Events

Whether you attend a single weekend performance with a friend or immerse yourself in nine weeks of classes, lectures and events with your partner – Chautauqua never disappoints. Here, there’s always more to experience and learn for visitors of all ages and walks of life.

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June 29 @ 8:15 pm Week One (June 24–July 1)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: “Opening Night”

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July 6 @ 8:15 pm Week Two (July 1–8)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Price and Firebird

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July 8 @ 8:15 pm Week Three (July 8–15)

Natalie Merchant with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

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July 11 @ 8:15 pm Week Three (July 8–15)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Scheherazade

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July 13 @ 8:15 pm Week Three (July 8–15)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Steven Banks, saxophone

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July 15 @ 8:15 pm Week Four (July 15–22)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Opera & Pops

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July 18 @ 8:15 pm Week Four (July 15–22)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner 4

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July 19 @ 8:15 pm Week Four (July 15–22)

Chanticleer

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July 20 @ 8:15 pm Week Four (July 15–22)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Mozart & Haydn

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July 25 @ 8:15 pm Week Five (July 22–29)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Dawson and More

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July 27 @ 8:15 pm Week Five (July 22–29)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Alexander Gavrylyuk. piano

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July 31 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 29–August 5)

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

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August 3 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 29–August 5)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: American Song

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August 5 @ 8:15 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Liszt’s Dante Symphony

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August 6 @ 2:30 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf

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August 7 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 29–August 5)

Music School Festival Orchestra - Final Concert

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August 8 @ 8:15 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Augustin Hadelich, violin

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August 10 @ 8:15 pm Week Seven (August 5–12)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Fireworks

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August 12 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)

The Washington Ballet with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

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August 15 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Wagner & Tchaikovsky

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August 17 @ 8:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)

The Music of Billy Joel starring Michael Cavanaugh with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra

Reg Lenna Center for the Arts (Jamestown)

August 19 @ 8:15 pm Week Nine (August 19–27)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Ginastera, Márquez & the Waltz

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August 22 @ 8:15 pm Week Nine (August 19–27)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet

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