Ohio State Fiddling Contest
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The Ohio State Old time Fiddlers Competition is held every year in August during the Parade of the Hills in Nelsonville, OH. The longstanding competition was originally held each summer...
Son Volt
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On Son Volt’s new record, Union, present and past mingle into strong confluence. The thirteen new songs written by founder Jay Farrar confront our turbulent politics and articulate the clarity...
Appalachian Music Week
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July 30 through August 3 Stuart’s Opera House will be offering an entirely free, inter-generational Appalachian music week, featuring workshops for various Appalachian instruments, a free lunch with vegan and...
Art Walk: Stuart’s Opera House Gallery Shows
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We envision Stuart’s Opera House as the cultural anchor and a center of expression on Nelsonville’s bustling and dynamic Public Square. It is a historic venue sought out by people...
A Poetry & Prose Reading
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Stuart’s will host a Prose and Poetry Reading featuring Poet in Residence, Wendy McVicker, and participants in our Creative Writing Class, with a reception to follow.
Performing Arts Camp Showcase
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“Spolier alert: it’s very moving; there’s a lot of weeping, from the adults,” said Emily Prince, the arts education director at Stuart’s Opera House, in an interview with WOUB in...
Opening: The Picture Page: Portraits of Southeast Ohio 1966-1971
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The Athens Messenger’s weekly picture page, which prints each Saturday, is part of a tradition stemming back many decades ago. Many photographs from the newspaper’s archives are being presented at...
Todd Snider
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Singer, songwriter, and storyteller, Todd Snider’s current biography starts off with “I started making up songs in 1986. I made an album in 1994. I also started a tour in...
Letterpress Exhibition: Sarah Brown and Just A Jar
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Join us in our new space, 30 Public at Stuart's Opera House for a Letterpress Exhibition! Featuring a book release by Sarah Brown of Questionable Press (the artist was awarded...
ABC Players present “Trifles”
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Trifles. A play in one act by Susan Glaspell. Sponsored by: Tansky Motors Director: Karen M. Chan June 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Assistant Director:...
The Devil Makes Three
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The power of words isn’t lost on longstanding Americana triumvirate The Devil Makes Three— Pete Bernhard, Lucia Turino, and Cooper McBean. For as much as they remain rooted in troubadour...
ABC Players present “Auntie Mame”
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Auntie Mame. By Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Dennis. Sponsored by: Rocky Outdoor Gear Store Director: Celeste Parsons May 3-5, 2018 at...
Nelsonville-York High School Drama Club presents “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”
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Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio hosts the Nelsonville-York High School Drama Club presentation of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, the musical with performances on Friday, April 20 at...
Indigo Girls (special add-on) – SOLD OUT
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Never ones to rest on their laurels, Indigo Girls embarked on a bold new chapter in 2012, collaborating with a pair of orchestrators to prepare larger-than-life arrangements of their songs...
Indigo Girls – 2nd Show (special add-on)
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Never ones to rest on their laurels, Indigo Girls embarked on a bold new chapter in 2012, collaborating with a pair of orchestrators to prepare larger-than-life arrangements of their songs...
Bob Boilen of NPR: Valerie June, Julie Byrne, and River Whyless
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The Ohio University Scripps College of Communication, in partnership with the Ohio University Performing Arts & Concert Series, the School of Media Arts & Studies, the E.W. Scripps School of...
Anna & Elizabeth
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Anna & Elizabeth honor Appalachian artistry and shed new light upon tradition. Elizabeth LaPrelle, an acclaimed ballad singer from Rural Retreat, VA, and Baltimore based multi-instrumentalist Anna Roberts-Gevalt, have made...
Prose and Poetry Reading
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Stuart’s will host a Prose and Poetry Reading featuring Poet in Residence Wendy McVicker and participants in our Creative Writing Class from 6 p.m.-7:30 pm with a reception to follow.
Xylouris White
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Xylouris White is firmly rooted in the past and future. Playing Cretan music of original and traditional composition, the band consists of Georgios Xylouris on Cretan laouto and vocals and...
Record Sale at Stuart’s Opera House
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Stuart’s Opera House in Nelsonville, Ohio is hosting a Record Sale in our Grand Lobby. Admission is FREE and vendors from all around Ohio will be set up selling vinyl...
The Low Anthem in the Stuart’s Grand Lobby
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The Low Anthem's most recent album is titled 'The Salt Doll Went To Measure The Depth Of The Sea'. Released on February 23rd 2018, this is a beautiful, elegiac and...
