The Durham Performing Arts Center finished 2010 with 59 of its 151 performances being sellouts.

The events drew a total of 307,000 guests to the center, which finished its second year in operation.

DPAC begins its 2011 schedule on Tuesday with Disney's The Lion King, which will run through Jan. 30.

DPAC's 2010 sellouts included: Vince Gill, Harry Connick Jr., Hairspray, Moody Blues, Wilco, Experience Hendrix, David Gray, Wicked, Chicago, Beauty & the Beast, Ringo Starr, Norah Jones, Lyle Lovett, Lewis Black, Vince Gill/Amy Grant, Cedric the Entertainer and the Moscow Ballet.