Artpark

Location

Artpark, one of Western New York’s premier visual and performing arts facilities, sits atop 150 acres of New York State Park, overlooking the breathtaking Niagara River Gorge on the Ontario Canada border.

Located in Historic Lewiston, the venue features a 2,400-seat Mainstage Theater and adjacent seating lawn with room for 1,800 more, an Upper Park Outdoor Amphitheater home to free concerts featuring national and international performers, a plethora of hands-on children’s activities, picnic areas, hiking trails, historic sites and fishing docks. The Earl W. Brydges Artpark NY State Park is open year round: Artpark summer programming presented May through August. 

Artpark, a New York State Park, is open year-round. Scheduled events at the park take place from May to September.

• Artpark's free outdoor concerts take place at the venue's Outdoor Amphitheater while the park's Mainstage Theater is the sit of musical, big band and BPO performances as well as high school graduations and dance recitals.

• Outdoor Amphitheater opens at 4pm on concert days.

• Gates open 1 hour prior to MOST Mainstage Theater events. Artpark's art gallery opens simultaneously.

• We do not make public announcements during any performance.

• Beer and wine are sold at most park events (excluding family performances). Picture ID required for all ages.

• Tailgating is prohibited prior to any Artpark event.

• All children, regardless of age, must present a ticket to enter the Mainstage Theater.

• Camping on NYS Park Grounds is prohibited. Go to www.northofthefalls.com for information about local campgrounds.

• Fishing, walking, jogging and bicycling are encouraged throughout the park, although bicycling is discouraged during outdoor concert events for the convenience and safety of patrons.

• Artpark provides several sheltered and unsheltered designated areas that are ideal for picnicking. Picnics are allowed within the park at any time, but must be contained to areas outside of the Outdoor Amphitheater on afternoons of scheduled outdoor concerts.

• There are several sites of historical and cultural significance located throughout Artpark, including the original site of the Portage, a Hopewell Indian Burial Mound and remnants of the Oak Hill Mansion. Tours of the parks geological and historic sites, and nature trails are periodically provided by the New York State Interpretive Programs Office. For info, call 716.745.7848.

Contact Information
450 South Fourth Street
Lewiston, New York 14092
Phone: 716.754.4375