Bardavon Presents

A home for the performing arts, live entertainment, and the Hudson Valley community since 1869. The Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc.

Please contact the box office directly via email [email protected] or call either box office during business hours Tuesday – Friday 11am-5pm at 845-473-2072 or 845-339-2072. (the Bardavon) is a New York State nonprofit arts presenter that owns and operates a 944-seat historic theater of the same name in Poughkeepsie, and the region’s premier orchestra: the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (the HVP)

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 09/06/2024

Excited to share that we will be on site at Rewind Kingston's 2nd Annual HEART OF MIDTOWN giving away tickets to CAT POWER at UPAC tomorrow night, Sept 7th, at 8pm!!!

✨Giveaway Rules✨
- Show up for the Heart of Midtown ❤️
- Enter in the raffle from 12pm to 4pm; winner will be chosen and contacted by a UPAC box office staff member to relay ticket information at 4pm.
- Winner will have to pick up their tickets from the UPAC box office before the show begins at 8pm - thankfully, the festival is directly across the street from UPAC 😜

Raffles tickets will be available to purchase at the festival. All raffle proceeds will be donated to local mental health organizations ❤️ In addition, we will be giving away tickets to The State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine’s Sleeping Beauty (11/8) and Sammy Rae & The Friends (11/11) at the festival!

Thank you to Rewind Kingston for inviting us to be a part of this special day. We appreciate all you do for the community!

About the Heart Of Midtown:
The Heart of Midtown is an entirely free, inspiring day filled with information from dozens of mental health organizations, live music, art and personal development workshops, trauma-informed yoga and meditation, pickle ball lessons, a dunk tank and a variety of wellness events all afternoon. Rewind Kingston's goal is to raise awareness to the mental health crisis impacting our youth and to build a strong supportive community.

09/05/2024

We are TWO WEEKS AWAY from opening night of our FREE FILM SERIES, "Premier Performances," with a screening of A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) 🎥

Join us at UPAC in , NY on September 19th at 7:30pm, preceded with a Happy Hour at 6:30pm. No reservations required! Give us a call at the box office 10a - 4p (Tuesday - Friday) at (845) 339 - 6088 with any questions. 🎞✨

09/03/2024

Community! You're invited to the CAT POWER AFTERPARTY this Saturday, September 7th! Help us ring in our new season with Cat Power Sings Dylan at UPAC then at Unicorn Bar 'til they close at midnight!

See you Saturday😎🎙🦄

Tickets to Cat Power: bardavon.org
Unicorn Bar: unicornkingston.com

09/03/2024

Center for Creative Education - Arts with a purpose announces LET'S MOVE! FOR FREEDOM! at Ulster Performing Arts Center in , NY on Friday, September 20th from 6pm to 9pm.

TICKETS ARE FREE! This energetic event will celebrate community and civic engagement with DJ beats, top dancers and dance companies, inspiring speakers, and powerful poetry. Throughout the evening, you’ll have the chance to visit community information tables, register to vote, and connect with voting rights experts. They’ll provide the latest information on voter registration, the voting process, and ensuring your vote counts in New York State.

This free bipartisan event is all about getting informed, getting inspired, and getting out the VOTE! We hope to see you there 💚

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day! We wanted to take a moment to thank our tremendous staff for their continuous hard work. In addition, thank you to our Members and supporters for their dedication. We cannot wait to kick off the first show back with Cat Power Sings Dylan: the 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert THIS SATURDAY, Sept. 7th, at UPAC in , NY.

See you soon, friends! Keep an eye out for everything we've been cookin' up over the summer 😉

Cat Power - Mr. Tambourine Man (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) (Official Audio) 08/31/2024

We are ONE WEEK AWAY from CAT POWER SINGS DYLAN! Saturday, September 7th at 8pm at UPAC in , NY! What song are you excited to hear live from The 1966 Royal Albert Hall album?! Comment below...😉🤩

Tickets still available at bardavon.org ✨

Cat Power - Mr. Tambourine Man (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) (Official Audio) Cat Power - "Mr. Tambourine Man (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)" from the album 'Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert' out now on Domino...

