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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December 3 @ 6:30 pm

How to Market and Sell Your Book

Online Classroom

January 14, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Writing Your Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel

Online Classroom

June 23, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week One (June 21–28)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Sharon Isbin and Pacifica Quartet

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

June 24, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week One (June 21–28)

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

Amphitheater

June 25, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week One (June 21–28)

Sian Leah Beilock

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

June 26, 2025 @ 12:00 pm

Play CHQ: Tie Dye Thursdays

Bestor Plaza

June 26, 2025 @ 3:30 pm Week One (June 21–28)

Jonathan Eig

Hall of Philosophy

June 30, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Two (June 28–July 5)

Pete Docter, Kelsey Mann & Lewis Black

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

June 30, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Two (June 28–July 5)

Music School Festival Orchestra: Opening Night

Amphitheater

July 1, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Two (June 28–July 5)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

Amphitheater

July 2, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Two (June 28–July 5)

Lewis Black’s The Rant Is Due: Chautauqua

Amphitheater

July 4, 2025 @ 8:00 pm Week Two (June 28–July 5)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Independence Day Celebration

Amphitheater

July 7, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week Three (July 5–12)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Imani Winds

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

July 7, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Three (July 5–12)

Music School Festival Orchestra

Amphitheater

July 8, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Three (July 5–12)

Denyce Graves

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

July 10, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Three (July 5–12)

George Saunders

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

July 13, 2025 @ 3:00 pm Week Four (July 12–19)

Chautauqua School of Dance: Student Gala I

Amphitheater

July 14, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Four (July 12–19)

Robert Doar & Cecilia Elena Rouse

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

July 14, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week Four (July 12–19)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: The Gesualdo Six

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

July 17, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Four (July 12–19)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Korngold and Dvorak

Amphitheater

July 21, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week Five (July 19–26)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Poiesis Quartet

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

July 21, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Five (July 19–26)

Chautauqua School of Dance with the Music School Festival Orchestra

Amphitheater

July 26, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 26–August 2)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra with Time For Three

Amphitheater

July 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week Six (July 26–August 2)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Time For Three

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

July 28, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 26–August 2)

Chautauqua Opera Conservatory with the Music School Festival Orchestra: La Vida Breve

Amphitheater

July 29, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Six (July 26–August 2)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: A Beethoven Evening

Amphitheater

July 31, 2025 @ 3:30 pm Week Six (July 26–August 2)

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Hall of Philosophy

August 4, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Seven (August 2–9)

LeVar Burton & Kwame Alexander

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly

August 4, 2025 @ 4:00 pm Week Seven (August 2–9)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Trio Bohémo

Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall

August 7, 2025 @ 3:30 pm Week Seven (August 2–9)

Angie Thomas

Hall of Philosophy

August 10, 2025 @ 3:00 pm Week Eight (August 9–16)

Chautauqua School of Dance: Student Gala II

Amphitheater

August 11, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 9–16)

Music School Festival Orchestra

Amphitheater

August 13, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Eight (August 9–16)

Chautauqua Chamber Music: Canadian Brass

Amphitheater

August 14, 2025 @ 3:30 pm Week Eight (August 9–16)

Naomi Shihab Nye and E. Ethelbert Miller

Hall of Philosophy

August 16, 2025 @ 8:15 pm Week Nine (August 16–24)

Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin’s Concerto in F

Amphitheater

August 18, 2025 @ 10:45 am Week Nine (August 16–24)

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Amphitheater | CHQ Assembly