Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts

The Cyclorama is a puzzling space tucked away behind a very industrial exterior. It has an incredibly versatile center space with high ceilings, a dancefloor/​DJ area, and lots of seating room as well as space for photo booths or other displays. Sound carries quite well in the space and it’s usually set up in a way that’s very navigable.
The bathrooms are, as many others have mentioned, well worth a peek. They’re fun and they really capture the young and energetic nature of the space.
If you ever get the chance, the Cyclorama is a great venue to explore. Depending on the event, it can feel like a very different space, but that’s the beauty of it.

Given the photo that I’m seeing as a write this view, I wish I had gone to the bathroom here and that the girls bathroom was just as funny as the mens!
Came here for the craft beer festival (free tickets!) and it was a great location for that type of event. lots of space to set up stands and also for walking around. they could have put in another 2 rows and there still would have been a good amount of room. Not sure if Cyclorama cut off the number of breweries, or if there just weren’t that many who wanted to participate.
The bouncer told us that there wouldn’t be enough time left, because we showed up around 1:30 and the last call was at 2:10, but we tried everything, bought candy and had photos taken!

This is one of my favorite buildings in Boston. From Stylefixx, to corporate events, to parties… I adore this building.

Sorry BCA’s other possibly good events but this review is for the «Fall Beer Fest».
DO NOT go to what they call the «Fall beer fest». It is 100% a scam. I went last year and it was seriously a joke. People were laughing or leaving after seeing the lineup. We are talking no more than 20 garbage beers. I’m not kidding. we are talking bud light, narragansett, miller… their «high end» beers were harpoon, sam adams. And we aren’t talking flavors here. everyone except sam adams had one type of brew. The people pouring DID NOT WORK FOR THE BREWERIES! It was easily the biggest ripoff ever. I will say that it was a rescheduled date because of the marathon bombings but nonetheless there’s no excuse for this. There was not a single craft beer there.

Have been to many functions in this building… Its a cool building and soo funny to see how it has been set up in soo many different forums…
Good location if you dont mind public transportation, but for someone who drives parking isnt the best… But its doable!

I visited Cyclorama for the first time to check out the Craftboston holiday fair. It’s too rich for my blood, but beautiful arts and crafts! I especially loved Jim Rosenau’s This Into That booth — clocks and shelves made out of old books. Really creative, fun and beautiful work. I also adored Jenn Bell’s whisical enamel artwork. I would have loved to have purchased something from her. Maybe some day!

I have to give 4 stars to the Cyclorama center because of the good memories I have here! I appreciate the center because a variety of different events are hosted here — wine & food fests, StyleFixx, etc. The space is nothing too fancy but it is big and it allows for diff vendors, walking around, etc. The events are sort of hit or miss but the space itself is pretty good!

SOOOooo many events are held here! You can…
dance here on New Year’s Eve.
shop here on Girls’ Night Out.
eat here for a Dessert Showcase.
drink here for a Wine Tasting.
listen here to live band events.
give back here to charity functions.
Just don’t cycle in the Cyclorama… no bikes allowed!
THE DEAL: I have yet to Unilocal here!

What a great venue! I’ve been to fundraisers here and been to Wine Riots here. I can’t get over how versatile a place Cyclorama is. One Caveat: wear comfortable shoes — its a 10 to 15 min walk from the T and the floors are very hard!

I’ve now been to the $ 25 Spring Wine Fest, the $ 30 Shecky’s Girls’s Night Out, and the $ 250 Obama Fund Raiser Chef’s Tasting all in the last year at the Cyclorama. At a building, the Cyclorama is fine, maybe somewhat interesting.
The events were all notably aweful – overpriced, not good quality, and poorly staffed. I’ve never said this before about any building, but I’m boycotting the building just based on the aweful events they choose to hold there.

