Live Theater, Arts, and Music in Leavenworth, Washington
The Best Western Icicle Inn and Icicle Village Resort is proud to be affiliated with the following Arts organizations. We invite you to attend one of the many performances through the year in Leavenworth!
Leavenworth Summer Theater
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Sound of Music
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Critically acclaimed Leavenworth Summer Theater offers several entertaining & exciting musicals “live, outdoors & under the stars”. Performances in July and August are at the Ski Hill Amphitheater, Hatchery Park, and at the Leavenworth Festhalle.
Call (509) 548-2000 or visit our box office at Icicle Junction, 585 Highway 2 on the west end of Leavenworth. Hours are 11:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 – 5:30 p.m., Monday – Friday. Saturday hours begin July 6th. Visa and MasterCard accepted. If you need wheelchair seating, please let the box office know at the time you order tickets. All sales are final. Infants and children under 5 are not admitted. See seating charts at www.leavenworthsummertheater.org
Leavenworth Summer Theater Presents
The 2009 Summer Season
The Sound of Music
July 3, 4, 10, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 30
August 1, 4, 7, 11, 14, 19, 21, 26, 29, 30
All 8:00 p.m. Ski Hill Amphitheater, Wenatchee National Forest
Singin' in the Rain
July 15, 17, 22, 24, 31
August 6, 8, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27
All 8:00 p.m. Hatchery Park, Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Pirates of Penzance
July 29 - 8:00 PM
August 5, 13, 20, 25, 28 - 8:00 PM
August 1, 8, 15, 22 - 2:00 PM matinees
Leavenworth Festhalle, Downtown Bavarian Village
For tickets call 509.548.2000 beginning June 6, 2008.
Summer reserved seating: $14, $22, $28. Infants and children under 5 are not admitted.
A Christmas Carol
The classic Dickens Christmas story returns!
Now downtown at the Leavenworth FestHalle
December 2009: 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 at 8:00 p.m.
December2009: 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Winter Box office Information
A Christmas Carol tickets are $20.00 and $16.00, reserved seating.
Purchase at the summer theater box office June 6 – August 31
or by phone order only (no walk-up sales)
beginning again on November 4, 2008. 509-548-2000.
Box office is located at The Icicle Village Resort in the Junction Plaza near the corner of Icicle Road and Highway 2, Leavenworth, WA
Icicle Creek Music Center
509-548-6347 or 509-668-8637
www.icicle.org. Email: icicle@icicle.org.
Founded by Marcia Kaufmann & Scott Hosfeld, the center brings a wide variety of classical, jazz & contemporary music to Leavenworth at nearby Sleeping Lady. The Icicle Creek Summer Chamber Music Festival & Mozart Festival are a few examples. A home for excellence in music performance & education, visit their website at www.icicle.org.
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival
877-265-6026 or 509-548-6347
www.icicle.org. Email: icicle@icicle.org.
Artists from across North America join Kairos Quartet, presenting concerts of intimate format classical music, jazz & bluegrass. Saturday nights & Sunday afternoons in July.
Other Arts Organizations in Leavenworth:
Art Adventure
Art Adventure is a children’s art program that runs throughout the summer & is taught by local Leavenworth artists. It offers low cost art classes for children ($5-$20) for a 2-4 hour class, with supplies being funded through community & private donations. Classes start in June & run through August. Please call Melissa (509-548-8308) or Candi (509-548-1000) for more information.
Artist Guild of Leavenworth
Formed in 1999, the growing AGL membership is comprised of local artists representing the visual arts including painting, drawing, sculpture, metalwork, glass art, weaving, jewelry, ceramics, photography, scrimshaw & printmaking. The group organizes several shows & sales each year in various locations.
Cascade Select Choir
Award winning High School Select Choir which has performed annually Christmas Lighting for many years and for the Seattle Mariners.
