Open for Tours

Current Office/Tour Hours

M-F 1:30-4 p.m.

Holiday Hours: M-F 2-4; closed Dec 25-26; Jan 1 & 2

Guided Tours During Office Hours or by arrangement

(30-45 min)

$5 per person

Groups of 7 or more- $3 per person for guided tour

Self guided "just looking around" -$1 admission

Special combined admission price of $8 for Orphan Train & the Brown Grand

Closed on Holidays.


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Winter 08-09 Issue of the BG Gazette
 
The Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas

The Brown Grand Theatre

Looking down on the stage of the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas
Take another look ... we're positively grand!
Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1973

101 & Second to None!

Celebrating a 101 years of Entertainment!

Do you want to preserve and protect the Brown Grand? If so, please click on the Donate button above. Clicking on this button will allow you to make a $25 tax deductable contribution to the Brown Grand. Payments may be made through credit card or through pay pal.

Coming soon to the Brown Grand

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Check out the calendar link to the left to see a complete listing of our upcoming events!

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January 24, Saturday @ 2:00 & 7:00 p.m.


Straight from Branson, MO
Jeff Sallee’s Classic Country Revue
with a Tribute to Buck Owens

2:00 matinee will be videotaped for a live DVD & CD which will be recorded during the show
Jeff Sallee, playing guitar and singing, will feature Owens’ hits including “Together Again,” “Tiger by the Tail,” “Act Naturally,” “Loves Gonna Live Here,” “Under your Spell Again” and many more. Sallee’s show also includes carefully selected songs by those who helped shape the history of the music we love such as Billy Walker, Johnny Cash, Dick Curless, and Jack Greene.

Tickets -$10 in advance(at the box office or on line)
$12 at the door the night of the show.
Groups of ten or more should call 785 243 2553 for a discount.
Click Below for the Sat. Matinee at 2:00
Click Below for Tickets to the 7:00 evening show

Closed on Holidays.

For more details contact the Brown Grand Theatre at 785 243 2553 or click on BROWN GRAND 

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The side box seats will be used on a "reserved basis" for adults only. If you would like to request a box seat for a performance, please call or email the theatre ahead of time so that your name may be placed on the reservation list. There are a limited number of seats available. There are four individual chairs per box.

Our handicapped seating is limited so if you need wheelchair space please call ahead for special seating.

The Brown Grand Theatre Office will be open M-F 1:30-4:30. Tours during other times and days will be available by appointment. To contact the theatre please CLICK ON to BROWN GRAND or call and leave a message at (785)243-2553.

FAX 785 243 1167

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 Looking up at two of the balconies in the Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas Restored to its original 1907 splendor, the 650 seat Brown Grand Theatre now serves as a tourist attraction and performing arts / community center for Concordia and North Central Kansas.
 
The theatre has two balconies, eight box seats, and features a grand drape, which is a reproduction of a Horace Vernet painting titled, "Napoleon at Austerlitz.
 
What do Napoleon Bonaparte and the Brown Grand Theatre have in common?  This landmark was built by Col. Napoleon Bonaparte Brown in 1906-1907 at a cost of $40,000.  Earl Brown, Col. Brown's son, was actually in charge of the construction of the French Renaissance theatre.
 
The original curtain was a gift from Earl Brown to his father on opening night Sept. 17, 1907.
 
Cloud County where the Brown Grand Theatre is located in Concordia, Kansas The historic Brown Grand is located at the west end of downtown Concordia in Cloud County.
 
Mission Statement
"The Brown Grand Theatre is a community-based historical Theatre dedicated to
enhancing cultural life in North Central Kansas."
      This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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jlh: December 18, 2008
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  Brown Grand Theatre
Executive Director, Susan Cantine-Maxson
310 W. 6th Street,  Box 347  Concordia, KS 66901
785-243-2553 FAX 785 243 1167
E-mail- CLICK ON: BROWN GRAND
 
The Brown Grand Theatre in Concordia, Kansas