Miller Symphony Hall

Allentown, PA · 54 minutes from Reading

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Miller Symphony Hall

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Drive54 minutes from Reading, 35 miles42 minutes from Boyertown · 41 minutes from Hamburg · 1 hour 15 minutes from Morgantown
Where23 N 6th Street, Allentown, PA 18101, Allentown, PAOpen in maps →
OpenOpen year round by event; the 2026-27 calendar runs from October 2026 through at least February 2027.Box office Monday to Friday 10 AM to 5 PM (10 AM to 2 PM Memorial Day to Labor Day), closed weekends except 2 hours before a performance.
AdmissionTicket prices vary by event and are not posted on the venue pages; a per-ticket service charge applies; students 21 and under get free tickets to most Allentown Symphony Orchestra concerts (October 2026).
Good forbig kids, adults, couples, older adults

Miller Symphony Hall is an 1,100 seat concert hall in downtown Allentown, PA, home of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, in a building converted to a theater in 1899.

The Allentown Symphony plays its season here, with RDT's Nutcracker on December 5 and Holiday Pops on December 19, and the Jazz Upstairs series adds a Friday night combo most months. Students 21 and under get free tickets to most symphony concerts. The Met: Live in HD opera broadcasts run on Sunday afternoons, and the building is a pre-1900 theater that has had $12 million in restoration since 1990.

Before you go

Event parking is $10 at the Transportation Deck at 6th and Linden, with more in the Community Deck at 6th and Walnut; metered street parking is enforced. Free accessible spaces on 6th Street at symphony concerts. Allow extra time when PPL Center has an event the same night.

Coming up

Fire & Passion: Prokofiev & Brahms is October 10 and 11; RDT's Nutcracker December 5 at 11 AM and 3 PM; Holiday Pops December 19 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM; Country Hits: Songs of Nashville January 23, 2027.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive. Miller Symphony Hall also has a listing on BerksConnect.

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