Theatres & Performances

Dance, drama, film and music - all have a home here. Our stages host professional performances and summer residencies, community theater, and children's troupes. Performing art spaces run the gamut from the historic opera house atmosphere at the oldest theater in New York, to a bold architectural performance space designed by Frank Gehry.

Bannerman Castle

Discover the ruins of this Scottish-style castle on the Hudson River, which was built in the early 1900s by Frank Bannerman to store military surplus items. Take a magnificent boat ride from the Beaco...

Bardavon 1869 Opera House

Named after the original Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, the Bardavon has staged legends like David Byrne, Norah Jones and Bob Dylan. It is the oldest continuously operating theater in New York Sta...

Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck

Multi-purpose performance, cultural and education center featuring plays, musicals, dance, concerts, lectures, staged readings, workshops, and the Saturday morning family series. Winner Dutchess Touri...

County Players Falls Theatre

Serving the regional community for more than 65 years, this well-established local theatre troupe presents 11 live productions each season spanning a diverse repertoire of classic and contemporary the...

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

Appreciate the performing, cultural and visual arts at two beautiful historic landmark Victorian-age Italianate buildings located at 9 & 12 Vassar Street in downtown Poughkeepsie. Built in the late 18...

Fisher Center at Bard

Designed by Frank O. Gehry, architecturally bold, dynamic environment for innovative performing arts. Two theaters offer provocative programs in music, opera, theater and dance, and the annual Bard Su...

Howland Chamber Music Circle

Sponsors concerts and a winter piano festival at Howland Cultural Center. A Victorian gem designed in 1872 by Richard Morris Hunt, the hall is noted for its fine acoustics and seats 100, allowing cham...

Howland Cultural Center

Howland Cultural Center's Gallery in the Great Room is a well-established resource for visual and live arts providing year-round artistic programming and supporting local artists and community organiz...

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

A creative space where world-class dancers and artists from around the world come to create and inspire the next generation of artistic talent. In addition to artist residencies, public performances a...

Martel Recital Hall at the Skinner Hall of Music

Frequent classical music concerts, with invited internationally known guest artists. Features Paul Fritts pipe organ. ...

MJN - Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center

The Majed J. Nesheiwat Convention Center (formerly the Mid-Hudson Civic Center) cultural, recreational and educational opportunities to the Hudson Valley. The venue has hosted many favorites, includin...

Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra

The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to Northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. The orchestra ranges from 40-50 performer...