The historic Grandin Theatre is a nonprofit organization operated by the Grandin Theatre Foundation. It serves as the historic, geographic and cultural anchor for the Grandin Road Commercial Historic District and it is one of the jewels in the arts and cultural crown of the Roanoke Valley, and the greater Southwest region.

The Roanoke’s top movie palace opened its doors for the first time for a screening on March 26, 1932. After a long history, with ups and downs, the theatre was able to reopen on October 20, 2002, to been keeping the history alive ever since. Today the Grandin Theatre has a Film Lab that which is a robust and integrated model of experiential learning in filmmaking. The program is an extension of, or addition to, cinematic education area schools provide. Our goal is to prepare our local youth for future education, careers, and interests in the film, entertainment, and communications industries.