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Historic live entertainment theater circa 1930. State of the art and fully renovated featuring world class entertainment for the whole family.
Events

Paramount Presents: Soweto Gospel Choir – Peace
- The multi-Grammy and Emmy Award-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR returns to North America to perform a joyful program of freedom songs, spirituals, and classics.
- Thursday Oct 9, 2025
Paramount On Screen: Summer of Soul [PG-13]
- A powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history and culture.
- Saturday Oct 11, 2025
Paramount On Screen: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [G]
- The plucky characters from a series of animated shorts, Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his dog, Gromit, make their feature debut here.
- Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Democracy360: Becoming America
- Democracy360 kicks off with a powerful exploration of the ideals at the heart of the American experiment.
- Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Democracy360: Building the American Dream
- Through contrasting perspectives, speakers explore what opportunity means in 21st-century America.
- Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Democracy360: Washington Week with The Atlantic @D360
- PBS News’ weekly news analysis series comes to The Paramount!
- Thursday Oct 16, 2025
Democracy360: Guardrails of Democracy
- What holds a democracy together, and how has the United States responded when its guardrails have been tested?
- Friday Oct 17, 2025
Democracy360: A Conversation with Beth Macy
- Join Beth Macy, the acclaimed author of Dopesick and Factory Man, for a powerful conversation about the forces shaping America’s rural and urban communities.
- Friday Oct 17, 2025

Met Live in HD: La Sonnambula
- Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love.
- Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Paramount On Screen: Hocus Pocus [PG]
- A villainous comedic trio of witches (Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy.
- Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Michael Che Live
- When Che is not in front of the camera, he tours the world headlining live stand-up shows.
- Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Paramount On Screen: The Rocky Horror Picture Show [R]
- A rain-soaked couple take refuge in the castle of a transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation
- Saturday Nov 1, 2025

Exceptional Artists Presents: Home Free: The Jukebox Tour
- All-vocal Country entertainers Home Free have made their mark on the music scene, racking up over 720,000 album equivalents globally.
- Thursday Nov 6, 2025
Met Live in HD: La Bohème
- With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.
- Saturday Nov 8, 2025
Paramount On Screen: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [R]
- A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
- Friday Nov 14, 2025
Paramount On Screen: 10 Things I Hate About You [PG-13]
- A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does.
- Saturday Nov 15, 2025
Met Live in HD: Arabella
- Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna to cinemas worldwide.
- Saturday Nov 22, 2025
Paramount Presents: Vitaly—An Evening of Wonders
- Combining breathtaking visuals with Vitaly’s captivating style, An Evening of Wonders is an interactive theatrical experience.
- Friday Nov 28, 2025
Paramount Presents: 123 Andrés
- Christina and Andrés are 123 Andrés, the GRAMMY and Latin Grammy-winning duo for kids and families known for their interactive, high-energy shows.
- Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Big Ray and the Kool Kats Presents: Christmas with Elvis Starring Matt Lewis & The Long Live The King Orchestra
- Elvis is in the building this Christmas as Matt Lewis takes the stage along with Charlottesville’s own Big Ray and the Kool Kats.
- Thursday Dec 4, 2025
Talmi Entertainment Presents: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet
- Tchaikovsky’s timeless score sets the stage for a Christmas your family will never forget. Get tickets today!
- Monday Dec 8, 2025