The Southern Theater

This article is about the Minneapolis theater. For the Columbus, Ohio theater of the same name, see Southern Theatre (Columbus).
Exterior of The Southern Theater, 2013
A grand and run-down archway stands before a black performance space. Purple and yellow lights shine on the back wall.
Interior of the Southern in 2010 during the Minnesota Fringe Festival

The Southern Theater is located in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1910 as a cultural center and legitimate theater for the burgeoning Scandinavian community centered on Cedar Avenue ("Snoose Boulevard"), the Southern has been re-established as a center for contemporary performing arts over the past quarter-century. The Southern Theater is the home of Balls Cabaret, a weekly midnight cabaret entering its twenty-fourth year.