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Midcoast Maine’s Premier Event Spot

SHOWS

UPCOMING
SHOWS

The Camden Opera House is home to a wide variety of events, and we are pleased to welcome you!  We have returned to full capacity, offering choose-your-own reserved  seating for most shows.

  • Summer Theater Week Signup
    Summer Theater Week Signup
    Feb 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – Jul 06, 2025, 6:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Our annual theater training program will run July 7-12, with performance on the final day. Registration is now open! Click the Summer Theater Week Info button on our home page for details! Or just click through here to go to the signup site, which links the policy document.
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  • Tom DiMenna: Story Songs of the 70s
    Tom DiMenna: Story Songs of the 70s
    Apr 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Maine-based singer-songwriter Tom DiMenna and friends bring the iconic story songs of the 1970s to life. Featuring the timeless works of Cat Stevens, Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin! Advance tickets $20, $25 day-of-show. Sponsored by String Theory and 40 Paper.
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  • Finding Our Way
    Finding Our Way
    May 01, 2025, 7:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Wayfinder Schools presents live storytelling event featuring grads & more including Cathy Ames, Ben Curtis, Josh Gerritsen, Ryan Jackson, Courtney Hayes & John Jurcheck, Greg Marley, McKayla Olsen, Kyleigh Philbrook, Kenzie Phifer, Margo Walsh, & Joan Welsh. Doors 5:30 p.m. for mocktail reception.
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  • “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    May 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    KEA Dance Center’s annual showcase, “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark,” is a night full of hope & joy. Let us not be divided by darkness, but have courage to seek the light within. Celebrating their 15-year Anniversary, 70 dancers shine their light from the stage to fill your heart with love!
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  • “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    May 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    KEA Dance Center’s annual showcase, “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark,” is a night full of hope & joy. Let us not be divided by darkness, but have courage to seek the light within. Celebrating their 15-year Anniversary, 70 dancers shine their light from the stage to fill your heart with love!
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  • “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark”
    May 11, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    KEA Dance Center’s annual showcase, “Grit & Grace VIII: A Light In The Dark,” is a night full of hope & joy. Let us not be divided by darkness, but have courage to seek the light within. Celebrating their 15-year Anniversary, 70 dancers shine their light from the stage to fill your heart with love!
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  • Jazz in June: Julia Keefe Quartet
    Jazz in June: Julia Keefe Quartet
    Jun 13, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Julia Keefe (Nez Perce), an internationally acclaimed Native American jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor & educator, headlines the three-day fest's opening night! Greg Abate Trio opens the Friday Feature Concert. Tickets $35 in advance/$40 day-of-show. Sponsored by Camden Maine Stay Inn and 40 Paper.
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  • Jazz in June: Evening with Spyro Gyra
    Jazz in June: Evening with Spyro Gyra
    Jun 14, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Grammy Award-winning jazz fusion masters Spyro Gyra bring their 50th anniversary celebration tour to Camden's three-day fest! Tickets for the Saturday Feature Concert are $50 advance/$60 day of show. Sponsored by Camden Maine Stay Inn and 40 Paper. Media sponsor: Maine Public.
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  • The Blue Café: Darlin' Corey
    The Blue Café: Darlin' Corey
    Jun 18, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Free performance in our intimate third-floor listening room by Darlin’ Corey! Award-winning fiddle and singer Erica Brown teams up with singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Shipman; and Portland’s fave bass player, Kris Day, to blend folk, bluegrass and old-time music. Doors open 7 p.m.
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  • Summer Sounds: Outerspace Band
    Summer Sounds: Outerspace Band
    Aug 03, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Our free Four Sundays in August series at the Camden Snow Bowl opens with The Outerspace Band! BYO picnics & lawn seating. Sponsored by Community Arts Fund, donations welcomed. In case of wet weather, concert will be at the Camden Opera House (decision by 5 p.m. day before). Leash pets please.
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  • Bob Marley Comedy
    Bob Marley Comedy
    Aug 09, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Popular Maine comedian returns for what is sure to be another sold-out summer show on our stage! Reserved seat tickets are $39.50, limited to eight per person. BEWARE of resellers (and their much higher prices); choose-your-own reserved-seat tickets via our website ticketing. Doors open 7:30 p.m.
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  • Summer Sounds: Gawler Family Band
    Summer Sounds: Gawler Family Band
    Aug 10, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Our free Four Sundays in August series at the Camden Snow Bowl continues with the Gawler Family Band! BYO picnics & lawn seating. Sponsored by Community Arts Fund, donations welcomed. In case of wet weather, concert will be at Camden Opera House (decision by 5 p.m. day before). Leash pets please.
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  • Summer Sounds: Primo Cubano
    Summer Sounds: Primo Cubano
    Aug 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Our free Four Sundays in August series at the Camden Snow Bowl continues with Primo Cubano! BYO picnics & lawn seating. Sponsored by Community Arts Fund, donations welcomed. In case of wet weather, concert will be at the Camden Opera House (decision by 5 p.m. day before). Leash pets please.
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  • Summer Sounds: The Right Track
    Summer Sounds: The Right Track
    Aug 24, 2025, 4:00 PM
    Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Our free Four Sundays in August series at the Camden Snow Bowl concludes with The Right Track! BYO picnics & lawn seating. Sponsored by Community Arts Fund, donations welcomed. In case of wet weather, concert will be at the Camden Opera House (decision by 5 p.m. day before). Leash pets please.
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  • Presenting Noel Paul Stookey with Michael Burd
    Presenting Noel Paul Stookey with Michael Burd
    Aug 29, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Camden Opera House is proud to welcome back Maine singer, songwriter and activist Noel Paul Stookey for Camden's annual Windjammer Weekend! Choose-your-own-reserved-seat tickets are $36 in advance/$40 day-of-show. Sponsored by Camden Maine Stay Inn and 40 Paper.
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  • CIFF 2025
    CIFF 2025
    Thu, Sep 11
    Sep 11, 2025, 7:00 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Camden International Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition, offering a slate of boundary-pushing documentary films and filmmakers from across the globe. Details to come!
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  • Sweet Baby James
    Sweet Baby James
    Oct 03, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Singer-songwriter Bill Griese brings his acclaimed celebration of James Taylor’s music from Nashville back to the Camden Opera House!. Choose-your-own reserved seat tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day-of-show. Sponsored by Abigail’s Inn. No impersonations or gimmicks, just the great music of JT!
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About Camden
Opera House

