Dates: September 1, 2022 – October 20, 2022 Location: Special Exhibits Gallery, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Created in 2018 and celebrating the 50th anniversary of a landmark event, 1968: A Folsom Redemption is a collection of photographs and memories of two journalists lucky enough...
Event: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on the Road Artmobile at the Museum! About: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is bringing traveling art exhibitions and educational offerings to audiences across the state with VMFA on the Road: An Artmobile for the 21st century! This...
Join us at AR Workshop for our Friday Night creative and crafty workshop where registrants will make a Wood Game Board! This evening session is $45.00 and runs from 6:00pm-8:00pm. This workshop is designed for girls and boys, ages 7-14. Participants will be able to...
We are having events for kid drop off all day! See when your favorites are playing and then schedule your kiddos for drop off. Register them for something fun they will enjoy while you go and have a kid free event. Check out all of...
The second annual Bristol in Bloom Art Festival occurs at Cumberland Square Park in Downtown Bristol, VA, on Saturday, October 8! The festival features: 60+ Contemporary Appalachian Artists Food Trucks @bristol.berrybowls & @thepakalachian Art Performances Live Art Demonstrations Kids Activities Art Talks Beer Garden AND...
Experience the legendary ballet! A part of the World Ballet Series, Swan Lake will be performed live by a multinational cast of 50 professional ballet dancers gathered to bring the most famous love story to life. See the iconic Dance of the Little Swans, count...
This heartfelt play will have audiences of all ages laughing and holding each other a little closer this holiday season. Good King Wenceslas introduces us to “a struggling family theater that finds that their one money-making play of the year, Dickens’ Christmas Carol is being...
Theater Bristol presents Elf The Musical, live on stage at the Theatre Bristol ARTspace weekends December 2nd through 18th. Tickets at www.theaterbristol.org.
This timeless classic returns to the stage live on December 9th and 10th. Experience the wonder of Clara’s adventure as she helps the Nutcracker break the spell of the evil Rat Queen, and goes on a journey through the land of Snow and onward to...
Theatre Bristol brings an original, well, the original love story, Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve, to the ARTspace stage in time for Valentine’s, February 9-14. Tickets are now on sale for this touching ARTScene comedy at theatrebristol.org/tickets, with weekend and weekday evening and matinee performances. “Mark Twain’s...
Casey Crawford is an absurdist comedian from South Dakota. He tells sharp, killer one-liners about his life and travels. He’s been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Just For Laughs, and Kevin Hart’s LOL network. He’s participated in numerous festivals including Limestone, Bridgetown, O positive, Rouge...
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” – Anne Frank. Sponsored by ENT & Allergy Consultants, Theatre Bristol brings Anne Frank’s voice to life on stage weekends March 3-19. Tickets on sale now at theatrebristol.org/tickets. “During the Nazi occupation...
THEATRE BRISTOL AND RIVER'S WAY PRESENT "REALHEROES" MARCH 25 & 26 Organizations partner for original comedy that brings out the best in all of us; live on stage for three shows only Theatre Bristol and River's Way join together to present "RealHeroes" on March 25...
Join us for the beloved classic fairytale, the Sleeping Beauty, live on stage on May 13. The ballet tells the timeless fable of Princess Aurora, who is cursed by the evil fairy Carabosse. If she pricks her finger on a spindle, she will fall into...
Give Us Liberty – Laurel & Hardy That Is! A Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ Experience With 30th Year House Organist Rex Ward FREE, but tickets are required Experience 1929 with nearly 2,000 organ pipes, real orchestral percussion and rhythm instruments, and original sound effects...
The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet is a "whimsical reinvention of Shakespeare's tragic love story, complete with rhymed couplets, creative wordplay, and fantastical machines -- similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with if he ever had his way with the script" and a...
Calling All Young Actors: Theatre Bristol 2023 Summer Camp Registration Now Open Theatre Bristol 2023 summer camp returns July 17-21, 2023 Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia, February 2023 -Theatre Bristol proudly announces its 2023 children’s summer camp The StART of Adventure, running July 17-21, 2023 at 512 State...
Old Gods of Appalachia is an eldritch horror fiction podcast set in an Alternate Appalachia, a world where these mountains were never meant to be inhabited. This world feels eerily similar to the hills and hollers we’ve grown up with, but there are some tell-tale...
The Mockingbird Sings: A Play About The 1927 Bristol Sessions Talented cast announced for this uniquely Bristol story about the musical influences on the big bang of country music at the Theatre Bristol ARTspace Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia, August 2023 – Theatre Bristol debuts The Mockingbird Sings on...
Celebrating the groundbreaking and award-winning, epically beyond ok musicals 80th year, Theatre Bristol presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at The Paramount Center for the Arts weekends September 22 through October 1, 2023. Musical favorites Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’, People Will Say We’re In Love,...
Join us on Friday, September 29, 6:30 p.m. for a screening of the documentary Reel ‘Em, Boys, Reel ‘Em followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker Becky Hill. Free and open to the public but please register HERE Reel ‘Em, Boys, Reel ‘Em features West Virginia traditional square dancing and...
Welcome to the magical world of Cinderella, coming to Bristol this Fall! An enchanting story for all ages with a wonderful dose of humor, majesty of classical ballet and the promise of “happily ever after”. A part of the World Ballet Series, Cinderella is performed live by...
This FREE to the public event is all about celebrating Appalachian Artists from SWVA and NETN! 60 Art Vendors Food Trucks: Union 41 Pop Up, Kickin' Chicken Shack, Tasty Treats by: Tab, and The Fat Straw Live Art Demos by Kara Bledsoe and Lauren...
This timeless classic returns to the stage live on December 8th and 9th. Experience the wonder of Clara’s adventure as she helps the Nutcracker break the spell of the evil Rat Queen, and goes on a journey through the land of Snow and onward to...
Experience the legendary! Swan Lake, the ballet of all ballets, will be performed one night only as a part of the World Ballet Series. See the iconic Dance of the Little Swans, count the 32 fouettés performed by Odile, and immerse yourself in magical Tchaikovsky’s...
Theatre Bristol and River's Way join together to present "Aesop's Foibles" on March 16 at 10:30 am and 5:30 pm and March 17 at 2:30 pm at the ARTspace, 506 State Street. "Aesop's Foibles" is an original production by Dottie Havlik that features the gifts...
A full-scale, glittery-scaled stage version of the award-winning children’s book, “The Rainbow Fish,” will transform the ARTspace into a sea world, with Rainbow Fish, Little Fish, Starfish, Ms. Minnow, Octopus, Pufferfish, Hermit Crab, Sardine, Clownfish, and many other creatures and show how kindness really shimmers, shines, and sparkles....