Charlie's Seats

Charlie's Seats

Charlie’s Seats honors Charlie Naylor, a generous, free spirit with overwhelming wanderlust and a sense of adventure. Down-to-earth, easygoing, and authentic, music brought him immense joy, and sharing that joy with others was an ongoing passion.

When Charlie passed away unexpectedly in 2016, his mother, Susan Naylor, wanted to honor his love of live music by creating the Charlie’s Seats Program at The Tobin Center to ensure that Charlie could continue sharing live performances with people in our community, regardless of their ability to purchase tickets.

Launched in 2021, Charlie’s Seats provided complimentary tickets to underserved youth. The program's quick success led to the creation of five other arts access ticket programs. In 2024, Charlie’s Seats became the umbrella name for all of The Tobin Center’s programs that provide complimentary and discounted tickets, and the original Charlie’s Seats program was renamed Friends of Charlie.

In addition to Friends of Charlie, the Charlie’s Seats program includes four other free and discounted ticketing programs with opportunities for area college students, first responders, teachers, active and retired military, and SNAP recipients to receive deeply discounted and FREE tickets to Tobin Center performances.

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Arts for All

At The Tobin Center, we believe the arts should be a shared experience for all - not just for those who can afford to pay, but also for those with limited resources. Our Arts for All initiative reflects this belief, offering a limited number of $10 tickets to a variety of performances, with occasional complimentary access for SNAP beneficiaries.

Arts for All

Friends of Charlie

Friends of Charlie is designed to provide under-resourced students with complimentary Tobin Center tickets.

Friends of Charlie

Tobin First Tix

In appreciation for their service, Tobin First Tix honors our community's active and retired firefighters, law enforcement personnel, paramedics, EMTs, emergency dispatchers and frontline healthcare workers with discounted and complimentary tickets to a wide variety of performances at The Tobin Center.

First Tix

Tobin Heroes

Tobin Heroes honors our troops by providing active-duty military, retirees, veterans, and their families discounted and complimentary tickets to performances at The Tobin Center.

Follow the link below to register as a Tobin Hero or to support this program.

Tobin Heroes

Tobin Teachers

Teachers are the foundation of our communities, and we want to thank them for dedicating their days building a brighter future for the next generation.

If you are a teacher, administrator, or support staff directly employed by any school, college, or university, we invite you to take advantage of our discounted and complimentary ticket program at The Tobin Center. Follow the link below to register.

Tobin Students

Tobin Students provides the next generation of leaders with discounted and complimentary tickets to a wide variety of performances at The Tobin Center.

If you are a college student, we invite you to register at the link below to take advantage of our discounted and complimentary tickets.

Tobin Students

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Tobin Center Residents