Opened in 1894 and on the National Register of Historic Places, The Camden Opera House is a 489-seat auditorium, including two conference and meeting rooms, a lounge and mini-theater -- all served by elevator. Owned, managed, and supported by the Town of Camden, Maine, the opera house serves residents of all ages by hosting a wide range and variety of performances, concerts, theater, national and international conferences, and other events. Annually, Camden Opera House hosts over 28,000 patrons. With more than 125 years of service to the community, we are invested in the cultural vibrancy of our community and see the Opera House as a mainspring in the advancement of a vibrant downtown area.

MISSION: 
Our mission is to produce, sponsor and host events that supplement and expand the cultural, social and economic life of the community.  For us, this also includes over 200 town sponsored meetings, events, and community gatherings per year.

VISION:
Our vision is to be Midcoast Maine’s premier performing arts and conference center and a high-quality, community venue working in partnership with every facet of our vibrant Maine community and region.   We seek to create and expand opportunities for intellectual excitement and enrichment in the arts through excellence in programming.

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Camden Opera House

29 Elm Street P.O. Box 1207

Camden, ME. 04843

 

Phone

(207) 236-7963

EMAIL

For Info & Tickets > Dagney,

dernest@camdenmaine.gov

For Booking > Dave,

dmorrison@camdenmaine.gov

For Tech > Karl,

kkrahn@camdenmaine.gov

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Photos generously provided by Carol Miller, John Steele, Zulilah Merry, Michael O’Neil, Everyman Repertory Theatre, Daniel O’Connell  & the Lasansky Dance Theatre Ensemble, & Kinetic Energy Alive Dance Productions with Marti Stone Photography

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