Coronado Performing Arts Center

This is our crown jewel in downtown Rockford! You must see the interior when they open it for tours. Or attend an event there. Either way, you will be astonished. The restorers, when first gazing upon its magnificence, were surprised to see a completely intact museum-grade theatre. These folks were used to restoring burnt-out, vandalized, decaying hulks and had to use photographs to accomplish their goal. Here was an intact, preserved building. When you see the brilliance of the colors that glitter on the walls and ceiling, please remember that you are looking at the same color patterns that patrons were seeing in 1927 when it opened to the public. What the restorers did was to clean off many decades of grime, dirt and smoky film, meticulously using an enzyme cleaner, on constructed scaffolding, to accomplish their task. There is so much more to discover when you take the tour. Be our guest and enjoy our emporium for it is a link back to the glory days of movies, stars and moguls.