About Us

 Built originally in 1884 and in 1914 burned along with several other downtown businesses, the Thoroughbred Theater was rebuilt in 1916. Since the closing of the cinema in the 1950's the theater served as several businesses and a hardware store. In 2002 the theater was bought my Midway brothers, Jim and John McDaniel who wanted to save the theater. The brothers sold the theater in 2003 to Tony Moreno, who in 2004, renovated the theater from top to bottom. The site now houses the 150-seat Historic Thoroughbred Theater and is home to numerous events and is the home of the Georgetown Exchange. The Theater's doors are also open to the public for venue rental, the ideal place to host special events, concerts, performances,movies, receptions and training events.

Incorporated into the design of the Thoroughbred Theater are numerous historic elements from the areas most famous horse farms and equine attractions, including; railings from Churchill Downs, barn doors from historic Faraway farm- home of War Admiral and Man O’ War, stall doors and slate roofing from historic Hamburg Place, the ballroom doors from fabulous HopewellFarm. The theater has recently had changes in the main lobby, with additions of two handicap accessible restrooms and fresh paint, which creates an inviting lobby.

Since it's incorporation into a non-profit organization, the Thoroughbred Theater has established two funds to fufill it's mission of a community arts center in Midway. The Cornerstone fund and the Helping Hand fund are a 6 month campaign to raise money. For more information, contact us at 859.846.9827. Volunteer opportunities are in the near future. More information about our non-profit status and ways to help us will be online soon, please check back for updates and more.