Echoing what so many here have said: Amazing Things(or "A.T.") is more than a local favorite, it has quickly become a regional favorite as well. Not only a wonderful music and stage venue, but also a true arts venue in the seamless blending of art exhibits both within the concert areas and the upstairs galleries.
TEN stars for Amazing Things!
Amazing Things Arts Center
508-405-2787, 508-405-ARTS
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Visiting the Amazing Things Arts Center Framingham residents can discover music, visual arts, theatre, children's programming and more. The Center has produced more than 1,000 events with more than 35,000 attendees since it opened in May 2005.
The Center has more than 500 members and almost 200 volunteers. Amazing Things hosts more than 300 events a year under the leadership of Director Michael Moran
Originally housed in a storefront in Saxonville, in May 2007 Framingham Town Hall Meeting voted to lease the historic downtown Hollis Street Firehouse to Amazing Things Arts Center for $1 a year for 50 years. Afterwards, the Amazing Things Board raised more than $250,000 in cash and resources donated to renovate the firehouse to its present condition.
Membership levels start at $35 for students and senior citizens. Family membership range from $60 to $1,000.
- Hours: Noon-6pm, Tues-Sat
- Handicap Accessible: Yes
- Founding Date: 2004
- Buy tickets online [link]: tickets.amazingthings.org/TheatreManager/1/login&event=0
- Student discounts: Yes
- Senior discounts: Yes
- Alcohol served: Yes
- Parking: Free lot, On-street: free, On-street: metered
- Art specialties: Multimedia, Painting, Sculpture
- Size of screens: Medium
- Music specialties: Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Rock
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Excellent community and Boston based performers. Great venue - sight lines and acoustics.
Great place to hear all kinds of music, see visual arts, watch plays and musicals. Much more eclectic than some other venues and it is a place that also encourages new talent.
all the best accolades go out to this wonderful venue. excellent programs and a warm, wonderful staff and members that keep it going. definitely the place to check out, join and enjoy all it has to offer!
It is so wonderful that this exists in South Framingham. Ever time I drive by or go there, it makes me proud to live here.
Amazing Things is a wonderfully friendly, intimate venue with a large variety of great shows.
I love Amazing Things. I've seen some great concerts there--always enjoy going upstairs to view the art shows at intermission. The one play I've seen there (back in Pinewoods) was excellent; I intend to go to others, maybe this weekend! Michael supports local artists as well as bringing in great national touring acts. I'm so grateful AT is nearby.
Yes, there's always room for improvement, but Michael Moran and his staff, plus the community and AT members have always taken what they have and made it better and more welcoming. Wherever AT is located, the shows and all events are diverse and priced right. In the "metrowest" area we are all lucky that these wonderful venues are here, quality and that the events basically come to us in our "own backyard" without having to traipse into Boston or Worcester! Good venue, great events, good value for the ticket prices, and unobstructed seating. I feel very fortunate.
I am a Framingham resident and I love that there is a rich and cultured arts center in my home town! Please visit!
Great positive vibrations from this up-and-coming arts center. Nice variety of visual and perming arts, and strong support for local artists. Working to improve the life of downtown Framingham, it is well worth supporting.
Every performance I have attended has been wonderful and worthy of the best theatre in Boston.
The art shows have been equally as good and some have been the cutting edge of the arts.
Parking, which can be a problem is never one at the Amazing Things Arts Center.
Great intimate venue in downtown Framingham with great acts and wonderful craft classes. I've been going before the Hollis Street location was opened back when Mike had the storefront in Pinefield Shopping Center. It is great to see how the Center has grown over the past few years..... keep it coming!
Amazing Things Art Center is wonderful! I wish I could attend more often. Thank you for helping to revitalize downtown!
We are member aof several Art Centers, TCAN, Lowell Memorial, Berkshire Theater to mention a few. Amazing Things Art Center is a favorite. The shows at Amazing Things Arts Center Arts center are variable inform, from folk to rock and everything in between. Plays run from comadies to dramas and are always done well. Who knew there could be so much local talent? No matter what form of Art you enjoy there is something for everyone.
The personnel in charge are friendly and accomodating. There is not enough room to mention all the Volunteers do and never get enough credit.
If you have not seen a show at Amazing Things Art Center you are missing an opportunity!!! Comfortable surroundings, easy parking, good places to eat before or after a show. It is the whole picture.
Although we have been to performances at TCAN we are members at Amazing Things. We love the variety of music available, the value for price, and the community theater productions. Truly so much going on there is something for everybody.
