawdads Baseball
  2500 Clement Boulevard Northwest • Hickory, NC 28602
  828-322-3000, 800-488-DADS
  A "Class A" professional baseball team that are an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates and offers fun and exciting baseball action for the whole family from April to September.

• Hickory Motor Speedway
  3130 Highway 70 Southeast • Hickory, NC 28658
  Newton
  828-464-3655
  The oldest professional sporting venue in Catawba County and the oldest continually operating motor speedway in the country, this speedway features Late Model Stock Car racing and includes three fully equipped concession stands, a souvenir stand, a game room, and a children's fenced-in play area. The season runs from March through October.