Local Guide
Arts
For a region this size, the stage calendar is deep: a 91-year-old Shakespeare festival, a summer amphitheater that draws national touring acts, historic theaters with community casts, and a downtown Grants Pass that fills the street one Friday a month. These are the places to put on the calendar, listed from Grants Pass south.
Grants Pass
First Friday
Monthly downtown art walk · Free
On the first Friday of every month, historic downtown businesses stay open late with specials and refreshments. Live music, art displays and family activities f…
Grants Pass
Art Along the Rogue
Chalk art and music festival · Free
Each October, downtown streets become a patchwork of large-scale chalk murals, with live music around them. The 2026 festival ran October 2–4. Free admission.
Grants Pass
Grants Pass Museum of Art
Art museum · Free
A second-floor gallery on SW G Street with rotating exhibits, an art library, and classes for kids and adults. Admission is free.
Grants Pass
Rogue Theatre
Historic concert venue · $$
A former downtown movie house on SE H Street, now a concert hall for touring acts and tribute bands. The auditorium is intimate, the balcony has a great view, a…
Grants Pass
Barnstormers Theatre
Community theater · $
A small, historic house on NE Evelyn Avenue staging plays and musicals with local volunteer casts, plus a summer production by its youth campers. Cookies at int…
Grants Pass
Grants Pass Performing Arts Center
Concert hall · $–$$
A modern auditorium on NE Olive Street with strong acoustics. It hosts the Rogue Valley Symphony's Grants Pass concerts and school and community productions.
Jacksonville
Britt Music & Arts Festival
Outdoor amphitheater · $$–$$$
Concerts on a wooded hillside above historic Jacksonville, from national touring acts and comedians to the Britt Festival Orchestra's summer season. In winter, …
Medford
Craterian Theater at the Collier Center
Historic theater · $$
Downtown Medford's main stage for touring concerts, comedy, Broadway-style shows and holiday events, including the Gingerbread Jubilee the week before Thanksgiv…
Talent
Camelot Theatre
Community theater · $$
A comfortable, modern house in downtown Talent staging musicals and classic plays with strong local casts.
Ashland
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Repertory theater · $$$
The anchor of Ashland, and among the oldest theater festivals in the country. Its 2026 season, the 91st, ran ten productions March 13 through October 25 across …
Ashland
Oregon Cabaret Theatre
Dinner theater · $$–$$$
Musicals and comedies in a converted church a block off the plaza, with dinner before the show and dessert at intermission.
Ashland
Schneider Museum of Art
University art museum · Free
Southern Oregon University's museum: two galleries with a mix of contemporary work and surprising historic pieces. Admission is free, with donations welcome.