The Uptown Ballroom at FCC
The Florence Civic Center kicked off 2015 with a bang, debuting its newly christened Uptown Ballroom with an eclectic line-up of rock, blues and Southern gospel concerts. The Uptown Ballroom opened on January 29 with legendary rockers The Drive-By Truckers to an excited and eager crowd. “We’ve long felt the need for an adventurous, flexible venue in Florence where a wide range of artists could perform in an intimate environment,” said General Manager Kendall Wall. “The Uptown is a small listening room for a singer/songwriters, a general admission music hall for rockers, or a sit-down evening for jazz and blues acts. And at every Uptown show there’ll be good food, good drink and great music. We’re looking forward to welcoming a broad lineup of talents to this wonderful new space.”
Not only has the transformation of the ballroom attracted new audiences but it also allows for the Center to offer more options for acts. Potential acts will be able to choose from a wider variety of spaces including the SMG Arena that can be scaled to fit 3,500 to 10,000 people or the Uptown Ballroom that can accommodate 500 to 1,500 through various layout designs. The venue boasts the adaptability of the new ballroom through its unique flexibility to transform from theater, cabaret tables, standing-room, dance floor, lounge seating and a mix of the aforementioned. The music room maximizes its various arrangements to offer the best possible atmosphere from romantic intimate settings to a more festival/concert setting and everything in between.
Although the Uptown Ballroom has been revitalized with new LED room lighting, new production lights, new carpet, restored walls, new interior and paint, and new acoustic sound panels among many renovations, the Uptown maintains a neutral appearance, or a clean slate. The blank canvas allows the room to adapt both physically and visually to a wide variety of shows, but the biggest change to the ballroom is the new audiences and acts which are filling The Uptown.
- Drive- By Truckers - January 29
- My Grandmother Prayed for Me - January 30
- Delbert McClinton - February 6
- The Isaacs - February 20
- The Martins - March 19
- Steep Canyon Rangers - April 30
