Venue Information

The Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Florida has been home to performances of the Daytona Beach Symphony Society for over sixty years and the London Symphony Orchestra for forty years. Presenters include civic ballet, schools, cheerleading, bodybuilding and dance competitions, non-profit and for-profit promoters. The 2,521 seat venue season schedule includes touring Broadway shows, headline performers, opera, drama, and comedy.

The original structure, built in 1919, enjoyed appearances by many of the world’s most famous performers and orators, but was destroyed by fire in 1946. After considerable planning by the Daytona Beach City Commission and civic donors, the current Peabody Auditorium was built on the same site and opened to the public in early 1949. It was named Peabody Auditorium in honor of Simon J. Peabody who donated the land and was instrumental in building the original auditorium. The artist, Fred Dana Marsh, completed the exterior sculptures of four mu ...