Add the Artistic Flavor
Experience a spectrum of programs from Broadway touring shows and popular artists to ballet and contemporary dance at The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts. Located in Melbourne, the King Center is a state-of-the-art 2000-seat performing arts hall. The Brevard Symphony Orchestra performs here as well. The King Center houses a black box theater, art display areas, and available space for weddings, meetings, business functions and other special occasions. For those who enjoy being on stage, the Theater Company of Palm Bay produces fun community theater performances. Palm Bay and the surrounding Brevard County have an array of galleries, museums and festivals to color your day. Take a day to visit the Brevard Museum of Art and Science. Located in one of Brevard County’s historic districts, the the largest telescope in Florida. Enjoy the view in the world-class planetarium. A 70-foot dome projection screen replicates a clear sky full of stars. Minutes away find the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex. Here you can tour NASA’s launch and landing facilities, touch a real piece of Mars and even board the Space Shuttle Explorer. You can watch a rocket or space shuttle launch from any back yard in Palm Bay. Hence the area code 3-2-1…
And One Town Over…
Living in Palm Bay you’re also not far from a few other attractions frequented by visitors from all over. Port Canaveral, the second busiest cruise port in the world, is thirty minutes north of Palm Bay. A variety of cruise options are available here. If you’re looking for just an afternoon or evening of cruise ship festivities, the Sterling Casino Lines Ambassador II embarks twice daily. The ship welcomes visitors with 75,000 square feet of luxurious Las Vegas style casino and entertainment. If you’re a theme park enthusiast you’ll be happy to know Orlando is only an hour drive away. Awaiting you there are Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios Orlando Resort, Sea World, Wet N’ Wild and a host of other attractions.
If you would like more information, please contact the Greater Palm Bay Chamber at (321) 951-9998.
