Entertainment Venues

View our Calendar of Events for the latest performance and event information announcements and updates.

Celebrate the performing arts across the Chautauqua-Lake Erie Region, from traditional theater productions, live comedy shows, ballet, opera, and symphony. Historic area venues such as the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater are host to numerous events throughout the year. 

From lakeside concerts to the Great Blue Heron Music Festival grounds, you’ll find all genres of live music from rock to reggae, bluegrass and more year-round in idyllic settings throughout Chautauqua County.

OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES

Celtic Festival
Jamestown Regional Celtic Festival and Gathering of the Clans held each August in Lakeside Park in Mayville on Chautauqua Lake. All Celtic Festival with Bagpipe Bands, Celtic Bands, Heavy Athletes, Children's Area and more.
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Chautauqua Institution
Why do people come to Chautauqua Institution? Many of the guests who return to Chautauqua year after year describe it as an experience rather than a vacation -- a place for renewal. Chautauqua Institution was founded on the…
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Chautauqua Opera Company
Founded in 1929, The Chautauqua Opera Company at Chautauqua Institution is North America’s oldest continuously operating summer opera company and 4th oldest opera company after the Metropolitan Opera, Cincinnati Opera…
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Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra enriches the lives of their audience within and beyond Chautauqua Institution’s gates through the power of symphonic music. The orchestra makes its home in the Chautauqua…
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Festivals Fredonia
Join the nearly 20,000 visitors who visit downtown Fredonia annually. Festivals Fredonia have been listed by Gusto as #1 in its list of Top Ten Places To Go for The Weekend. The coverage and reputation of Fredonia as a…
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The Heron Farm & Events Center
The Heron host concerts, festivals, retreats, and other fun, educational opportunities. Camping and lodging allows families to relax, enjoy nature, and create memories. The Heron’s farm produces, sells, and serves nutritious food, raised using regenerative agriculture.
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JCC Scharmann Theatre
The Scharmann Theatre is a 361-seat venue for the performing arts in the Sheldon Center on the Jamestown Campus of Jamestown Community College. The Scharmann Theatre is managed by JCC’s arts programming administrator,…
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Lake Shore Center For the Arts
LSCFTA is an exciting fine arts center that brings live theater, vocal and instrumental music, digital arts, writers' groups, free classic movies, festivals, community events, digital arts classes free to members, drop-in…
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Lucille Ball Comedy Festival
The National Comedy Center announces that record-breaking comedian Nate Bargatze will headline the 2024 Lucille Ball Comedy Festival on Saturday, August 3rd at the Northwest Arena in Jamestown, NY. Bargatze joins previously…
Mulligan's Golf & Fun Center
Muliigan's Golf & Fun Center is your one-stop shop for all-ages indoor entertainment in Chautauqua County. Try digital golf, digital sports, digital shooting, virtual reality, and arcade gaming with cutting-edge technology you have to see for yourself.
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Northwest Arena
The Northwest Arena is A Cool Place to Be! Located across from the National Comedy Center, named “one of the best museums in the country” by Condé Nast Traveler, the Northwest Arena in Jamestown, NY, is the…
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Reg Lenna Center for the Arts
The "Showplace of the Chautauqua Region" presents movies, concerts, dance, theater and more throughout the year. Reg Lenna Center for The Arts is at the heart of the arts and cultural district in Jamestown NY. The Reg…
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Rockefeller Arts Center
With two theatres, a 1,200-seat concert hall, two galleries and numerous shops, classrooms, studios and offices, Fredonia's Rockefeller Arts Center is one of the most impressive fine arts centers in the SUNY system. Enjoy…
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Spire Theater
Built in 1868, one of Jamestown's oldest churches has been revitalized and repurposed to become a center for the arts. The Spire Theater hosts the Chautauqua's Got Talent competition, concerts, comedy, and more.
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Sunset Bay Beach Club
Sunset Bay Beach Club opens for the year in May and the beach remains open through Labor Day.  5 acres of clean, sandy, life-guarded beach located on the shores of Lake Erie. The Sunset Bay beach area has volleyball…
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