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Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro (/ˈɡrnzbʌr/ ;[5] local pronunciation /ˈɡrnzbʌrə/) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 301,115 in 2022.[6] It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh and the 69th-most populous city in the United States. The population of the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area was estimated to be 789,842 in 2023. The Piedmont Triad region, of which Greensboro is the most populous city, had an estimated population of 1,736,099 in 2023.[3]

"Greensboro" redirects here. For other uses, see Greensboro (disambiguation) and Greensborough.

Greensboro

United States

1808

Greensboro City Council

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136.65 sq mi (353.92 km2)

131.41 sq mi (340.35 km2)

5.24 sq mi (13.57 km2)  3.83%

897 ft (273 m)

299,035

301,115

3rd in North Carolina
69th in United States

2,275.59/sq mi (878.61/km2)

338,928 (US: 120th)

2,001.9/sq mi (772.9/km2)

789,842 (US: 78th)

$41.4 billion (2022)

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In 1808, Greensboro was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who traveled by horse or on foot.[7][8][9] Three major Interstate Highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city.


Among Greensboro's many notable attractions, some of the most popular are the Greensboro Science Center,[10] the International Civil Rights Museum,[11] The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, the Weatherspoon Art Museum,[12] the Greensboro Symphony,[13] and the Greensboro Ballet.[14] Annual events in the city include the North Carolina Folk Festival,[15] First Fridays in Downtown Greensboro,[16] Fun Fourth of July Festival,[17] North Carolina Comedy Festival,[18] and Winter Wonderlights.[19] From 2015 to 2017, Greensboro hosted the National Folk Festival.[20]


The Greensboro Coliseum Complex[21] hosts a variety of major sporting events, concerts, and other events, including the ACC men's basketball tournament and women's basketball tournament. Local professional teams include the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic Baseball League,[22] the Greensboro Swarm of the NBA G League,[23] and the semi-professional Carolina Dynamo soccer club of USL League Two. Amateur teams include Greensboro Roller Derby and college teams in four NCAA programs. The Sedgefield Country Club is currently host to the annual PGA Tour event Wyndham Golf Championship. Greensboro would serve as the Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters for 70 years, until the league relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2023.[24][25][26]

The [120] is a performing arts facility that has been a part of downtown Greensboro since 1927. Since the facility's renovation in the 1990s, the theater has served as the home of the Greensboro Ballet, the Community Theatre of Greensboro, the Livestock Players Musical Theatre, the Greensboro Youth Symphony, and a variety of other local performing arts groups.

Carolina Theatre of Greensboro

City Arts showcases a variety of musical and theatrical productions by the Livestock Players, the Drama Center, the Greensboro Children's Theatre, the Music Center, the Greensboro Concert Band, Philharmonia of Greensboro, the Choral Society of Greensboro, and the Greensboro Youth Chorus. Most of these groups participate in the city's annual OPUS Concert Series and the summer "Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park" series.

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The Community Theatre of Greensboro has presented Broadway and off-Broadway plays and musicals for more than 45 years. Its Studio Theatre is in the Greensboro Cultural Center.

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The Eastern Music Festival brings more than 100 summer performances, from symphonic works to chamber music to recitals by professional and talented students from around the world. The event also hosts the Fringe Festival, showcasing avant-garde and nontraditional music and performances.

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Elsewhere Collaborative is a living museum set inside a former thrift store on South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro. Elsewhere is an interactive, evolving environment of objects, creatives, and creations. The living museum hosts events, performances, projects, and productions that activate the 58-year collection and foster communications between creatives and participants.

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The Greater Triad Shag Club is a nonprofit club dedicated to the music and dance associated with Carolina shag. The Shag is recognized as the "North Carolina Popular Dance".[126] The Greater Triad Shag Club meets monthly at Thirsty's 2[127] in Greensboro.

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and School of Greensboro Ballet:[128] A traditional December production of The Nutcracker is just one of the many artistic and educational activities offered by the ballet company. The School of Greensboro Ballet is one of a relative few nonprofit ballet schools in the nation.

Greensboro Ballet

The [129] houses more than 25 visual and performing arts organizations, five art galleries, rehearsal halls, a sculpture garden, a privately operated restaurant with outdoor cafe-style seating, and an outdoor amphitheater. Art galleries include the African American Atelier, the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, the Greensboro Artists' League Gallery and Gift Shop, the Guilford Native American Art Gallery and the Mattye Reed African Heritage Center Satellite Gallery.

