CLASSICAL MUSIC
The 2018 Rockport Chamber Music Festival has ended, but the 2018-19 season is now announced, opening with Chanticleer in September, followed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Danish Quartet.
JAZZ, FOLK, WORLD & POP
For the last half of the month we feature Cape Breton folk supergroup Coig and the Americana/Western Swing of Red Molly among others. LEARN MORE
HD BROADCASTS
Manhattan Short Film Festival Finalists are announced!
National Theatre of London: Frankenstein, King Lear and more
Metropolitan Opera in HD: Aida, La Fanciulla del West, La Traviata
Bolshoi Ballet: La Sylphide, Don Quixote
SEPTEMBER
Saturday, September 22, 8 PM
Guest Presentation: Roomful of Blues
Sunday, September 23, 7 PM
Coíg
Thursday, September 27, 7 PM
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Friday, September 28, 8 PM
Red Molly
Sunday, September 30, 12 PM
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Sunday, September 30, 6 PM
Chanticleer
OCTOBER
Monday, October 1, 1 PM
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Tuesday, October 2, 7 PM
National Theatre in HD: King Lear
Thursday, October 4, 7 PM
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Friday, October 5, 8 PM
The Weight Band
Saturday, October 6, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: Aida
Saturday, October 6, 7 PM
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Sunday, October 7, 7 PM
Under the Streetlamp
Friday, October 12, 8 PM
Spyro Gyra
Sunday, October 14, 3 PM
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Friday, October 19, 8 PM
Kathy Mattea
Saturday, October 20, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: Samson et Dalila
Saturday, October 20, 8 PM
Quinn Sullivan
Friday, October 26, 8 PM
Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra
Saturday, October 27, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: La Fanciulla del West
Saturday, October 27, 8 PM
The Lone Bellow
Sunday, October 28, 5 PM
Loudon Wainwright
Tuesday, October 30, 7 PM
National Theatre in HD: Frankenstein
NOVEMBER
Friday, November 2, 8 PM
Hanneke Cassel
Saturday, November 3, 8 PM
Oleta Adams
Tuesday, November 6, 7 PM
Free Event: Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
Friday, November 9, 8 PM
David Cook
Saturday, November 10, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: Marnie
Saturday, November 10, 8 PM
Folk Summit: Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards
and Ana Egge
Thursday, November 15, 7 PM
National Theatre in HD: Allelujah!
Friday, November 16, 8 PM
Guest Presentation: Tinsley Ellis & Tommy Castro
Saturday, November 17, 8 PM
Capitol Steps
Sunday, November 18, 3 PM
Danish String Quartet
Tuesday, November 20, 7 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: La Sylphide
Sunday, November 25, 12:55 PM
National Theatre in HD: The Madness of King George
Tuesday, November 27, 7 PM
Free Event: Windborne
Friday, November 30, 8 PM
Break: Palaver Strings x Maine Youth Rock Orchestra featuring Ben Cosgrove
DECEMBER
Saturday, December 1, 8 PM
Coco Montoya
Sunday, December 2, 3 & 8 PM
Cape Ann Big Band Holiday
Tuesday, December 4, 7 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Don Quixote
Thursday, December 6, 8 PM
Livingston Taylor
Saturday, December 8, 12:55 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: The Nutcracker
Saturday, December 8, 8 PM
Stacey Kent
Sunday, December 9, 3 PM
Winterreisse: Adrianne Pieczonka
Wednesday, December 12, 4 & 8 PM
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn
Friday, December 14, 8 PM
Parsonsfield
Saturday, December 15, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: La Traviata
Sunday, December 16, 3 PM
Back Bay Ringers
Tuesday, December 18, 7 PM
National Theatre in HD: Antony & Cleopatra
Saturday, December 22, 7 PM
Free Event: Holiday Sing-Along
JANUARY
Saturday, January 12, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: Adriana Lecouvreur
Sunday, January 20, 3 PM
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Wednesday, January 23, 7 PM
Beantown Swing Orchestra
FEBRUARY
Saturday, February 2, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: Carmen
Sunday, February 3, 3 PM
Met Opera’s Lindemann Artists
Tuesday, February 5, 7 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: La Bayadere
Thursday, February 7, 7 PM
Free Event: Tesla Quartet
Tuesday, February 12, 7 PM
National Theatre: I’m Not Running
MARCH
Saturday, March 2, 12:55 PM
Met in HD: La Fille du Régiment
Wednesday, March 6, 7 PM
Free Event: Sowah Mensah
Saturday, March 9, 8 PM
Danú
Sunday, March 10, 12:55 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Sleeping Beauty
Sunday, March 10, 8 PM
Cyrille Aimée
Thursday, March 28, 7 PM
Free Event: Tupac Mantilla
Saturday, March 30, 12 PM
Met in HD: Die Walküre
Sunday, March 31, 3 PM
Borodin Quartet
APRIL
Saturday, April 6, 8 PM
JD Souther
Sunday, April 7, 12:55 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: The Golden Age
Saturday, April 20, 8 PM
Kenny Barron
Sunday, April 28, 3 PM
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
MAY
Thursday, May 9, 7 PM
Free Event: The Brass Project
Saturday, May 11, 12 PM
Met in HD: Dialogues des Carmélites
Saturday, May 18, 8 PM
Johnny A
Thursday, May 30, 7 PM
Bolshoi Ballet in HD: Carmen Suite-Petrushka
JUNE
June 14-July 14, 2019 (tentative)
38th Annual
Rockport Chamber Music Festival
AUGUST
August 8-11, 2019 (tentative)
8th Annual
Rockport Jazz Festival
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