The Chilliwack Arts Centre is a facility owned and operated by the Chilliwack Community Arts Council. The artistic and cultural community use our facility as do a variety of organizations and businesses.

The Building

The building offers a 339 seat theatre, a licensed lounge, banquet hall, visual arts room as well as meeting rooms. The Arts Centre also contains an Art Gallery that regularily features local artists. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff would be pleased to provide rental rates and details about these various rooms.

The Theatre

The Theatre seats 339 people including the three wheelchair spaces. The theatre is used for plays, music concerts and seminars.The stage is 30 feet wide at the proscenium arch and 26 feet deep from the edge of the apron to the cyc. The technical specifications for the Theatre include a Strand 300 lighting console, a 16 channel Allen and Heath sound board, two self-powered Mackies with two self-powered Yorkville subwoofers for audience sound, a two channel QSC amp for on stage moniters and nine microphones.

Banquet Hall

The Banquet Hall is the Art Centre's most versatile room. The Banquet Hall is suitable for receptions, parties, meetings, theatre and music concerts. The room can accomodate up to 180 people. Folding chairs and tables are available to fulfill rentor's needs.

Lounge

The Lounge is a fully licensed room that can accommodate groups of up to 90 for parties or meetings. The room has bare set up for a Wedding style tables that will accommodate 70 people.  The room is suitable for evenings featuring musical accompaniment.

Artists' Gallery

The Artists' Gallery in the Chilliwack Arts Centre is run by the Chilliwack Visual Artists' Association.  The exhibits in the Gallery currently run for four weeks.  The Gallery is accessed from the parking lot along Henderson Street.  For more information about the Artists' Association and the Gallery.