Fargo Theatre

Fargo Theatre
Address	314 Broadway; Fargo, North Dakota; United States
Operator	Fargo Theatre Management Corporation; Jade Presents (live event booking)
Screens	2
Current use	Cinema and live event venue
Construction
Opened	March 15, 1926
Reopened	March, 1999
Website
	fargotheatre.org
	Fargo Theatre Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Coordinates	46°52′45″N 96°47′16″W / 46.87917°N 96.78778°W
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Buechner & Orth; Liebenberg and Kaplan
Architectural style	Early Commercial, Modern Movement
Part of	Downtown Fargo District (ID83004064)
NRHP reference No.	82001312
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 21, 1982
Designated CP	October 13, 1983

The Fargo Theatre is an art deco movie theater in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Construction on the building began in the fall of 1925 and the theatre opened on March 15, 1926. It was restored in 1999 to its historic appearance and now is a center for the arts in the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area. The Fargo Theatre is home to a 4-manual, 32-rank Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ, known as the "Mighty Wurlitzer," which is owned and maintained by the Red River Theatre Organ Society, a non-profit organization and local chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society.

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

Events

Fargo Film Festival

Since 2001, the Fargo Theatre has served as the main venue of the Fargo Film Festival. The festival has accepted submissions from independent filmmakers from more than 35 American states and 20 countries.^[2]

Festival honorees include Hugo Weaving, Pedro Pascal, George A. Romero, John Waters, Janet Leigh, Nia DaCosta, Cary Elwes, John Hawkes, among others.^[3]