Garde Arts Center

Mission

As a non-profit, professional center for the performing arts, the Garde Arts Center strives to engage, enrich, entertain and inspire the region of greater New London County, by

-protecting, operating and enhancing the historic Garde Theatre and its facilities as a central cultural gathering place,
-presenting top-quality performing arts and film events,
-fostering community arts organizations, and
-strengthening community interaction and vitality in and through the arts.

The Garde is a catalyst for heightened philanthropy, urban reinvestment, and cultural understanding, all critical to the survival of urban regions into the 21st century. As a community-building institution, the Garde provides broad-based programs and services that reconnect the city to the region it serves.

Latest News

New London Winter Film Festival

The Garde's annual Winter Film Festival is back with a lineup of 16 critically-acclaimed and award-winning films on the giant Screen of the Garde movie palace! Plus an “Anime... Read more

The 5 Browns

The 5 Browns – classical music’s first family of piano virtuosos create atmospheric classical and jazz-inspired piano music, performed with the sublime virtuosity that... Read more

Freedom Train

Bob's Discount Furniture Schooltime SeriesHarriet Tubman was born a slave, but at 25 she made her perilous escape from a Maryland plantation, leaving her family behind. Pursued by... Read more

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