Arts License

Issued to non-profit arts organizations and municipally owned arts facilities that offer performances or productions of an artistic or cultural nature.

Sales and Service

• Sale, service and consumption of beer, wine, and liquor by the drink for on-premises consumption only to patrons of such performances or productions
• Need not have food or meals available
• May not advertise the sale of alcoholic beverages anywhere on the licensed premises (interior or exterior)

Hours of Operation

• Seven days a week between 7:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. only during productions

Multiple Interests

• Multiple financial interests are allowed with arts licenses:
  Other Arts licenses
  Beer and wine licenses
  Brew pub licenses
  Club licenses
  Hotel and restaurant licenses
  Optional premises licenses
  Public transportation system licenses
  Racetrack licenses
  Retail gaming tavern licenses
  Tavern licenses
  Vintner's restaurant licenses

Fees

• 2018 Fee Schedule (link)

Required Documents

• Application (link)

Managers

The names of all managers of arts licenses must be provided to the local and state licensing authorities whether a principal to the licensee or someone else manages the licensed premises. Any changes in managers of arts licenses must be reported to both the City and the State within thirty days of the change in manager. All principals to a non-profit arts organization must be qualified before a license may be issued.