Springfield Arts Council

Voting has officially begun for The Best of Springfield!

We are honored to have our Summer Arts Festival nominated for the Best Annual Festival category. How lucky is Springfield to have the longest running admission free performing arts festival in the COUNTRY?!

Make sure you vote for all of the amazing businesses/people in our community!

Best of Springfield 2026: Voting opens Monday The readers choice awards for Springfield to vote for your favorite food, places and people that make Springfield and Clark County great.

Looking back on the 60th Anniversary of the Summer Arts Festival, we're thinking about one of the Festival's most cherished traditions-the Springfield Symphony Orchestra filling the park with beautiful music.

For decades, the partnership between the Springfield Arts Council and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra has brought world-class performances to our community, creating unforgettable summer evenings and inspiring generations of music lovers. Together, we've shown the incredible impact that can happen when local arts organizations work hand in hand to make the arts accessible to everyone.

Here's to 60 years of unforgettable performances, meaningful partnerships, and the memories we've made together-and to many more summers filled with music under the stars.

📸: Jeremy Mudd

Earlier this summer we were honored to be recognized by our friends at Leadership Clark County Ohio at their Community Connection Awards as one of the Outstanding Nonprofits of 2026.

We are so grateful to be recognized among many other incredible organizations and people throughout our community!

Thank you for this meaningful honor and, even more, for everything Leadership Clark County does to strengthen our community by developing leaders, fostering collaboration, and inspiring positive change.

As we wrap up our fiscal year, there's still time to make an impact.

If you've enjoyed a concert, discovered a new favorite artist, made memories with your family at the Summer Arts Festival, or simply believe the arts make Springfield a stronger community, we invite you to make one final gift through our Digital Pass the Hat campaign.

Every donation, no matter the size, helps support free arts programming and ensures we can continue bringing exceptional performances and experiences to our community for years to come.

Help us finish the year strong by making your gift today. Thank you for believing in the power of the arts!

Make a PASS THE HAT donation! You donation when we "Pass the Hat" is a Springfield tradition! You donation when we "Pass the Hat" is a Springfield tradition!

We couldn't wait one day more to make this announcement...

The Springfield Arts Council is proud to announce that Les Misérables will be our 2027 Broadway in the Park production at the Summer Arts Festival!

One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, Les Misérables will bring unforgettable music, powerful storytelling, and an epic tale of hope, sacrifice, love, and redemption to the amphitheater stage.

Join us next summer as we transform the park into the streets of 19th-century France for a theatrical experience you won't want to miss.

More details, audition information, and performance dates will be announced in the coming months.

Who are you bringing to the barricade?

We're still thinking about last week, are you?

Thank you Jeremy Mudd for capturing these photos from Springfield Civic Theatre's Twelfth Night, Bohemian Queen, and Are You Ready For It Tribute in the final week of the Summer Arts Festival!

A beautiful evening with Phil Dirt and the Dozers to close out the 60th Annual Springfield Arts Council’s Summer Arts Festival!

Thank you Springfield for showing up night after night to enjoy the longest running admission free performing arts festival in the country!

We love you Springfield!

How exciting our co-presented production of Ragtime received mention in this review! A lot of hard work from our partners Clark State Performing Arts Center and Springfield Symphony Orchestra - OH went into making this production such a success.

Congratulations to all our RAGTIME performers that received special mention- bravo!

And congratulations to all our Springfield and Dayton friends that were recognized. We are so lucky to be a part of this thriving arts community!

‘1776,’ ‘Frozen,’ ‘Les Misérables’ among best shows across Dayton region during 2025-26 theater season Engaging stories of family, fantasy, history, horror, romance and revolution particularly impressed on stages across the Dayton region during the 2025-26 theater season.