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Upcoming Events

Lotus Land: The American RUSH Tribute
​Saturday, March 25 - 8:00PM
ROH MUSIC SERIES

With an unparalleled performance, The American RUSH Tribute Lotus Land brings the force of live Rush to life on stage. Enjoyed by die-hard Rush fans, musicians, and casual music listeners alike, the Lotus Land experience has been heralded as the ultimate celebration of RUSH’s musical craftsmanship and spirited performances. 
With the true set up and sound of the Canadian power trio, Lotus Land delivers the thrill that people expect when they see RUSH in concert. Their performances have wowed sold-out houses in premiere concert venues and their fan base continues to grow nationally and internationally.

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Comic Hypnotist Frank Santos, Jr.
Saturday, April 8 - 8:00PM
ROH MAINSTAGE SERIES

Frank Santos, Jr. has been mesmerizing audiences for over 20 years with his spectacular display of mind bending antics that can turn any skeptic into a fan. Under his hypnotic spell, audience members are more than willing to follow every command, from awkward to outrageous in the unpredictable, hilarious, laugh until your sides hurt R-rated comedy show. Santos is returning to our stage by popular demand for an eighth season.

PLEASE NOTE THIS PERFORMANCE IS RATED R, AND NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER PATRONS.

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Sole City Dance presents Treasure Island
Friday, April 14 - 7:00PM
Saturday, April 15 - 1:00PM & 6:00PM
ROH RENTAL PARTNER

​What could pirates and ballet possibly have in common? Answer: a great story. See for yourself how Sole City Dance's adaption of "Treasure Island", replete with intrigue and romance, mermaids and treasure, as well as a cast of memorable characters, brings beauty and artistry to Stevenson's beloved adventure tale. With Sole City's characteristic attention to detail and theme, the story becomes more than a race for treasure. The ballet features characters learning to "treasure" the most important things in life.

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2023 Annual Lottery Cocktail Party
​Friday, April 21 - 5:30PM
ROH ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
Sponsored by Intec Automation Inc., IRM Properties, Jetpack Comics, Lake Street Advisors, & LDI Solutions

Come celebrate with us at Rochester Opera House on April 21! We're roundin' up one of the best shindigs around this spring with our country-western theme! Saddle up and get ready to ride with us in our largest fundraiser of the season. All proceeds go to keeping our lights on and the watering trough full. 300 lottery tickets will be sold. The luckiest wrangler of them all will walk away with up to $10,000*!

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​Motor Booty Affair
Saturday, April 29 - 8:00PM
ROH MUSIC SERIES

​Motor Booty Affair has been lighting up stages across America with their
70’s extravaganza for several years, continually improving on the show that
has been dubbed “The Ultimate Disco Party Band”.
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The music is infectious - the most danceable songs of all time. The band is
tighter than tight, delivering dance floor classics with confidence, groove,
style and attitude. The show is spectacular - from the afros, bell-bottoms,
platform shoes, polyester and dance moves, to the highest quality sound
and light show this side of 1975.

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Dystopia Tonight w. John Poveromo
Thursday, May 4 - 8:00PM
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SPECIAL EVENT

It’s a simple equation. If you take a well traveled stand-up comedian who loves to interact with his audience, put him in solitary confinement and shake well, he *must* find a way to reach that audience. Even if it means digging a tunnel, Shawshank style, out of his house through the internet to connect virtually with interesting people. Which is exactly what John Poveromo has done. Dystopia Tonight is John’s way of bringing social back to media.

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Curious George & The Golden Meatball
May 9 - May 21
ROH THEATER SERIES
Sponsored by Bernier Insurance and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

Everyone's favorite mischievous monkey and his friend in the yellow hat sing and dance up a storm in this adventure-filled musical. This performance series will feature both school matinees and public performances.

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COME TO A SCHOOL MATINEE

The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue
Friday, May 12 - 8:00PM
ROH MUSIC SERIES
Sponsored by WMEX

The Corvettes Doo Wop Revue is dedicated to preserving and performing the greatest music ever made - the music of the 1950's Doo Wop era. From New Hampshire to New Orleans and Virginia to Vegas, The Corvettes perform the great music of the Doo Wop era with a fresh new energy. Their incredibly entertaining show and comical stage antics have left many a happy audience screaming for more! In the tradition of legendary Doo Wop revivalists Sha Na Na, every Corvettes show is more than a concert - it's an all out a Doo Wop Celebration!

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Comedian Lenny Clarke & Friends
​Saturday, May 13 - 8:00PM
​ROH MAINSTAGE SERIES
Sponsored by THE ROCHESTER VOICE

LENNY CLARKE RETURNS TO ROCHESTER! Veteran Boston stand-up comedian and actor, Lenny Clarke was the most famous “saloon comic” in Boston during the 1980s, the heyday of the Boston comedy scene. He has traveled the world as a standup. His gifted comedic abilities captured the attention of the legendary Rodney Dangerfield who gave Lenny his first big break on television, casting him on the 1988 HBO special “Nothin’ Goes Right.” 

