Unique building with amazing character. Saw Heywood Banks perform. Picture is of upstairs area that needs to be renovated before its usable. It closed down in 1924.

Great venue for a wedding, and got a first hand tour by the current owner.

This place has character! My brother held his wedding reception here, and the venue was perfect for the occasion! The acoustics make it difficult to hold meetings (unless you use their sound equipment) so I would recommend a visit in advance if you plan to do any type of meeting/speaking/etc. I would recommend this venue for special occasions.

For over a decade the Howell Opera House has been the go-to venue for the Homeless Awareness effort for Livingston County! I love the set up, the support for our efforts, and the kindness of Chris meeting our needs for decor!

Beautiful venue for a wedding.

Cool small market of arts, crafts, and a few food vendors(cheese, popcorn, cooking salts). Worth checking out one Sunday.

Good size room, very cute. Historic, chic type feel. I only attended an event here, I didnt host it so I cant speak on what I experienced as a guest. Not sure how the kitchen type area was or the administrative part of it. But from a guests point of view it was very nice.

I went there for a Haunted Lighthouse event. The building is beautiful and creepy. It definitely feels haunted.

The Howell Opera House is a shining gem in Livingston County. The Council had done a tremendous job in renovating and operating this unique historic venue. Sharon Fisher and the rest of the fine people provide superior service to clients and help to make all events and occasions special.

Its great if you like haunted buildings..

It is a great historic building and venue.

Excellent venue with courteous staff. Decent food prep area, but no kitchen. Round Tables. Generous floor space. Coat racks in the glass separate entryway. Good for small gatherings to medium gatherings. Really good if youre using a caterer. Also works quite well if you bring all your food prepared and then serve it. With the latter you would need to probably bring ice to keep it chilled.

Great place to shooting pictures

Very nice main room. Wish there was another level open.

Great venue for a medium sized event (100 or so)! Very supportive management.

A great venue! I recently was a photographer vendor here and the staff was very generous and accommodating. I look forward to photographing many events here

The Howell Opera House is a gorgeous location. We had our wedding there this past January. Our photos there are beautiful and our guests had a wonderful time. That unfortunately is the best I can say about the venue, because the successful event occurred in spite of the abysmal, unprofessional staff that were a stress and hindrance to every part of our process. Im giving it two stars instead of one simply because the venue itself is so gorgeous. The site manager was extremely unresponsive unless a payment was due, in which case she would call my husband two times a day asking where the check was. We agreed on a deadline to be done with rehearsal, but when we arrived for rehearsal an hour and a half ahead of that time, she informed my family that this was unacceptable and we had to be out within half an hour. The wedding day staff seemed downright irritated at our presence and created many roadblocks in our day including locking us out of our prep space with no advance notice, stopping our pictures in the opera stage halfway through, and refusing to let us use the kitchen facility. On top of it all, we paid an additional 30% on top of the rental fee for the space for all of these services. One staff member told our catering service to call in additional help (that wasnt needed) without consulting us which lead to additional charges. Bottom line, a wedding in this space will give you beautiful pictures and a fun guest experience - but the experience for you and anyone helping you will be one of suddenly changed deadlines, hostility, and added expenses.

Beautiful venue for any event! hosted our bridal shower here, and i’m thinking about having my baby shower here as well! my guests and i were so pleased with this venue!!

Did you know you can rent this place for pretty cheap? I attended a 50+ person party here and it was awesome. We had a DJ, projector, catered food (w/ chicken strips!), Bartenders, and tables and a dancing floor. Great spot to rent for parties!

Nice space. High ceilings, wood floor, lively.

Had our wedding reception here in 2014. Amazing pictures in the theatre above the hall. Returned in summer 2018 for an art show-seemed the wooden floors were pretty warped. Dont remember that detail. For the price, its definitely worth it. Lots of character

They are doing a nice job fixing the building up and putting it to good use in the community. Always fun to go inside!

Awesome Place to have a party!! Just enough character to go back in time & imagine what great memories were made back then!!

Great shows and other events. A very cozy and cool venue.

