ATLANTA, Ga. – The Fox Theatre is celebrating its 90th birthday. The iconic Georgia theatre had also garnered the distinction of being the highest-grossing venue of its size in the world, according to to live entertainment trade publication VenuesNow.
VenuesNow highlighted the Fox, which has a 4,600-capacity, for selling 5.28 million tickets to 1,845 performances during the past decade.
Billboard named the Fox the No. 1 non-residency venue worldwide for the previous decade for venues with fewer than 5,000 seats in 2009.
Since 2010, the Fox hosted the Broadway in Atlanta debuts of “The Book of Mormon” and “Hamilton,” as well as hundreds of concerts including Diana Ross, Widespread Panic, Aretha Franklin, My Morning Jacket, David Byrne, Al Green, Vampire Weekend and, in 2016, what turned out to be the final performances of Prince, an AJC music blog reported.
On December 17, the Fox will host its 90th anniversary party with the 14th annual “Holiday Extravaganza.” This free event will
The venue will launch its 90th anniversary party on Dec. 17 with the 14th annual “Holiday Extravaganza,” a free event.










