Arts and Entertainment

The Southern Indiana Center for the Arts in Seymour is a working arts center offering a continuing variety of cultural and educational programs including art and pottery classes, rotating and permanent art exhibits, lectures, musical entertainment and much more.

The amphitheater for the performing arts, located at the Center, hosts many concerts and other stage productions throughout the year. Friday Night Live is featured from May through September at the Center and draws a large crowd. The crafts and pottery barn is a unique experience and guests can learn to “throw a pot.”

The Conner Music of Antique Printing is a working print shop of period presses of the 1800s. It displays a hands-on timeline from the stone table to stone lithography.

The Jackson County Community Theatre is a local not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing quality live theatre productions for Jackson County and surrounding communities. The actors and crew are members of the community.

Demographics


There are 18,101 people, 7,231 households, and 4,743 families residing in this city. There are 7,709 houses. The cultural makeup is 93.40% White, 4.85% Hispanic, 1.02% African American, 0.30% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.93% from other races, and 0.86% from two or more races.

In the city the population has 25.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 93.0 males.

The median income per house is $36,883, and the median income per family is $43,357. Males have a median income of $30,638 versus $22,265 for females. About 10.0% of the population are below the poverty line.