Palace Theatre in Albany books shows in classical music, comedy and theater. It has 28 upcoming events, with dates running from Thursday, November 12th through Saturday, May 1st, 2027. The venue is in the Capital Region.
Next up, Trey Anastasio Band at Palace Theatre on Thursday, November 12th. Dark Star Orchestra follows on Friday, November 13th, and Jo Koy performs on Sunday, November 22nd.
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- Classical
Dark Star Orchestra, a seven-piece band, performs Grateful Dead concerts based on the band's actual set lists and catalog.
Concert by Zach Williams on the Revival Nights Tour, with Cochren & Co. and opening singer-songwriter Christian Hohn, featuring songs including Chain Breaker and Rescue Story.
The LOX is a hip-hop trio of Sheek Louch, Styles P, and Jadakiss, who formed in Yonkers, New York, and released the albums Money, Power & Respect and We Are The Streets.
- Comedy
Stand-up comedy show by Jo Koy at the Palace Theatre, drawing on his family life and Filipino heritage.
Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland is a circus show that pairs acrobatics, aerial acts and holiday music. Its heroes are transported to a winter wonderland and grow younger with each act.
- Dance
A Christmas ballet staged to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker score, featuring international dancers, acrobatics, costumes and towering puppets.
- Classical
A holiday concert conducted by David Alan Miller, marking 20 years of The Magic of Christmas with carols and holiday favorites, at the Palace Theatre. The program is to be announced.
A concert by Lord Huron, the Los Angeles-based band led by Ben Schneider. Their latest album is The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1.
Christmas stage show featuring live renditions of songs from Frozen, Wicked, The Greatest Showman and other films, combining music, theatre and dance.
A screening of the 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol. The Muppets retell the tale of a Christmas-hating miser visited by spirits.
A screening of the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. An angel shows a desperate businessman what life would have been like had he never been born.
A screening of the 1990 film Home Alone, in which an eight-year-old left home alone defends his house from two burglars.
A free family screening of Toy Story 5, rated PG, part of a Family Fun Day. Woody, Buzz and Jessie face electronics, a new threat to playtime.
The Rock Voices choir presents an evening of songs from 1960s to 1980s horn bands, including Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
- Classical
Open rehearsal, an exclusive opportunity for donors, where David Alan Miller and Albany Symphony musicians refine the concert program for A Hero's Journey.
- Classical
Albany Symphony concert conducted by David Alan Miller, with Time for Three, playing Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, Puts' Contact and Strauss' Ein Heldenleben.
- Comedy
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld performs live, known for jokes about the little things in everyday life and for the web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
- Theater
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System is a stage production written by Marshall Pailet and Matthew Lee Robinson, based on Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen's book series. Ms.
Joe Bonamassa, a blues-rock guitarist, performs a live show at the Palace Theatre backed by a band, with a set list of new songs alongside career-spanning favorites.
Live show by Professor Brian Cox, the follow-up to his show Horizons, covering cosmology, biology, philosophy and history with large LED screens, sound and lighting, presented on a world tour.
- Musicals
Dog Man: The Musical, based on Dav Pilkey's bestselling series, follows a dog-headed policeman who fights crime and battles the cat Petey.
The Princess Proms Concert is a concert of songs from animated films and pop hits, including Frozen, Wicked and Moana, performed by The Enchanted Voices.
- Classical
A 25-piece orchestra performs newly arranged themes from the video game UNDERTALE live, with gameplay footage shown on a screen above the stage, at the Palace Theatre.
Not What I Ordered is a comedy show by Matt Mathews, a comedian and singer/songwriter, with stories about family, farm life, relationships, fame and everyday struggles.
Live Pink Floyd show LEGACY, directed by Roger Waters and led by his son Harry Waters, performing songs from The Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall.
- Theater
Musical based on Mo Willems' book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, with script by Willems and Mr. Warburton, lyrics by Willems, and music by Deborah Wicks La Puma.
- Classical
Concert of iconic film scores by John Williams, performed live by the Albany Symphony and conducted by David Alan Miller at the Palace Theatre. The program is to be announced.
About Palace Theatre
Designed by John Eberson in an Austrian Baroque style with atmospheric elements, it opened as an RKO movie palace and was Albany's largest movie theater. The City of Albany bought it in 1969, and the nonprofit Palace Performing Arts Center, Inc. (founded 1984) operates it.
- Opened
- October 23, 1931
- Seating
- 2,844 originally; current seating is lower
- What's on
- Concerts, musicals, comedy, dance and private events, more than 150 events a year
- Resident groups
- Albany Symphony Orchestra (regular performances)
- Good to know
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, A $3 million restoration in 2002-2003 added an LED marquee replicating the 1931 look, The orchestra pit can be raised and lowered by elevator
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