The Cultural Pass

Experience the Burlington arts scene
In the fall of 2007, Saint Michael's College began a partnership with the Flynn Center for Performing Arts to offer any undergraduate student in good academic and social standing a Flynn Center/Saint Michael’s Cultural Pass. The Flynn Center, located at Main and Church streets in the heart of downtown Burlington’s entertainment district, is a nationally renowned performing arts venue offering the best in jazz, hip hop, world music, dance, American roots music, Broadway tours and more.

How can I use the Cultural Pass?
For just a $30 activation fee, the Cultural Pass gives Saint Michael’s students FREE access to each event in the Flynn Center’s regular season and select special events that are announced throughout the year. Qualifying shows are always listed on the Flynn's Cultural Pass Web site. The Pass entitles students to one (1) free ticket per Flynn Center production.  That means, in theory, students could go to over 50 different performances over the course of the academic year.

What is the Flynn Center like?
The MainStage is a restored Art Deco movie palace built in 1930 and seating over 1400 people. The 2007-2008 academic year features performances by Mickey Hart’s Global Drum Project, civil rights icons Sweet Honey in the Rock, Broadway tours of Chicago and The Producers and much more. FlynnSpace is an intimate 150 seat black box, home to the jazz cabaret, experimental theater and performance art, and more.

How can I get the Cultural Pass?
Students need to fill out an application. They can download one off the Flynn Center’s Web site at www.flynncenter.org/smcculturalpass.html, or they can pick one up at the Knight Card Office (Alliot 207). Once completed, students should bring their applications and the $30 activation fee to the Knight Card Office.

Once I activate my Cultural Pass, how do I get tickets?
Students can order tickets any time throughout the current season. Cultural Pass tickets may be ordered, based on availability, up to the start time of each qualifying performance. It is in students' best interest to get tickets for the very popular shows – such as the Broadway tours – as early as possible. Once a show is sold out, we cannot give students a ticket.

You may order tickets two ways:

  1. Over the phone by calling the Flynn Box Office at 802.863.5966. Students must identify themselves as a Saint Michael’s Cultural Pass holder, and be prepared to give their Knight Card ID number over the phone.  They must then pick up their tickets in person at the Flynn Box Office prior to the show (this can be done the night of the performance). They must show both their Cultural Pass and their Knight Card ID in order to pick up the tickets.

  2. In person by visiting the Flynn Center Box Office in the lobby of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. They will be asked to show both their Cultural Pass and their Knight Card ID. Box Office hours are Monday-Friday, 10:00-5:00 p.m., and Saturday 11:00-4:00 p.m.