Venues & Parking
The Festival spans Charlottesville, from downtown to the grounds. Here is a list of our venues and where to park when you get there.
Venues
Culbreth Theatre (Also the location of the UVA Arts Box Office)
UVA Drama Building
109 Culbreth Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
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Closed captioning and hearing amplification devices available for select titles.
The Bradbury
300 E Main St
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Irving Theater at CODE Building
225 W. Water Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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All attendees will access the theater through the Water Street entrance.
The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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The Paramount Theater offers an infrared audio enhancement system.
Three Notch’d Craft Kitchen & Brewery
520 2nd Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Vault Virginia – The Gallery
300 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Violet Crown Charlottesville (Also the location of the Downtown Box Office)
200 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Closed captioning and hearing amplification devices available for select titles.
Parking
Parking for University of Virginia Venues
Parking on the University of Virginia Grounds is extremely limited. To account for Festival traffic, the VAFF will lift the gates on the Culbreth Parking Garage, making this the best location for free and available parking during the five days of the Festival.
More UVA parking information is available on the UVA Parking website.
Parking for Downtown Charlottesville Venues
Charlottesville City street parking is extremely limited. Additional paid parking garages are located near the Downtown Charlottesville pedestrian mall.
Additional information on parking options near the Downtown Mall can be found here: https://downtowncville.com/explore/parking.
For details on ADA parking and accessible routes, click here to visit our Accessibility page
Charlottesville roads are known to be crowded so please add at least thirty minutes to your travel time.
Free Charlottesville Area Transit
Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) provides bus service across the greater Charlottesville area including Downtown venues.The Charlottesville FREE Trolley is also a valuable community service offering rides between Downtown Charlottesville, the University of Virginia Corner, and UVA Grounds.
All CAT and Trolley routes are now free to ride!
Please visit https://www.charlottesville.gov/470/Transit for schedules and information