I love going here during the winter months to the farmers market what a great idea

What a great building, went to a baby shower the food was good and they were very accommodating

Great place for a intimate concert

Nice venue for wedding reception

Beautiful and rustic piece of Howell.

The venue was nice in lower level. However the upper level was rented to us for the wedding ceremony. When we first visited to look at the venue my wife asked about heat and lights. She was told “yes no problem “. On the wedding day I asked about the heat and I was informed there was no heat or lights and that they never even have had on wedding upstairs. After an argument with the lady that was working the gentleman that was also working plugged in three lights. Also I was approached about only having 20 guests upstairs I quote “like the Contract says “ my wife informed them that we were told we could have 32 . The staff seemed to be bothered by us asking for anything from them. It was a wedding with about 150 people.

Beautiful location & Chris was awesome!

Never again will we go here food was terrible

Its a beautiful, historical place to host any family gathering. My family has had a wedding there and a baby shower. Very accommodating.

Great venue with historic feel. Im really glad that this place is being used for great exhibitions like GOT ART! I have also been to a wedding there and it was a great venue for that as well. I can wait in till the upstairs is also renovated.

Old, quaint, nice venue

Cousins 50th. It was handled very well. Nice restoration going on.

Smaller wedding venue with an old school feel nice place

A jewel of Howell. Great event venue. Needs to restore the second level back to its glory.

Fun stuff displayed at art fair on parade night.

Winter market was nice but limited types of vendors.

We were there for an Art Fair!!! It was a beautiful building!

We had lots of fun with Haywood Banks

Went to a wedding here so all tye decor was provided by the wedding party, which wad beautiful but the setting of the place is cool, vintage feel in a small downtown area. Cool venue.

Great venue and wonderful management.

Visited the Howell Opera House for the viewing of Rocky Horror, it was a great experience!

Had a blast at the showing of Rocky Horror picture show

Beautiful setting for a wedding in a renovated historical building. Everything was in the same spot, from mingling to ceremony to reception, the staff did a good job transitioning through all the phases. Easy to find parking and get in/out.

Lovely venue, friendly staff. (We were there for a private function, but I dont think that changes how amazing the staff were).

This is a great little venue. I havent been here for a show, but have come for some of their craft shows and farmers markets.

Really cool venue. Went here for a birthday and it was definitely a really cool venue for a celebration and party.

Love this historical place

Had my daughters art work on display

Nice to see a WONDERFUL historic building before the renovations. Cant wait to see it after its finished!

Great small venue! Right downtown

Terrible ownership.... Never answer the phone or emails... Do not book this venue for your wedding

Needed better parking options

Did a photo shoot there - easy to work with staff and beautiful building!

Beautiful venue

Our cousins just had their reception here, lovely. Also, the Chris Nance show every year is awesome of course.

Fantastic local arts venue. A must see if you are in Howell.

It was a great place for our graduation party.

Excellent venue. Great staff. Love this place!

What a special place to hold a wedding, perfect venue.

Great historical building that serves the community with hosting various events.

Great shows, better people. Love this place.

Sober night out at the acoustic cafe.....dosnt get any better but missing C.R. @ Connection Church....but kinda cool!!!!

Great time!

Mold growing everywhere. Holes in the floor. Everything filthy. Staff very rude. Downstairs is okay. Nothing stellar.

Amazing architecture

The best event venue in the county!

Nice piece of Howell history and great spot for a wedding reception

Nice wedding spot

Great historic venue for anniversaries, receptions and luncheons.

First time at the Opera house as a vendor, wonderful people, having a great time

Beautiful

Haywood Banks was fantastic

Great place for winter concerts.

Great meeting place

Beautiful venue for all types of events

I cant hold 400 ppl

Amazing venue for a wedding!!

Great venue

Great place for a wedding reception

Its Beautiful.

Great place

Great art show

Very neat place

Delicious!

Beautiful historic building for hosting events

Nice for an event

Food okay

Haunted!

Nice ambiance

Grad party

Very nice

Nice old theater

Try to here when you can.

Historical building right in downtown Howell.

Great building.

It shows locals work!