The Buddy Holly Hall is West Texas’ largest dedicated performance venue—bringing under one roof the city’s vibrant performing arts community including the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra and Ballet Lubbock, along with a variety of professional touring music and theater productions.

The Hall is a landmark destination that grew from the community’s needs, inspired by Lubbock’s physical and cultural landscape. The exterior design was inspired by the landscape of West Texas, including the prismatic and layered rock formations of Texas canyons, while the layout of the interior spaces accommodates the Hall’s wide-ranging performance line-up.

Dissolving the threshold between indoors and outdoors, the Hall’s use of glass at ground-level entrances creates an inviting and seamless transition for visitors entering and exiting the hall. Inside, the building moves from spacious public lobbies and flexible spaces for rehearsal and performance, to more liminal spaces leading to several intimate studios and finally, the Hall’s two signature theatres: the grand 2,297-seat Helen DeVitt Jones Theater, and the more intimate 415-person Crickets Theater.

Responding to the unique challenges of the site—from the intense Texas heat to its location in a flood plain—the design team has created a signature new space for the performing arts with world-class facilities that embody the spirit of the West Texas arts community.