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/29/2024

! STOMP was here at UPAC in , NY back in 2022 😎 If you missed them then, be sure NOT to miss them now! Returning to UPAC for their 30th ANNIVERSARY on Sunday, November 17th at 8pm. Tickets available at bardavon.org 🎶

📸 Roberto Hull, Carry-On Photography | Stomp

08/27/2024

The 33rd Annual JPMorgan Chase Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival is THIS WEEKEND - Aug 30 through Sept 1 - at Tymor Park in !!! Here's the map for the festivities, including where to park. Some members of our Bardavon Team will be floating around (pun intended 😉) this Friday evening - come and say hi!

More info: dcrcoc.org/balloonfesthv.org 🎈🎉

Thank you Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce for having us!

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/25/2024

Let’s Sing Taylor - A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift will be taking the stage at the Bardavon on Sunday, Oct 27 at 4pm - we local cannot WAIT!

"So, make the , take the moment and taste it!" We will be taking the moment and trading them, too! You're NOT on your own, kid 😉

Tickets available at bardavon.org and in person at our Box Offices Tues-Fri 10am-4pm ✨

08/24/2024

Nate Jackson: Super Funny World Tour - coming to Bardavon in , NY on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7pm! Roast Zone Tickets still available - he's fantastic with crowd work! Get your tickets NOW at bardavon.org 🥳🤣 Nate Jackson

08/23/2024

The 33rd Annual JPMorgan Chase Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival is only ONE WEEK AWAY! We are to be a sponsor for this super fun community tradition. A perfect family-oriented outing for - right here in ! We'll see you there 😉✨

Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce

08/22/2024

Woodstock Film Festival is celebrating 25 years with a giveaway!!! The winner will receive 2 VIP WEEKEND FESTIVAL PASSES worth $1,100!!! ✨

Not only does the winner receive two VIP passes, but they also win:
✨2 night stay at Smythe House, worth $500
✨$150 gift card from restaurant
✨ Signed poster + 2 WFF T-shirts worth $250
✨Limited Edition WFF bars
✨1 year subscription to Magazine

Head to Woodstock Film Festival's Instagram to enter in the giveaway and view official rules for entry; link to post HERE: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-5V7w1ROKh/?img_index=1

08/21/2024

LESS THAN 50 TICKETS LEFT for Suzanne Vega: Old Songs, New Songs, and Other Songs on Friday, October 4th at 8pm at the Old Dutch Church in , NY!!!

Still available to add-on: The Suzanne Vega VIP Soundcheck! This includes:
- Pre-show visit to Suzanne's soundcheck
- Pre-show Q&A with Suzanne
- One autographed tour poster
- One commemorative Suzanne Vega VIP laminate

Get your tickets & add-on NOW before they're gone! bardavon.org ✨🎩

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/20/2024

Keeping The Beatles spirit alive with Bardavon Presents!

A Hard Day's Night (1964) kicks off our 24-25 FREE Film Series: Premier Performances on Thursday, September 19th at 7:30pm at UPAC in , NY...
..and Britishmania Beatles Tribute Band brings "the wonderful sound and stage persona of The Beatles" to life on Saturday, September 21st at 7:30pm at Bardavon in , NY!

Experience a jump back to the '60s not once but TWICE that September week with these Beatles-themed evenings!

No reservation required for the film; more info & tickets for Britishmania can be found on bardavon.org 🎸🥁🎙

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/19/2024

Announcing PREMIER PERFORMANCES - A FREE film series at the Bardavon and UPAC!

This year’s film choices focus on legendary stars of stage and screen in some of their most memorable roles. In addition to the screenings being free of charge, all nine films in the series are preceded by Happy Hour, featuring half price beer and wine, as well as free snacks and soda. For all films, Happy Hour starts at 6:30, followed by the films at 7:30.

Additionally, all Bardavon screenings feature a 30 minute pre show concert by Juan Cardona Jr. on the Bardavon’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ, courtesy of the New York Theatre Organ Society.

Join us and experience a piece of cinematic history!

Premier Performances series is made possible with support from: Marshall & Sterling, Radio Kingston, Herzog's, Woodstock Film Festival, NYTOS, and Poughkeepsie Public Library District ( PPLD ). Film curation by Kingston Film Foundation.

