Grace Tipling Hall

Grace Tipling Hall is an historic theatre located in the heart of town in the Town Hall building. You can book the hall for private events, including theatre productions, weddings and a variety of other functions.

Book the concert hall

To book Grace Tipling Hall for your next event, fill out our online Facility Rental Application or call Town Hall at 519-925-2600. You will need to sign a contract and provide a holding deposit of $50 at the time of booking.

About the venue

Grace Tipling Concert Hall includes:

• Seating for 195 people
• Accessible seating and elevator access
• 2 dressing rooms
• 4 Coat racks

Fees, deposits and rentals

2023 Rates and User Fees (PDF) effective February 2023.

Questions? Please call Facility Bookings at 519-925-2600 or email rentals@shelburne.ca. 

Ticket sales

We would be happy to assist with ticket sales during business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday. Tickets must be provided by the event organizer at least two weeks prior to the event. The Town can only accept cash or cheque, money collected and tickets unsold must be picked up within 1 week after the event. 

Cancellation policy

To cancel a booking, you need to pay a $50 cancellation fee. You must give eight weeks' notice for all cancellations.

History of the venue

Town Hall which housed the opera house was built in 1882 and was the social centre of the town for many years.  It has also acted as an important social space for local community group meetings and a performance venue for concerts, movies and theatre productions.

The theater was named in 1992 after life-long Shelburne resident, Grace Tipling.

Grace Tipling Hall Revitalization Project

In 2020 the Town of Shelburne applied for funding for a feasibility study for Grace Tipling Hall through Innoweave (McConnell Foundation) and Senco (at Georgian College) – both are social enterprise incubators. Town of Shelburne was approved for $8,000.00 in funding for our Innoweave Social Enterprise Implementation Coaching project. An additional $4500 was awarded from SENCO.

The feasibility research explored how to maintain a sustainable Grace Tipling Concert Hall as an urban amenity promoting social prosperity, and contribute to the following outcomes:

• Contributions and alignment to CIP Long-term vision for key public cultural asset
• Develop mixed Public/private collaboration and investment
• Create a lever or focus for broader Downtown streetscape and public events
• Improved and sustainable heritage urban amenity promoting social prosperity

On November 22, 2021 Council provided the following Motion

Moved By Councillor Benotto

Seconded By Councillor Hall

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council receives report EDC 2021-02 regarding the Grace Tipling Hall Revitalization and Feasibility Project for information; 

AND THAT Council receives the Grace Tipling Hall Feasibility Study presentation from Emmett Ferguson with the firm Eko Nomos for information; 

AND THAT the recommendations from the Grace Tipling Hall Feasibility Study be used to guide future capital, programming and staffing resources and be included in future annual budgets for the consideration of Council.

CARRIED, W. Mills

More Information

Grace Tipling Hall Revitalization Project