Historic movie palaces / Downtown Farmington
Farmington Civic Theater
A C. Howard Crane-designed Art Moderne movie house on Grand River Avenue in downtown Farmington since 1940, with its red-and-white blade marquee. Two screens, 407 seats, and first-run films again since 2021.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1940
- Architect
- C. Howard Crane (1940); balcony twinning by Louis Wiltse (1989-90)
- Style
- Streamline Moderne / late Art Moderne
- Seats
- 407
- Screens
- 2
- Formerly
- Civic Theatre, Farmington Civic 2
01 / Now showing
Now showing
Announced lineup
What the venue announced on its own site when we last checked (2026-09-26). Click through for exact times and tickets.
- FilmForgotten Island ↗
- FilmResident Evil ↗
- FilmUnion County ↗
- FilmLemonade Blessing ↗
- FilmVerity ↗
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
The Farmington Civic Theater is a C. Howard Crane-designed Art Moderne movie house on Grand River Avenue in downtown Farmington. It opened in late 1940 with about 550 seats downstairs and 200 in the balcony. Officially it was just the Civic Theatre, but it was advertised as the Farmington Civic to avoid confusion with Detroit's Civic. Its only closure came in late 1989, when architect Louis Wiltse turned the balcony into a second auditorium; it reopened as the Farmington Civic 2 on February 2, 1990 with second-run films. It switched to first-run films in September 2021 and still keeps its red-and-white blade marquee.
- C. Howard Crane's Art Moderne cinema from 1940
- Red-and-white blade marquee on Grand River
- Two screens, 407 seats, first-run films
Plan your visit
The theater is at 33332 Grand River Avenue in downtown Farmington. Showtimes are at thefct.com, and questions go to (248) 474-1951.
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