The Great Concert Hall is the pride of Cobourg

The Great Concert Hall is the pride of Cobourg
Photo by Debbie Taylor

One of the finest public rooms in Canada, Victoria Hall’s Great Concert Hall is 30ft. high 80ft. long and 40 ft. wide.

Governor General will open restored Victoria Hall

Canada’s Governor General Ed Schreyer will officially re-open Cobourg’s Victoria Hall this October. The 123-year-old building was opened for the first time in 1860 by King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales.

Victoria Hall houses the Great Concert hall (which has summer theatre this season), provincial court, municipal offices, council chambers and art gallery.

It is a national historic site, the finest town hall in Canada, and holds the Heritage Canada awards for an outstanding national restoration project. While it has been aided by many governments, the restoration of Victoria Hall is stilt h single largest single private restoration project ever undertaken in Canada.

Beautifully restored sunken courtroom is patterned after Old Bailey in London, England

This artillery piece from the 1880s guards Cobourg and Victoria Hall

Guided tour of Victoria Hall

There are guided tours of Victoria Hall during July and August at 2 p.m. daily on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

Tour groups can be arranged by appointment, phone 372-2288