08/18/2024

We are THRILLED to be a sponsor of The 33rd Annual JPMorgan Chase Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival!!! Reserve a balloon ride on August 30th, August 31st, or September 1st... maybe you'll be the lucky flyers in OUR Bardavon Balloon 😉🎈

More info HERE: https://www.dcrcoc.org/balloonfesthv.org

Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce

📸: Lee Burns

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/17/2024

LESS THAN 30 TICKETS LEFT for Jack DeJohnette - Solo Piano at The Woodstock Playhouse!!! A rare and enticing experience to see the Master of Many Musical Instruments play Solo Piano for the evening...

Tickets available at woodstockplayhouse.org ✨

📸 Slide 1: Michael Torres | DeJohnette's performance at the Woodstock Playhouse in 2022.

08/16/2024

What's a song you hope to hear Britishmania Beatles Tribute Band play at their concert at the Bardavon in , NY on Saturday, September 21st at 7:30pm?!

Comment below and check them out!
https://www.facebook.com/britishmaniatribute
https://www.british-mania.com/about-britishmania.html

Tickets available NOW at bardavon.org ✨

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/16/2024

Tickets on sale NOW for Eddie Izzard's The Remix Tour Live: The First 35 Years ✨
Coming to UPAC in , NY on Saturday, October 5th at 8pm 🥳

Head to bardavon.org or the UPAC Box Office, open Tues-Fri 10am-4pm, with cash/check to save on fees!

08/15/2024

Excited for Sammy Rae Music to hit UPAC's stage on 11/11? Keep the excitement going... because Pattie Gonia is opening for them!!! We can't wait to see this Drag Queen-Musician-Environmentalist STAR!✨
Tickets available NOW at bardavon.org

08/14/2024

TICKET GIVEAWAY FOR Eddie Izzard The Remix Tour Live: The First 35 Years at UPAC on 10/5 with WKZE 98.1 FM - Celebrating Musical Diversity ✨

**TICKET GIVEAWAY ALERT**
Brilliant, hilarious & often bizarre... Eddie Izzard at UPAC in Kingston on Saturday, October 5th, 8PM. We have a pair of tickets for some lucky listener. Send an email to your Midday Man Adam at [email protected] for a chance to win.

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/14/2024

Bardavon Presents - A Night at the Ballpark ✨🧢⚾️
Our staff was treated to a Hudson Valley Renegades game and it was a blast! A big thank you to our wonderful HR manager Holly for organizing a beautiful evening and to Heritage Financial Park for a fantastic experience. 💙

08/14/2024

Celebrate 55 years of WOODSTOCK with our pals at Radio Woodstock 100.1 WDST at the Hi-Way Drive In Movie Theatre tomorrow, August 15th!

Join Radio Woodstock and the Hi-Way Drive In Movie Theatre TOMORROW, Thursday, August 15th for Woodstock Movie Night!

For just $10 per carload, screen the iconic Woodstock ’69 documentary in honor of the legendary festival’s anniversary.

Screening starts at 7pm at the Hi-Way Drive-In Theater on Rt. 9W in Coxsackie - we hope to see you there! 🍿🎥

Eddie Izzard Tickets Oct 05, 2024 08:00 PM Kingston, NY | Ticketmaster 08/12/2024

NEW ANNOUNCEMENT!

Eddie Izzard The Remix Tour Live: The First 35 Years will be coming to UPAC in , NY on Saturday, October 5th at 8:00pm.

Bardavon Member Pre-sale: Tuesday, August 13th at 10:00am

Public On Sale: Friday, August 16th at 10:00am

Eddie Izzard Tickets Oct 05, 2024 08:00 PM Kingston, NY | Ticketmaster Buy Eddie Izzard tickets at the Ulster Performing Arts Center in Kingston, NY for Oct 05, 2024 08:00 PM at Ticketmaster.

Photos from Bardavon Presents's post 08/11/2024

~ Sammy Rae Music assigned their tour stop at UPAC in , NY on 11/11 to be PEARLS themed! 🫧

Tickets available at bardavon.org & in person at our Box Office ✨
Get yours early! $36 in advance, $40 day-of 🥳

"And listen, you can come as you are to any Friends show, ever. That’s the point. But if you love a prompt like I do, we’d love to see you take your theme as far as you’d like to!"

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08/10/2024

🚨 Local Free Event Alert! ✨
Ribbit Theatre Company is presenting their debut production, "A World of Wonder," at 's Tymor Park NEXT SATURDAY, August 17th at 2:00pm and 6:00pm. Come out and support sustainable, accessible, community-based theatre for young audiences right here in the Hudson Valley. It's free and all ages are welcome!