We visited this space for the CraftBoston arts fair and were thrilled that a vendor who we’d spotted last year but could not afford was back. We were flush, we bought, we are thrilled with our purchase.
Cyclorama is a nice airy, well lit exhibit space that had plenty of room for everyone to display their wares. We enjoyed the more intimate atmosphere (the previous year’s fair was at the World Trade Center) and hope it continues here.

The Cyclorama is a wonderful venue for events!
I’ve visited for numerous Girls Nights Out (both Shecky’s and Stylefix), Skinny Cow’s Perfect Cup, Bazaar Bizarre, and CraftBoston.
The space is very spacious with room for lots of vendors and the architecture of the building is very pleasing. The high ceiling is cool to look at. Check out the photo of the ceiling on this Unilocal listing.
The only drawback is that the brick and cement floor will hurt your feet if you’ve wandering around the Cyclorama (especially if you’re wearing any shoes other than sneakers).

The more I come here, the more I love this old-​looking, round, funky space. The ceiling is kind of awesome, and believe it or not, the old feel of the restroom make you want to hover inside just a little too long. Bonus: the huge old photo of a cyclorama just outside the men’s restroom.

I was here last night for the Taste of the South End. This is such a lovely open area to host an event. There is ample room. Considering there were TONS of people and chaos all around I never felt overwhelmed or claustrophobic (not that I normally am… but you get my drift). I hope to come here for future events.

A really excellent venue for various theatre-​y things in the South End. Cyclorama is a jewel with incredible architecture and a culture of philanthropy.
They do some great events here in the realm of tastings and so forth, and I find it to be suitable to those sorts of things.

I’ve been here twice now for vastly differing events… and I have to say that this space can be classified as a «shape-​shifter». I love the bricks and the huge domed ceiling. It can get noisy pretty fast, but both events were large-​scale so that was unavoidable regardless of where we were.
I would LOVE to find a reason to rent this space out… I need to get more friends first. I’ll keep you posted.

Events here are brought to another level because this is such a great venue. The main area is brought together with the great architecture element that is the glass ceiling. I think it could be better highlighted at night, esp since there is so much structure beneath it, with some accent lighting. One of the best things about the space is that there are no columns to interfere with the event’s organization.
The bathrooms are pretty cool too. I sorta expected a plain old bathroom when I came here for the first time but I was kinda excited to see such an interesting design… what can I say I have a degree in architecture, I notice things like that. Aside from the design I have been there for busy events and they are always really clean.
Come here for some cool events and take in the beauty of the old theater.

FABULOUS VENUE.
There, I said it. Do I really need to write more? I mean, I wrote in all caps; that’s gotta say something.
Ok, ok. I’ll elaborate.
I’ve only been here once — and that was for the Extreme Beer Festival in February. But I’ve heard wonderful things about this venue from people involved in the Wine Riot and Bazaar Bizarre.
I LOVE the vibe in here and how it’s an open layout, though remains «intimate» with its small space. The beer festival was perfectly setup, and the bathrooms are spacious and modern.
I will definitely factor in all events held here, for it’s just a great space!

I was expecting more bicycles here.
That being said, it’s a nice event space. Situated in the South End (near the Beehive and other hoppin’ places on Tremont), it has room to hold events both large and small. Me, I went to Wine Riot VIP night back in April. Do I remember every intricacy of the Cyclorama? No. But I do remember it being a decent event space. We could move around easily and sample things, and it was wide open and spacious.
There are also side rooms that smaller seminars can be held in, but I don’t remember there being doors, so I’m not sure how effective that is.
It’s also relatively convenient walking-​wise to the Back Bay T-​stop (or if you want to go further, Copley or Arlington).

I’ve shopped here.
I’ve drank here.
I’ve learned about wine here.
I’ve met friends here, heard music here and even eaten in here.
Seems there’s nothing this exposed-​brick, mile-​high ceiling, South End social/​art/​music/​event/​scene fixture cannot handle.
The only thing I can’t say I’ve done here is had a Unilocal event.
Hmmmm.