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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.
Use the filters below to sort through all our events. Visiting Chautauqua soon? Use our Experience Planner to plan your trip.
August 12 @ 4:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Chamber Music: Chautauqua Chamber Wind Ensemble
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
August 12 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Washington Ballet with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Amphitheater
August 13 @ 10:45 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 13 @ 1:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Open Play and Tour at Children's School
Children’s School
August 13 @ 2:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua School of Dance Student Gala II
Amphitheater
August 13 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Writers' Center Reading with Ralph Black (poetry) and Michael Martone (prose)
Hall of Philosophy
August 14 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 14 @ 4:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Chamber Music: Balourdet Quartet with Adam Sadberry
Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall
August 15 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 15 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Wagner & Tchaikovsky
Amphitheater
August 16 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 16 @ 12:15 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
5Geyers Project: Combating Plastics in our Oceans. Brown bag discussion with founder Marcus Erikson.
August 16 @ 5:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Janus Prize Winner Celebration
Athenaeum Parlor
August 16 @ 7:00 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Ocean Plastics Double Feature: Junk Raft & Smog of the Sea.
Chautauqua Cinema
August 17 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 17 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
CLSC - American Midnight with Adam Hochschild
Hall of Philosophy | CHQ Assembly
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 18 @ 9:15 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
The Rev. William H. Lamar IV
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 18 @ 10:45 am Week Eight (August 12–19)
David Axelrod & Karl Rove
Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly
August 19 @ 2:30 pm Week Eight (August 12–19)
Chautauqua Theater Company New Play Workshop Reading 3
Bratton Theater