The Paramount Theater
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About Us
The mission of the historic nonprofit Paramount Theater is to educate, enchant, enrich, and enlighten through the power of the arts by providing high-quality programming and accessibility for the artistic, educational, and charitable benefit of our entire community while driving economic vitality for Charlottesville, Albemarle, and the Central Virginia region.
Events
Met Live in HD: Eugene Onegin
- Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.
- Saturday May 9, 2026
Paramount On Screen: National Theatre Live in HD—The Audience
- Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award®-winning hit production.
- Thursday May 14, 2026
Met Live in HD: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
- A magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
- Saturday May 30, 2026
Cville Band Presents: Summer at The Paramount
- The Charlottesville Band opens our 104th Summer Season at The Paramount Theater on Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30PM with a big concert featuring music for everyone!
- Tuesday Jun 2, 2026
Paramount On Screen: National Theatre Live in HD—All My Sons
- Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play.
- Thursday Jun 4, 2026
C’ville Jazz Society and WTJU Present: Charlottesville JazzFest—Young Lions of Jazz
- The festival’s “Young Lions of Jazz” concert, featuring elementary school to collegiate musicians, highlights the qualities that jazz music imparts to students.
- Saturday Jun 6, 2026
C’ville Jazz Society and WTJU Present: Charlottesville JazzFest—Veronica Swift
- JazzFest 2026 is pleased to welcome international sensation Veronica Swift as the headliner of its main event on June 6 at The Paramount Theater.
- Saturday Jun 6, 2026
Paramount Presents: Elmo’s Got the Moves
- Make unforgettable memories with your little ones at Elmo’s Got the Moves—the all-new Sesame Street Live show coming to your neighborhood!
- Thursday Jun 11, 2026
Charlottesville Opera Presents: Cinderella
- Rodgers and Hammerstein’s beloved Cinderella will have the whole family believing in fairy godmothers all over again.
- Friday Jun 26, 2026
