{{Short description|Performance venue in Montclair, New Jersey}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox venue | name = Wellmont Theater | image = Montclair.Film.Festival..JPG | image_size = 250px | image_alt = | caption = Exterior of venue (c.2015) | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | address = 5 Seymour Street | city = [[Montclair, New Jersey]] | country = [[United States]] | designation = | coordinates = {{coord|40.8126|-74.2166|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | architect = Reilly & Hall | owner = The Pinnacle Companies & Greenwood Development | tenant = | operator = [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]] | capacity = 2,500 | type = | opened = 1922 | reopened = 2008 | years_active = | rebuilt = | closed = | demolished = | other_names = | production = | current_use = Music Venue | website = {{URL|http:/www.wellmonttheater.com}} }} The '''Wellmont Theater''' is a [[theater]] and concert venue located in [[Montclair, New Jersey]], United States. The theater is located on the Wellmon Arts Plaza in downtown Montclair, near the border with neighboring [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]].
==History== The theater opened in 1922 for live entertainment then switched to movies in 1929.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theater/6642/ |title=Wellmont Theatre |accessdate=October 23, 2008 |publisher=Cinema Treasures }}</ref> In 2008 [[The Bowery Presents]] completed a $3 million renovation of the Wellmont Theater designed by architects Brian Swier and Michael Costantin. The building was retrofitted with new electrical and plumbing systems. New bars in the orchestra and mezzanine were installed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wellmont Theater to return with live shows |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2008/09/wellmont_theatre_to_return_wit.html|work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date=September 9, 2008 |accessdate=October 23, 2008 }}</ref> In 2013, venue booking changed to [[Live Nation (events promoter)|Live Nation]], after the theater again underwent another careful refurbishment and started hosting major acts like [[Steely Dan]], [[B.B. King]], [[Cheap Trick]], [[Fetty Wap]], [[Ms. Lauryn Hill]], and [[DNCE]].<ref>[http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/06/wellmont_theatre_live_nation_takes_over_for_bowery_presents.html Montclair's Wellmont Theatre: Live Nation takes over for Bowery Presents]</ref>
[[Palme d'Or|Palme-d'Or]] winning director [[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]] worked at the Wellmont as a [[projectionist]] while in high school in the 1980's.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mroz |first=Jacqueline |date=2024-11-01 |title=‘Anora’ Director Sean Baker Says Jersey Upbringing Influenced His Filmmaking |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/arts-entertainment/anora-director-sean-baker-says-jersey-upbringing-influenced-his-filmmaking/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=[[New Jersey Monthly]]}}</ref>
The Wellmont is a venue for the annual [[Montclair Film Festival]].
==See also== * [[List of music venues#New Jersey|List of New Jersey music venues by capacity]]
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.thewellmont.com}}
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