His films include “Me, Myself, and Irene,” “Rounders,” “There’s Something about Mary,” “Two if by Sea,” “Southie,” and “Massholes”. With his material and his perspective in an old-school Don Rickles vein, his attitude is very much that of a quick-witted young comic. Clarke is unpredictable in a very good way—you don’t know where he’s going to go next!

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Memories of Patsy: The Patsy Cline Tribute Show
​Friday, May 19 - 8:00PM
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The legendary Patsy Cline comes to life once again in the national touring show Memories of Patsy. This incredible tribute concert takes its audience on a trip back in time to the days when the amazing singer graced the stages of America.
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The songs are woven into the very fabric of American music and the voice is spectacular. Some of the great tunes you can expect to hear at a Memories of Patsy performance are: Crazy, Walkin’ After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces, She’s Got You, San Antonio Rose, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Sweet Dreams and many more.

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Last of the Duke Street Kings: A Bruce Springsteen Tribute
Friday, May 26 - 8:00PM
ROH MUSIC SERIES

“This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.” – Bruce Springsteen
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The Last of the Duke Street Kings is one of the premier Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tributes in North America. This is no simple cover band—we stage authentic reproductions of live concert performances and studio releases by the original group. And we are not limited to only the classic hits—from the first album to the latest projects, we offer a unique selection of Boss songs unreleased except in anthology and left off the set lists of other Springsteen tributes. An eight-piece group with occasional extras, every E Street member is represented in the Dukes. 

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Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute
Saturday, June 3 - 8:00PM
ROH MUSIC SERIES

Tusk covers all the great hits of Fleetwood Mac, which has featured the talents of Mick Fleetwood, Christine and John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and others over the years. The five seasoned, well-respected musicians comprising Tusk have been making music together in various combinations and styles, in original outfits and in cover bands, for over twenty-five years. It seemed only fitting that they should come together to form the Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute, and pay homage to a group that dominated the charts during the band members’ formative years. Authentic-sounding and always respectful, Tusk leaves no stone unturned in replicating the sounds of one of the world’s best-loved, top-selling bands.

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Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats
Sunday, June 18 - 7:00PM
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Lee Rocker made his mark singing, playing, standing on, spinning and rocking his giant upright bass as a founding member (along with Brian Setzer and Slim Jim Phantom), of the Grammy nominated music group The Stray Cats, who sold over 10 million albums and garnered 23 gold and platinum certified records worldwide. He has since been named “Greatest Of All Time” in Bass Player Magazine’s 2022 listing of the top 100 bassists ever. Come hear Lee and his band perform Stray Cats hits like “Sexy and Seventeen”, “Stray Cat Strut” and “Rock This Town”, plus lots of other rockin’ songs Lee performed post-Stray Cats with music legends from Ringo Starr and George Harrison to John Fogerty and The Rolling Stones.

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About Us

Rochester Opera House

31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867
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The historic Rochester Opera House, a not-for-profit organization, presents an annual performance season of shows for children, teens, adults, and seniors.  Built within City Hall in 1908, this beautifully restored theater is the only remaining theater in the world with a unique mechanism that raises the orchestra floor at an incline for amphitheater seating and levels the floor for dancing.

Our mission is to educate, engage, empower, challenge, and inspire a community of all ages by presenting extraordinary and culturally diverse theatre, performance art, music, dance, and film on the city’s foremost performing arts stage.  As we preserve our vibrant historic theater for future generations, we embrace the integration of a broad arts culture in our community.  Through the cultivation of new performers, diversity of shows, and innovative arts education programs developed with an “ARTS FOR ALL” philosophy, we bring the incredible power of the arts to the widest possible audience.

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RPAC

32 North Main Street
Rochester, NH 03867
​(603) 948-1099

The Rochester Performance & Arts Center (RPAC) is located in the heart of downtown Rochester, New Hampshire. Opened in 2017, and just around the block from the historic Rochester Opera House, RPAC is an intimate venue offering affordable entertainment, educational programming, and event spaces for private parties and community gatherings. 

RPAC combines a versatile recital hall with 150 seats, rehearsal and practice studios, costume and scenic workshops, and a premier art gallery for emerging and seasoned artists alike. RPAC offers a wide variety of affordable lessons and classes based in art, dance, music, theatre, and more. ​​​

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The scope of programming presented and produced by the Rochester Opera House represents a wide spectrum of multi-generational arts experiences. Corporate and business support is crucial to preserve the legacy of this performing arts venue. 

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The scope of programming presented and produced by the Rochester Opera House represents a wide spectrum of multi-generational arts experiences. Corporate and business support is crucial to preserve the legacy of this performing arts venue. 

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As a community-supported nonprofit, membership from annual donors remains crucial for the Rochester Opera House and RPAC to continue to grow, and to present exceptional entertainment and educational programming.

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