Getting Here & Around - Shaw Festival Theatre

Getting Here
& Around
Take the Shaw Express from Toronto or Burlington
Getting here

The Shaw Festival has three theatres, two within the same building, and one in downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake a short walk from the main theatre. And a beautiful stage on the Festival Theatre grounds – the Spiegeltent. Addresses and parking information for each theatre are listed below. Or, set your GPS to the Memorial Clock Tower at 26 Queen St, Niagara-on-the-Lake — it’ll situate you nicely in the middle of town.

Niagara-on-the-Lake sees many visitors, especially in the summer months. And summer months bring the joys of road construction. We highly recommend arriving early in case of heavy traffic and to find parking, especially on weekends. And the bonus? You get to enjoy more time in our beautiful historic town!

Flying in to see us?
From Toronto, Niagara Airbus offers door-to-door frequent shuttle service, or private car if flying to Billy Bishop, Hamilton or Niagara-on-the-Lake airports.
Information and booking at [email protected] | niagaraairbus.com

Festival Theatre
Shaw Festival Theatre, Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada

The Festival Theatre is The Shaw’s flagship theatre. This beautiful proscenium-arch theatre, lined with British Columbia cedar, seats 856, and features a Café and The Shawp, a retail shop featuring theatre memorabilia and the work of theatre and Niagara artisans. Enjoy your lunch or dinner or even just a light snack on our beautiful outdoor patio, with indoor seating also available. Pre-show and at intermission, sit under the wisteria and take in the peaceful grounds and reflecting pond, wander to our secret garden or shop for theatre souvenirs to bring home.

Royal George Theatre
Royal George Theatre, Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada

This 305-seat theatre – right in the heart of the old town – was built as a vaudeville house to entertain the troops stationed in Niagara-on-the-Lake during World War I. The Royal George presents a modest exterior, but inside it’s all Edwardian gilt mouldings, red walls and golden lions! Enjoy the atmospheric basement bar and lounge lined with black and white photographs from past productions.

Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre
101 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0, Canada

The Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre is a 267-seat theatre located in the Shaw Festival’s Production Centre (same location as the Festival Theatre).

To access the theatre, use the Production Centre entrance – the furthest set of doors adjacent to our driveway. The Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre offers an intimate theatre experience and shares an outdoor patio with the Festival Theatre which overlooks beautiful gardens and grounds which are ideal for a stroll. You can pre-order your drink for intermission and it will be waiting for you, giving you more time to enjoy our serene and stunning surroundings.

Spiegeltent
10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, Canada

The Memorial Clock Tower
The Memorial Clock Tower, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Festival Theatre
Address
Parking
10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
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Parking is available for a fee of $25 per performance - we encourage electronic payment. Parking attendant will have a handheld debit/credit terminal. Limited parking for people with disabilities is also available for the same fee. Additional parking is available on the streets (parking meters) and at Fort George ($).

Royal George Theatre
Address
Parking
85 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
Google Map
Parking is available (metered and non-metered) on the streets surrounding the theatre. Please allow extra time to find a parking space.
Jackie Maxwell Studio Theatre
Address
Parking
10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
Google Map
Parking is available for a fee of $25 per performance - we encourage electronic payment. Parking attendant will have a handheld debit/credit terminal. Limited parking for people with disabilities is also available for the same fee. Additional parking is available on the streets (parking meters) and at Fort George ($).
Spiegeltent
Address
Parking
10 Queen's Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0
Google Map
Parking is available for a fee of $25 per performance - we encourage electronic payment. Parking attendant will have a handheld debit/credit terminal. Limited parking for people with disabilities is also available for the same fee. Additional parking is available on the streets (parking meters) and at Fort George ($).
Best Routes by Car
From Toronto

Follow the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) toward Niagara. The QEW from Toronto can sometimes be heavy, please allow at least two hours for your drive. Once across the Garden City Skyway at St Catharines, take the Niagara-on-the-Lake exit, RR89 Glendale Ave North (38b). At the traffic light at York Road, turn left onto York Rd, then right onto Airport Rd. At Regional Road 55 (Niagara Stone Rd) turn right and follow 55 until it ends at the golf course (Queen St). Turn right for Old Town and all three theatres.

From Michigan

Take highways 401 and 403 to Hamilton, Ontario (402, 401 and 403 if coming through Sarnia). Line-ups at border crossings can cause delays. For border wait times at Windsor-Detroit, Sault Ste Marie and Sarnia-Port Huron, visit cbsa.gc.ca. Exit Hwy 403 to the Lincoln M. Alexander Pkwy, which becomes the Red Hill Valley Pkwy. Join the QEW and then follow directions from Toronto.

From New York, Ohio or Pennsylvania

Cross the Niagara River into Canada at Buffalo (Peace Bridge), Niagara Falls, or Lewiston, NY. Line-ups at border crossings can cause delays. For border wait times, visit cbsa.gc.ca or contact the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission at 1-800-715-6722 (press option 4) for traffic conditions on bridges at Queenston–Lewiston, Niagara Falls and Buffalo – Fort Erie, Peace Bridge. You can take the QEW to Regional Road 55 (exit 38) if you like, but we recommend the scenic Niagara Parkway instead. It may take a little longer, especially in the summer months, but it’s an incredibly beautiful drive – down the Niagara River gorge, past orchards and vineyards, right to the door of the Festival Theatre and the Old Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

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