What is the Frontroom?

The WCUW Frontroom is a community-run performance venue and event space located inside the WCUW 91.3 FM radio station at 910 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is designed as an intimate, “living room” style space for local arts and community gatherings of up to 75 people.

Here is what makes it unique:
1. A hub for independent cinema
The Frontroom serves as the screening room for Cinema Worcester. It functions as a cozy micro-cinema showing:
• Independent and foreign films.
• Documentaries and cult classics.
• The annual Oscar Nominated Shorts.

2. Live performances and events
Beyond movies, the space is a versatile community cultural center. It regularly hosts:
• Live music: Acoustic sets, jazz, blues, and more.
• Art display: The walls of the Frontroom feature Rose LeBeau’s rock icon paintings from an exhibit that was held in the station’s Harold Stevens Gallery.

3. Community “Living Room”
True to its community radio roots, the Frontroom is available for private rentals and public use. WCUW promotes it as a space for:
• Birthday parties, celebrations of life, and fundraisers.
• All-ages events and neighborhood meetings.
• Collaborative projects with local NGOs and artists.

The WCUW Frontroom
Have your next event in Worcester’s coolest intimate venue, the WCUW Frontroom!

Music, poetry, lectures, birthday parties, celebrations of life, all-ages events, and more- the WCUW Frontroom was created for you! Seats up to 75 people.

Do you have a contact with a great band that would draw their crowd in for a fun night of music? or have a film, a dance, or want to throw a fundraiser for WCUW? We want to hear from you!

Be an event manager by booking the date with Gail Hunt (event coordinator) at [email protected] or [email protected].

The Front Room team will volunteer to handle the sound or equipment needs, and cover the door. The proceeds from the collection at the door gets split 70% to the event manger, 30% to WCUW.

We always welcome WCUW lovers to create an event as a fundraiser for WCUW too, it takes a village and a village of ideas to make this community radio station growand be strong!

The Frontroom is proud to have presented these musical artists since it’s reopening in Dec 2024 ( listed in order of appearance):
Jubilee Gardens
The Chris Fitz Band with Ken Clark
Jazz Streams with Rich Falco, Rich Ardizzone, Bill MacGillivray, Jerry Wilfong
Tom Ingrassia, Mo-Town Tom film screening One Door Closes, and presentation Mo-Town & The Civil Rights Movement
Cherrios, Mugwumps & Loaded Dice
The Wrayons
Peter Hi-Fi Ward with Ronnie Earl
Serena May Kilsmith hosting Songwriters in the Round & open mic
Troy Mercy
Commanchero
Roger Salloom
Sugar Ray & the Blue Tones
Stephen B Martin ( from Orpheus)
Jim Perry musical director for Bob Dylan electric birthday bash
Chuck Demers musical director for Bob Dylan acoustic birthday bash
We & The Dawg
Matt Swanton
Empty Bottle Ramblers
TJ Wheeler
Lydia Fortune with George Dellomo
Dan Fontaine/ Elvis
The Sonders
April Mae & The June Bugs
The Metrons
One Dime Blues Band
Lisa Maria & Johnny Juxo
The Russo Brothers
Don Prange musical director for John Prine birthday bash
RioFlow with Carlos Odria
Johnny Bue Horn and the Caretakers
Odacova
Jerry Cortez guitarist from Tower of Power with Elayne Fikucki and Deb Maloney
Throwing Stones
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines
Racky Thomas
Chuck & Mud with Walter Crocket & Peter Allard
Johnny Casual with Joe D’Angelo & John Solaperto
Evil Felipe , Don’t Tell Iris, Fugue
Envy ( NV), Crash the Net
Ed Arndt musical director for Sweethearts of Worcester
Failte
The Combination with Nicole Sutka
Muddy Ruckus
Muck & The Mires
Karen Aquino & Rachel hosted Belly Dance Show
The Chain
Cheryl Arena and Mike DiBari
The Kennedys
Walter Crockett

We are please to announce that Rose LeBeau- who’d previously showed in our Harold Stevens Gallery- has her original gouache paintings of cultural and rock icons now gracing the FrontRoom walls.

They make the room just so much cooler!

We’ve had a Bob Dylan and a Jimi Hendrix already leave the nest to new owners.

All pieces are for sale, and there are more in Rose’s home gallery, so her works will continue to grace our space.

You can find her work on Facebook and Instagram.

For private events, we have affordable rates: $50/hour for WCUW members; $100/hour for non-members. Four-hour minimum.

Email Gail Hunt (event coordinator) at [email protected] or [email protected] for more info.

Hometown Heroes: Gail and Dan Hunt!

“Hometown Heroes” are nominated by Worcester Magazine readers. Gail and Dan were nominated for “revitalizing WCUW and making it a destination for cultural activities.”

Since it reopened late last year, the Frontroom at WCUW Community Radio at 910 Main St. has become one of Worcester’s most increasingly popular yet intimate venues for music.

WCUW is a destination for filmgoers and art-lovers as well, with Cinema Worcester also in the Frontroom and the Howard Stevens Gallery literally a couple of steps away right on the premises.

Gail and Dan Hunt have helped play a big part in WCUW’s new look, from creating the gallery to making the Frontroom feel and sound great, as well as helping to book and get the word out about its concerts featuring rock, blues, jazz and more.

Read more at Worcester Magazine.

We’d like to thank the Fletcher Foundation for allowing greater exposure via new street signage, a much brighter projector and new sound, and a new front door.