Greensboro Cultural Center

The Greensboro Mural Project engages the community in a participatory arts process around social issues, allowing people throughout the community to help paint the city together.

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The Greensboro Opera Company is a regional opera company founded in October 1981 that has experienced much growth and expansion. Beginning with the production of Verdi's La traviata featuring June Anderson (then a rising young New York City Opera soprano), the company expanded from a single fall production of a major opera in the years 1981–89 to the addition of Sunday matinee performances in the 1998–99 season when, in response to successive sold-out productions of Madame Butterfly and Carmen in 1997 and 1998, a second spring opera with two performances was added, beginning in 1999–2000. The company has blended outside and local singers with a full orchestra, staffed by members of the Greensboro Symphony, in the pit at its home at Greensboro's War Memorial Auditorium.

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The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky, has developed a strong reputation among national musical organizations, including continued exposure on National Public Radio's Performance Today. Sitkovetsky began his career as a violin soloist. He focused on the chamber orchestra repertoire when starting out with the European String Orchestra, a group of musicians he assembled. The orchestra performs classical and pops concerts and holds educational programs for young listeners throughout the year.

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The Mattye Reed African American Heritage Collection at North Carolina A&T State University hosts one of the nation's most acclaimed collections of African culture. It houses more than 3,500 art and craft pieces from more than 30 African nations, New Guinea and Haiti.

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Stagelights Theater Company is a youth performing arts program dedicated to helping children experience the joy of theatre, dance, and music. Pamela Kinter founded it in 2010.[135] Students learn to express themselves in front of an audience, as well as the importance of teamwork and cooperation in creating a work of art. Stagelights holds many full-length musical theatre productions throughout the year, and also offers classes in the dramatic arts, dance, musical theatre, vocal education, and private instrument instruction.[136]

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The is a 3,023-seat performing arts facility that opened in November 2021. It is scheduled to host multiple Broadway productions in 2022, including Wicked, Hamilton,[137]The Lion King,[138] and Mean Girls.[139]

Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts

[140] is a not-for-profit regional theatre company based in the downtown historic district. All productions are created in Greensboro using a combination of local and national talent. The theater company was recognized as "One of the 50 Best Regional Theatres in America!" by New York's Drama League, "Best Live Theatre" in Go Triad/News & Record The Rhino Times, and was voted "2003 Professional Theater of the Year" by the North Carolina Theatre Conference.

Triad Stage

The [141] at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro houses one of the Southeast's foremost collections of modern and contemporary art. Comprising six galleries, it is nationally recognized for its collection of 20th-century American art. The permanent collection also includes lithographs and bronzes by Henri Matisse, and art by Willem de Kooning, Henry Ossawa Tanner, John Graham, Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol.

Weatherspoon Art Museum

Weaver Academy is a high school for advanced artists and performers. Plays, musicals, art shows, and concerts can be regularly seen on its downtown campus. The school has many accomplished alumni, notably .

Isaac Cole Powell

Nancy Vaughn, mayor

Yvonne Johnson, mayor pro tem

Marikay Abuzuaiter, at-large

Hugh Holston, at-large

Sharon Hightower, district 1

Goldie Wells, district 2

Zack Matheny, district 3

Nancy Hoffmann, district 4

Tammi Thurm, district 5

2, CBS, Greensboro[223]

WFMY-TV

8, Fox, High Point[224]

WGHP

12, NBC, Winston-Salem[225]

WXII-TV

16, Ion, Burlington

WGPX

20, The CW, Lexington

WCWG

26, PBS/UNC-TV, Winston-Salem

WUNL-TV

45, ABC, Winston-Salem[226]

WXLV-TV

47, Independent, Reidsville

WGSR-TV

48, MyNetworkTV, Greensboro[227]

WMYV-TV

61, TCT, Greensboro

WLXI-TV

Montbéliard, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.[269] A street in Montbéliard was renamed Rue de Greensboro to honor the Montbéliard-Greensboro alliance.[270]

France

Greensboro has a sister city relationship with three cities to foster international friendship and cooperation:[268]

List of municipalities in North Carolina

Piedmont Triad

1936 Cordele-Greensboro tornado outbreak

Greensboro Fire Department

List of U.S. cities with large Black populations

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Greensboro, North Carolina

Official website

Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau