Ford Center
The Ford Center for the Performing Arts is committed to bringing the highest quality entertainment to its stage. Each year, the curtain rises on a wide variety of performances we hope will enchant and delight our audiences.The Ford Center houses an average of 150 events annually. It is the centerpiece of the University‚s cultural and scholarly mission to present the finest in the performing arts and visiting lecturers. Prince Edward, the King of Jordan, Janet Reno, Cornell West, James Earl Jones, Thomas Friedman are among a growing list of authors and noted intellectuals that have appeared in the Ford Center. Morgan Freeman, Hal Holbrook, Art Garfunkel, Marty Stuart, The Blind Boys of Alabama, B.B. King are only a few of the performers that have appeared on the stage of the Ford Center in a vigorous schedule of performances that also includes national tours of Broadway shows.
For more information contact:
Gertrude Castellow Ford Center
100 University Avenue • P.O. Box 1848 •
University, MS 38677-1848
(P) 662-915-2787 • (F) 662-915-1217 • E-mail: fordcent@olemiss.edu
