Stage moved to support Discover Charlottetown

Earlier this week, in partnership with Discover Charlottetown, the Victoria Row stage was temporarily relocated to the north lawn of the Coles Building to support the Victorian Christmas Market. The stage will move back to Victoria Row in June 2025 so that Islanders and visitors alike will be able to enjoy the Row during the summer as they always have.

Crews continued their work removing paving stones and planters from the south plaza area next to the former library space. This is where the Centre will build a new stage-sized rehearsal hall that will support the creation and development of new work, and will provide much-needed, medium-sized meeting space in downtown Charlottetown.

The temporary fencing on Queen Street that allowed for the safe removal of the concrete has been disassembled, and the parking spaces it occupied are now open.

Demolition also continued inside the former library space. There will be major changes to the inside of the building that will make way for new interpretive spaces that explore the history of our country and the continued evolution of Confederation, as well as new arts education and activity spaces.

Centre staff continue to explore designs for the safety partition that will be located on Victoria Row starting in January of this year. That partition will be in place from January to June 2025, at which time it will come down for the summer. As you can see in the draft design images, the partition will not interfere with the patios or businesses on Victoria Row. But it will allow for construction activities on Victoria Row to be carried out safely.

Further updates will be provided in the coming weeks.