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25th Annual Memphis Children's Theatre Festival

25th Annual Memphis Children's Theatre Festival

October 11 @ 10:00 am – October 11 @ 4:00 pm

The 2025 Memphis Children's Theatre Festival will be a community celebration of family and youth focused performances that is sure to entertain and delight all who are in attendance. This year is our 25th annual celebration and we are expanding with more than 30 performances and opportunities to explore theatre, music, art, dance and MORE! The founding mission of the festival, created by Voices of the South in the mid 1990's, was to create a safe, educational, affordable, and exciting atmosphere in which children and families can attend innovative theatre and participate in arts-oriented activities that foster imagination. The children’s festival introduces and fosters relationships and experiences with the entire arts community in Shelby county and beyond. MCTF25 will represent more than 200 individual artists from the Mid South including individual artists, arts organizations, local schools and children's performing arts groups all while promoting arts awareness as a step in helping to build a stronger, more invigorated community by sharing the beauty of art with children and families. Would you like to receive updates and reminders about MCTF25? Sign-up for our save the date! If you or someone you know would like to perform, teach a workshop, host a demonstration, or set up a booth to promote your arts organization, CLICK HERE to fill out an interest form and the Outreach and Education team will follow up with you!

Lohrey Theatre

Seats up to 411

Both the Lohrey Theatre and the Next Stage Theatre are wheelchair accessible with a handicapped accessible restroom on the same level as the main lobby to both venues. The Lohrey Theatre also provides hearing assisted equipment to any who may require or request it, at no charge.

Lohrey Theatre Seating Chart

(Next Stage is open seating)

Next Stage

Seats up to 110

The black box Next Stage seats up to 110 and is also wheelchair accessible with state of the art equipment for sound and lighting.