Date/Time(s): Sat, Feb 1, 2020, 7:15pm Seating: General Admission Tickets: $75 On-Sale Date: Coming this Fall, 2019 CU’s Got Talent! is a fundraiser presented by Champaign West Rotary in East Central Illinois. It features a talent show including a reception and silent auction. The goal is to support local Champaign-Urbana charities which do not have the capacity to host a major event on their own. Monies raised will have a material impact on the lives of the people served…

  NEWS-GAZETTE FILM SERIES Date/Time(s): Sun, Feb 2, 2020, 1pm (doors open at noon) & 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $6 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: Not Rated On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am     For nearly 20 years, The News-Gazette has sponsored incredible classic movies at the Virginia Theatre with its popular film series. Screened one Saturday or Sunday each month (except in October and December, when we highlight a series of…

  REWIND 92.5 MOVIE SERIES: Bad Movie Monday Date/Time(s): Mon, Feb 3, 2020, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $5 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: PG On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am     Catch the most memorable movies of the 80’s, 90’s, and today with the fine folks from Rewind 92.5 FM. We’re celebrating everything from the films of John Hughes and Kevin Bacon to more contemporary fare. Screened once a month,…

Date/Time(s): Tue & Thu, Feb 18 & 20, 2020, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $5 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: PG13 On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am (1 hour, 37 min)   This season, see the pictures you love when the Virginia screens the films that have stolen the hearts and captured the imaginations of moviegoers everywhere. Don’t miss a 50th anniversary screening of Woodstock, or our special presentation of Apollo 13 (April 11, 2020),…

Date/Time(s): Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Seating: Reserved Tickets: $40 Add’l per ticket processing fees apply: $3 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am That’s What She Said, sponsored by Sterling Wealth Management, is back at the Virginia Theatre for its 6th installment of local women sharing personal stories! This special night will make you belly laugh and ugly cry and everything in between. We all have a story to share. That’s What She Said…

Our Youth Theatre program has been working hard for weeks to present Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Performances: February 27-7p February 28-7p February 29-2p February 29-7p

Please Note: The Thursday screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.  Tue, March 3 will be the only screening this week. Date/Time(s): Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $5 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: PG On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am (1 hour, 55 min)   This season, see the pictures you love when the Virginia screens the films that have stolen the…

Presented by: Champaign-Urbana Design Organization Date/Time(s): Sat, Mar 7, 2020, 8:20pm (doors open at 7:20pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $10 in advance/$15 at the door Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am PechaKucha (it draws its name from the Japanese term for ‘chit chat’) is a fast-paced evening filled with cutting edge art and design, quirky humor, and sometimes surprising emotion. PK Nights are informal, fun gatherings where creative people get together and share…

STEVEN BALL, Wurlitzer Pipe Organ Harold Lloyd’s Safety Last (1923) Silent film with live musical accompaniment Date/Time(s): Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 7pm Seating: Reserved Tickets: $10 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $2 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am A special treat! Maestro Steven Ball will perform live on the Virginia’s restored Hope Jones Wurlitzer Pipe Organ to the Harold Lloyd silent classic Safety Last! (Not Rated, 1 hour, 13 min). This 1923 romantic comedy includes one of the most famous images ever…

REWIND 92.5 MOVIE SERIES: Bad Movie Monday Date/Time(s): Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $5 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: R On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am     Catch the most memorable movies of the 80’s, 90’s, and today with the fine folks from Rewind 92.5 FM. We’re celebrating everything from the films of John Hughes and Kevin Bacon to more contemporary fare. Screened once a month, this…

Date/Time(s): Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Seating: Reserved Tickets: $45/$50/$55/$65 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $5 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, Sept 13, 2019, 10am   Dynasty Entertainment LLC presents: THE ULTIMATE ELVIS TRIBUTE ARTISTS: Shawn Klush & Cody Ray Slaughter Featuring: The Nashville Dreams and The Fabulous Ambassadors Now is your chance to experience what it might have been like to see and hear Elvis perform live on stage and at the same time honor the…

NEWS-GAZETTE FILM SERIES Date/Time(s): Sun, Mar 21, 2020, 1pm (doors open at noon) & 7pm (doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $6 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: Not Rated On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am     For nearly 20 years, The News-Gazette has sponsored incredible classic movies at the Virginia Theatre with its popular film series. Screened one Saturday or Sunday each month (except in October and December, when we highlight a series of classic…

Date/Time(s): Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 7:30pm Seating: Reserved Tickets: $39.50/$54.50/$65.50/$79.50 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $4 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am Join actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry at the Virginia for an intimate evening of jazz, R&B, soul and Broadway tunes, and much more! Ms. Goldsberry has received the Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award, and Lucille Lortel Award for her performances both off and on Broadway in the musical phenomenon Hamilton, in which she originated…

Date/Time(s): Sat, Mar 28, 2020, 7:30pm Seating: Reserved Tickets: $22.50/$32.50/$42.50 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $3 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am Since its 1997 launch in NYC, The Moth has presented thousands of stories told live on stage, without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment. Moth shows are renowned for the great range of human experience they showcase—each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the…

Date/Time(s): Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 8pm (doors open at 7pm) Seating: Reserved Tickets: $39/$59/$69/$99 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $5 (online only) On-Sale Date: Now on Sale   PLEASE NOTE: All tickets from the originally scheduled September 24, 2019, Gordon Lightfoot concert will be honored at the rescheduled show on March 30th.   Acclaimed singer-songwriter/performer Gordon Lightfoot resides – along with some very exclusive company – atop the list of all-time greats. His vast song catalog includes such classics as “Early Morning…

The Dance Arts Conservatory performs annually at the Virginia Theatre and additional outreach venues each year. Performances are an exciting and rewarding opportunity for students to present the product of a year’s work and to experience the stage. Performance Dates:  

Champaign Park District's Dance Arts Conservatory has been working hard all year to present the Dance Arts Annual Performance to the music of The Beatles-Hello, Goodbye.

Date/Time(s): Sat, April 11, 2020, 7pm (Doors open at 6pm) Seating: General Admission Tickets: $5 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $1 (online only) Rated: PG On-Sale Date: Fri, July 19, 2019, 10am (2 hours, 2 min) Join the University of Illinois’ Department of Aerospace Engineering as they celebrate their 75th anniversary at the Virginia Theatre! The evening begins with a screening of 1995’s Apollo 13, exactly 50 years to the day after the actual Apollo 13 launch! The film is followed…

Presented by: The College of Media at Illinois Date/Time(s): Wed-Sat, April 15-18, 2020 Seating: General Admission On-Sale Date(s): Festival Passes on-sale: Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 10am: Festival Pass 4-Packs on-sale: Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 10am:   Please note: Individual Tickets go on-sale Wed, April 1, 2020, 10am   The College of Media at Illinois presents the 22nd Annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, Wednesday through Saturday, April 15-18, 2020 – at the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, IL. Festival Passes go on sale Friday,…

Date/Time(s): Wed, April 22, 2020, 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) Seating: Reserved Tickets: $46/$51/$61 Add’l per-ticket processing fees apply: $5 (online only) On-Sale Date: Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 10am     With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. Calypso, his latest collection of essays, is a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypso has been nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Mr.…