More info & to RSVP: linktr.ee/ribbittheatrecompany

08/09/2024

‘WHY WHY WHY’ - the new single from Shawn Mendes is LIVE wherever you stream your music ❣️ The video is on YouTube - notice a familiar place? 👀 Shawn and his team filmed part of the music video at UPAC and they were a dream to work with ✨ Thank you for supporting a local theatre and inviting us to be a part of your journey. ❤️ We will cherish this memory forever.

His second single from his new album SHAWN, ‘Isn’t That Enough,’ is available on all major streaming platforms as well ✨

Wishing Shawn nothing but the best in his 26th lap around the sun 🌞

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Directed by Anthony Wilson
Additional Cinematography by Connor Brashier and Jordan Pollack
1st AC - Jordan Pollack
Syed I am Operator - Ben Spaner

Executive Producer - Adam Bodenstein
Produced by Adam Bodenstein, Anthony Wilson, and Connor Brashier
Production Company - Bodeyco
Production Coordinator - Prashan Rajaratnam
Production Assistant - Nathan Bodenstein

Colorist - John O’Riordan at Pundersons Gardens
Assistant Editor - Arianna Garcia
VFX Editor - Parker Schmidt

08/09/2024

TODAY'S THE DAY! Tickets for LET'S SING TAYLOR are on sale to ALL SWIFTIES at 10am!

Let’s Sing Taylor - A Live Band Experience Celebrating Taylor Swift is coming to Bardavon in , NY on Sunday, October 27th at 4pm 🫶

Get your tickets at bardavon.org or visit the UPAC Box Office in , NY with cash/check to save on fees! (Open 10am-4pm Tuesday-Friday) ✨

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Who We Are / What We Do

Incorporated in 1976, the Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Inc. (the Bardavon) is a New York State nonprofit corporation that owns and operates a 944-seat historic theater in Poughkeepsie and the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (the HVP). The company also regularly presents in other venues such as the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and Kingston’s Ulster Performing Arts Center.

Our namesake theater is the oldest continuously operating theater in the state, one of the oldest in the country, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bardavon acquired the HVP in 1999.

The Bardavon offers affordable, world-class arts education programs, music, dance, theater, Live in HD broadcasts, and classic films for the diverse audiences of the Hudson Valley. We present renowned and emerging performers in productions that inspire, entertain, and educate people of all ages, ethnicities and incomes. We also stage free outdoor arts events in local communities. These and all of our activities boost community pride, urban revitalization and cultural tourism, strengthening the quality of life for all.

Our diverse events attract audiences from the state’s nine-county Hudson Valley Region that lies between Albany and New York City. And many of our patrons travel regularly from NYC, Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and beyond.

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TODAY'S THE DAY! The 33rd Annual JPMorgan Chase Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival is running THIS WEEKEND (August 3...
"Good people of the US!" Eddie Izzard: The Remix Tour LIVE - The First 35 Years is coming to UPAC in #Kingston, NY on Sa...
Nate Jackson: Super Funny World Tour - coming to Bardavon in #Poughkeepsie, NY on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7pm! Roast Zone Ti...
‘WHY WHY WHY’ the new single from Shawn Mendes
Curious what Ben Folds' Paper Airplane Request Tour will entail? Get your tickets for Saturday, November 9th at 8pm at U...
TOMORROW!!! Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers coming to UPAC in #Kingston, NY on Saturday, June 29th at 8pm! Each ticket p...
Bruce Hornsby: Essential Tremors - Listen now on NPR or wherever you stream your podcasts; and don't miss Bruce Hornsby ...
Scenes from last week's Arts-In-Education Highlight at The Bardavon: HIP HOP THEATER featuring Poughkeepsie City School ...
NEXT UP for our GAME CHANGERS FREE FILM SERIES:PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006, dir. Guillermo del Toro)6/13 at UPAC at 7:30pm | H...
THANK YOU MORSE ELEMENTARY for clowning around with us in CIRCUS SPIRIT last night! SO much fun!!! Keep the momentum & p...
Jessica Kirson: The Never Ending Tour is coming to the Bardavon in #Poughkeepsie, NY on Sat 10/26 at 7pm! Be prepared - ...

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Poughkeepsie, NY
12601

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Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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