New to Chautauqua
...Indigo Girls Aug. 16 learn more Wynton Marsalis Aug. 19 learn more Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the Music School Festival Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Aug. 21 learn more Wynton Marsalis’ All Rise Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with the Music School Festival Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus Aug. 22 learn more Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Aug. 23 learn more The Concert: A Tribute to...
Chautauqua Institution Presents Weeklong Food & Film Festival, Aug. 19–24
...TICKETS Food festival tasting tickets will be available for sale on Bestor Plaza each day. All food and drink vendors will accept tasting tickets. GATE PASS INFORMATION Day tickets are available for purchase at the Main Gate Welcome Center Ticket Office on the day of your visit. Morning tickets grant visitors access to the grounds from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $24. Afternoon tickets grant access from noon to 8 p.m. for $17. Combined...
What D-Day Continues to Teach Us
On Wednesday, September 27, Dr. Kori Schake joined us via webinar to discuss 2024’s 80th Anniversary of D-Day and our Chautauqua Travels journey to experience the ceremony and explore the Paris and Normandy region. Watch a recording of the webinar below. Resources Referenced During the Webinar Watch Dr. Kori Shake’s 2022 talk during Chautauqua’s weeklong investigation of the topic: “What Should Be America’s Role in the World?” on CHQ Assembly. (A CHQ Assembly subscription...
President Michael E. Hill Opens 148th Chautauqua Assembly with ‘Three Taps’ Address
...our last gathering: Chautauqua County’s Commissioner of Social Services and Public Health Director Christine Schuyler was swept to center stage here in Chautauqua when the world shut down last March. Day after day, she hosted news conference after news conference, representing a calm and knowledgeable presence amid significant uncertainty. She repeatedly credited her staff for their heroics, and she sometimes represented her own humanity through tears that showed all of us that the days were...
Augmented Reality Art Installation to be Unveiled at Chautauqua Institution’s Inaugural Mud Day
Chautauqua Institution today announced the upcoming unveiling of an augmented reality art installation to coincide with its inaugural CHQ Mud Day Saturday, October 7. The installation, created by artists Leslie Calimeri and John Stow, follows a previous interactive installment at the CHQ Trail focused on play and exploration in 2022. Members of the media are invited to attend the public unveiling at 9:45 a.m. on October 7 at the CHQ Trailhead located behind the Chautauqua...
Sports Club
...SUPS, canoes and paddleboats for rent, guided kayak sessions and sunrise paddling. If you prefer to stay onshore, Sports Club is the place to go for fishing rods and live bait, sports equipment, shuffleboard, lawn bowling and outdoor ping pong. Fees vary. Contact Information Sports Club Deb Lyons Director of Sports Club 716.357.6281 (summer only) sportsclub@chq.org Recreation Meg Pickard Director of Recreation Services 716.357.6351 (year-round) mpickard@chq.org Pontoon Boat Rentals (Weekly/Multi-Day/Daily/Half Day) • Three New 23′ Pontoon Boats available...
Day Camps
Day Camps Children’s School For youth ages 2.8–5. Built in 1921, the Chautauqua Children’s School pioneered the concept of nursery school education. Additions made in 1926, 1947 and 1969 were followed by a full renovation and expansion in 1994 to its present size and capacity. Learn More Group One For youth entering first grade in the fall. Begun in 1997, Group One is a program designed for children who will enter first grade in the...
Refund and Cancelation Policies
...We urge everyone to purchase tickets at the Chautauqua Institution Ticket Office or at authorized vendors. We’re here to help Ticket Office Tuesday–Friday (Closed Holidays) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ticket Phones/Contact Center: Tuesday–Friday (Closed Holidays) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ticketoffice@chq.org 716.357.6250 Order online: tickets.chq.org Welcome Center Central Information Desk Tuesday–Friday (Closed Holidays) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. infooffice@chq.org 716.357.6200 Main Gate Welcome Center Tuesday–Friday (Closed Holidays) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ticket Refund...
A Summer Unlike Any Other
By Michael E. Hill President, Chautauqua Institution Summer is a time of rituals for me. As President of the 146-year-old Chautauqua Institution located on 750 acres about an hour and 20 minutes south of Buffalo, my summer is usually a highly scripted affair. Over nine weeks, Chautauqua explores the best in human values through some 3,000 individual events. Ours is a storied institution replete with traditions and a sing song routine for those of us...
Chautauqua Celebrates 150 Years of Seasons and Stories With a Packed Calendar of Events and Special Initiatives
...Hotel historic tours, and weekly tours of the Miller-Edison Cottage and Gardens. The Miller-Edison Cottage was the Chautauqua home of famous inventor Thomas Edison and wife Mina Miller Edison, the daughter of one of Chautauqua’s founders, Lewis Miller. Chautauqua’s Bird, Tree and Garden Club will host free tours each Wednesday of the cottage’s Ellen Biddle Shipman-inspired garden. A member of the Chautauqua Archives staff will lead the Cottage Tours each Tuesday and Thursday of the...