Greensboro is a vibrant place to visit, where the arts flourish, where sporting events are woven into the fiber of the community, and where history is around every corner. For complete visitor information, visit the Greensboro Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Arts and Culture
War Memorial Auditorium at the Greensboro Coliseum is home to the Best of Broadway Series that brings touring shows like Mamma Mia, Rent, Cats, Phantom of the Opera and Shakespearean Festival right to your back door.
Education and Museums
The Eastern Music Festival is an internationally acclaimed month-long music festival in June of every year in Greensboro.
Several theatres call Greensboro home, including the Broach Theatre, the Carolina Theatre and Triad Stage, a nationally recognized regional theatre.
The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, Greensboro Ballet, and The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival are world-class entertainment experiences.
Greensboro is home to the Natural Science Center, a renowned science destination and nationally accredited zoological garden.
The NC Zoo is only a short drive from the heart of Greensboro. The nation’s largest and finest walk-through natural-habitat zoo features more than 1,100 animals and 60,000 plants.
The International Civil Rights Center & Museum is located in downtown Greensboro on the very site of the original Woolworth's Sit-In.
The Greensboro Historical Museum gives visitors the history and flavor of Greensboro
The Greensboro Children’s Museum is a great place for children to learn and experience
Spectator Sports & Recreation
Greensboro Coliseum is a world-class 23,000 seat sports and entertainment venue.
The Greensboro Aquatic Center (GAC) is a state-of-the-art facility featuring leading edge concepts in aquatic design. The GAC is located on the campus of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.
ACC Hall of Champions an 8,100-square-foot museum that showcases ACC history through interactive displays, unique institutional exhibits and multi-purpose program space.
Wyndham Championship on the PGA TOUR is played in August at Sedgefield Country Club in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
Greensboro Grasshoppers Baseball has welcomed more than 1,250,000 fans through the gates of the state-of-the-art NewBridge Bank Park to date. Greensboro.
27 golf clubs and courses including two championship courses.
The 170 parks the city boasts include botanical gardens and a national military park which was the site of a pivotal revolutionary war battle.