Summertime at the Opera House!

We are so excited to begin a new season for shows, activities and memberships! Our Membership drive is now active! We’d love to have you renew your membership for 2025-26. It’s very easy to make your membership gift online — and you can even make it as a recurring gift. It’s another exciting season, and we’re looking forward to sharing it with you. The official announcement of 2025-26 shows will happen during the week of JULY 14-18! We apologize for the delay, but there’s a little glitch in our ticketing system!

While you wait for that, start planning for some fun activities at the Pella Opera House in July and August. Up next is our annual summer youth program. We are excited to be collaborating with Pella Public Library on Tuesday, July 22. Miss Katie will bring her storytime to the Pella Opera House at 10 am. Join her in the Great Hall for campfire stories! At 10:30 am, we’ll be upstairs in the historic theatre with Chad Elliott and his distinctive Treetop Stories and Songs! And this event is part of our Youth Entertainment Series sponsored by Vermeer and Precision so it is FREE! We encourage anyone to bring their pre-school and early elementary age children to this event.

We’re also hosting a fun farm-to-table dinner on Friday. Aug. 1. Catered by Canary Culinary Creations, you’ll enjoy an amazing meal from the chefs of Prairie Canary, the Periodic Table and the Canary Underground Speakeasy in Grinnell. Entertainment will be provided by the talented Andi Sunderman. As part of our new series of dinners at the Opera House, we are excited to provide a space for a special night for couples, friends, and small groups to enjoy and celebrate in our community! Tickets are now available and may be purchased at the second button below.

Looking for the date of our annual Boozy Ice Cream and Karaoke? It’s on the calendar for Thursday, Aug. 21 from 6:30-10 pm. We hope you’ll join us for our Jersey Freeze special ice cream (and there’s a non-boozy version available as well) and Sweetandy’s Karaoke! No cover charge and no reservations required.

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