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CHQ Travels: Cuba trip with Malpaso Dance Company

Since Christopher Columbus declared Cuba part of the Spanish Empire in 1492, the island has served as a way station of New World wealth on its way across the Atlantic,...

Breakfast with Santa

Hurlbut Church Hurlbut Church

Enjoy a morning with family, friends and Santa. Write your perfect holiday wish list, fill up on your favorite breakfast foods and enjoy time with Old Saint Nick. He can’t...

Price varies

Winter Village at Chautauqua

Bestor Plaza Bestor Plaza

Join us for our annual Winter Village at Chautauqua celebration that welcomes friends from the regional community and beyond to enjoy the beauty of Chautauqua's grounds during the winter holiday...

Open to the Public

CHQ Staff Craft Bazaar

Plaza Market Plaza Market

In between Winter Village festivities, stop by the Plaza Market for some last-minute holiday shopping. Find the perfect gift as you browse and buy homemade goods at the CHQ Staff...

Free and Open to the Public

Student Choral Performances

Hurlbut Church sanctuary Hurlbut Church sanctuary

Enjoy sacred vocal selections, spirituals and holiday songs provided by local student vocal ensembles. 10:15–10:45 a.m.: Fredonia 11:00–11:30 a.m.: Chautauqua Lake 1–1:30 p.m.: Jamestown High School Madrigal Singers

Free and Open to the Public

Breakfast with Santa

Hurlbut Church Hurlbut Church

Enjoy a morning with family, friends and Santa. Write your perfect holiday wish list, fill up on your favorite breakfast foods and enjoy time with Old Saint Nick. He can’t...

Price varies

Winter Village Horse Drawn Carriage Rides

Bestor Plaza Bestor Plaza

Experience a bit of old-time holiday charm in a horse-drawn carriage through the picturesque streets of Chautauqua. Each carriage holds 8 people and departs every half hour starting at Noon...

$4 – $6

Solar Eclipse Spectacular

Chautauqua Golf Club

Step into a world where the ordinary turns extraordinary at the Solar Eclipse Spectacular on April 8, 2024, hosted at the picturesque Chautauqua Golf Club. As the sun and moon...

$29 – $69

CHQ Travels: Slovenia with Maestro Rossen Milanov

Join Rossen Milanov, Music Director of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Slovenian RTV Symphony Orchestra, to explore one of central Europe’s most enchanting destinations. Begin in...

CHQ Travels: Beethoven in Vienna with David Levy

During the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe’s promising young musicians flocked to Vienna, producing and performing what would become the masterpieces of the Classical period. Join Chautauqua in Vienna during...

Jon Meacham

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham is one of America's most prominent public intellectuals, and he returns to the Chautauqua Lecture Series to open a week dedicated to...

$30

Ilana Kaufman

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Ilana Kaufman’s work sits at the center of Jewish community, racial equity, and justice, is anchored by the voices and experience of Jews of Color, and is focused on grantmaking,...

Andrew H. Card Jr.

Amphitheater Amphitheater

Andrew H. Card Jr. is the second-longest tenured White House Chief of Staff and has served in senior government roles under three U.S. Presidents. It is this decades-long experience that...

PJ Andrews

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

PJ Andrews co-coordinates the U.S. Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs’ collaboration with individuals, organizations, and agencies in the U.S. engaged in public discourses and policy advocacy directed toward racial justice...

George Yancey

Hall of Philosophy Hall of Philosophy

Dr. George Yancey is a Professor at the Institute for Studies of Religion and Sociology at Baylor University. He has published several research articles on the topics of institutional racial...