Where else can you go that has great things going on,parking and fun participating in jazz, concerts and plays? Amazing Arts Center
Go to Amazing Things ONLY if you like a comfortable venue, very reasonable prices, high quality performances, a mix of theatre, comedy, music, fine arts.
I love this place.
THE pioneer in the field of providing the most diverse performance arts to the MetroWest Boston area. Great organization, great people, great shows.
I love this place. Their commitment to community is obvious by the amazing variety of there programming.
Great Place, Great People -- Amazing Artists and Performances ! - The best Talent -- all affordable and close -- free parking - friendly people - small inviting setting and every seat in the house is a good one !
Intimate setting. Good music groups. Warm reception. Great variety.
Judy Riegelhaupt
Variety, quality, and audience comfort: the Amazing Things Arts Center is truly AMAZING! I have been to several shows there, visited its art gallery, and eaten its to-die-for brownies: it is an experience unsurpassed. Amazing Things supports local artists and brings wonderful artists from outside the area to MetroWest. Terrific place!
Amazing Things Arts Center is not only one of the best venues - bringing in an inspiring mix of all kinds of music, theatre, and art - but it's also completely committed to supporting and promoting local artists and musicians. They are creating a unique community that touches the lives of all who come through its doors in powerful ways. Highly recommended for musicians *and* music fans alike.
ATAC is amazing! Greats acts, great art, great opportunities for local amateurs and a great hat!
Amazing is the right word for this venue...........incredible variety of musical genres of consistently high quality. We've seen pop, folk, blues and jazz-gamelan.....not a clunker in the bunch. The place is large enough for that 'shared audience' experience but small enough to make it feel like an intimate personal performance........highly recommended.
Some of the best concerts I have been to have been at Amazing Things Arts Center. It is unpretentious and willing to take risks on artists that they believe in. The atmosphere is welcoming and comfortable and yet one can feel the passion for good music.I love hearing music in this venue. Did I mention friendly and accommodating too? Have heard folk, rock, blues and jazz there.Never a disappointing experience.
I am most impressed by the dedication and vision of the staff and management of Amazing Things. There is a true love on their part for the work they present and for the people who both produce and consume the work. On top of that, it's a wonderful space with great acoustics.
The Amazing Things Arts Center is one of the best venues for jazz in the Boston Area. A wonderful performing space for other musical genres and theater productions as well. Great atmosphere, great management, great audience. A true Art Center.
There is always something going on at Amazing Things Arts Center. The music is great. The theater productions are always impressive. The art gallery is always interesting and offers wonderful exhibits with things of appeal for everyone.
This center is almost all volunteer supported. Volunteering is a wonderful way to participate. It brings us closer to the community, while helping the center. The progression of this community center has been absolutely AMAZING.
I've been to lots of clubs, Boston to Worcester, but for live music nobody does it better than Amazing Things. I'm still raving about the James Montgomery show from a while ago - fabulous. Then, on top of that, the art, photography and other 'interesting' shows. As someone already said, there's something for everyone.
THE busiest place for the best arts, crafts, comedy, music (jazz & folk), theater (comedies and drama), and musical theater!
Always good things going on here. Open mikes, professional acts - great variety!
What a great variety of music, theater, art...fantastic! Also a great place to volunteer...with something for everyone to do.
The Amazing Things Arts Center really is. Always great music, jazz, folk, West African, rock and roll cover bands, always good. beer and wine has started to be served on some weekend shows. I saw The Diary of Anne Frank there last fall and it was special.
They have a rotating gallery upstairs. (The gallery doesn't rotate, the exhibits do). Great way to spend an intermission or buy a Christmas present!
They have open mike nights or amateur hour during the week. The talent does not reek of karaoke either. Great stuff, great fun.
If you live within 10 miles you need to check it out at least once. Really...
Something for everyone - visual art, music, drama, storytelling, comedy.
Audiences and performers alike will find something they like. And the people are great!
Amazing variety of entertainment and performers, art exhibits, and more! There is an absolutely hilarious play, Olympus on My Mind, this Memorial Day weekend!
AmazinG is AMAZING. GREAT VARETY OF SHOWS, ART EXHIBITS anymore. Lots of opportunities for local artists to perform display in weekly events.
Theater, comedy , music ,art. Metrowest is so lucky to have this place!
check its amazing events calendar on www.amazingthings.org
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Excellent place to see AMAZING shows at reasonable prices !!!