Contact: Anne Conrad at 509-548-5277
Leavenworth community Coffee House
Coming back soon - Every Friday night brings a new artist to the Chumstick Grange Hall, 621 Front Street, Leavenworth, for acoustic folk music, jazz, old-time favorites & original music. Admission is by donation & is a nonalcoholic, nonsmoking venue. Website: www.leavenworthcoffeehouse.org
International Choral Festival
Leavenworth Choral Festival - The Choral Festival concert features five premier northwest choruses performing individually and as a massed choir of over 200 voices under the direction of Dr. Paul Schultz.
Cost: Adults $14 Seniors/Students $12 General Admission. Advance tickets for sale at the Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce.
Time: 7PM
Location: 1001 Front Street, Leavenworth Festhalle
Information: www.leavenworthchoralfestival.org or 509-548-5807
The Grunewald Guild
Located on River Road in Plain, the Guild offers classes throughout the summer months, with an emphasis on combining art & faith in a community atmosphere. Students & teachers from all over the world travel to share their faith, spiritual energy & talent with local Grunewald Guild residents, Liz & Richard Caemmerer. www.artfaith.com
Icicle Arts
Icicle Arts was formed in 2004 as an umbrella arts organization in Leavenworth. The first task was to publish a quarterly calendar of events, listing visual, performing, and literary activities in the Upper Wenatchee Valley. The Icicle Arts Events Calendar is available on the website: www.iciclearts.org
KOHO Radio 101.1 FM LEAVENWORTH
7475 Koho Place - Leavenworth
509-548-1011
www.kohoradio.com
E-mail: gmathews@kohoradio.com
Located at 101.7 on your FM dial, KOHO listeners enjoy a unique blend of adult music for the 21st century. From 6:00 to 10:00 a.m. join Rob Newsome in the Roundhouse for local news & weather, guest interviews & live bluegrass music. From 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. listen to soft jazz & new age music with classical music played every evening 7:00 p.m. to midnight.
Leavenworth Arts Alliance
The Arts Alliance was formed to improve the level of awareness of local artists in Leavenworth. Its goal is to assist in promoting the artist’s work, assist in marketing & selling strategies, connect with community gallery owners, government & community leaders & organize a yearly festival focusing on the arts.
Leavenworth Summer Theater
Summer Box Office at Icicle Junction
Corner of Highway 2 & Icicle Road.
509-548-2000 after June 1
Each summer LST offers several entertaining & exciting musicals “live, outdoors & under the stars” in several venues in Leavenworth. In December, the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, is presented featuring songs of the season woven into the fabric of the show. www.leavenworthsummertheater.org
Marlin Handbell Ringers
A group of Leavenworth residents bring handbell music to the Bavarian Village with the Marlin Handbell Ringers. The group has two recordings & performs several times each year for local audiences.
Musikkapelle Leavenworth
This traditional German band entertains at all community events & Leavenworth festivals.
Upper Valley Arts
PO Box 754 - Leavenworth 98826
509-548-1127
Organized for the encouragement, development & furtherance of cultural activities in the Upper Wenatchee Valley. The group fulfills this mission by encouraging new versatile programs, promoting the arts as a means of helping draw the community together & attempting to cater to the cultural tastes of as many as possible. Supported programs include Leavenworth Summer Theater, Leavenworth Arts website, Empty Bowls, student scholarships & Icicle Creek Music Center. For a list of current events, visit them at www.leavenwortharts.com.
Village Art in the Park
PO Box 261 – Leavenworth 98826
509-548-5809
www.villageartinthepark.com
Exhibits by renowned professional & amateur artisans are on display in the city park Thursday through Sunday beginning with Maifest & continuing summer & fall.
Village Voices
509-548-9168
http://www.leavenworthvillagevoices.org
All singers are invited to join this community chorus in rehearsals on Monday nights throughout the year. Call for more information.
December 5,6,12 & 13, 2003 the Village Voices will present their annual Christmas in the Mountains concert. This show features the Village Voices and several guest performers in a delightful musical variety concert. For further information visit the Village Voices Home Page or send e-mail to VillageVoices@aol.com.
Watershed Art
Watershed Art is an event planned for May & August of 2001. An impressive group of world-renowned wildlife artists will come to Leavenworth to draw, paint & sculpt their impressions of the Wenatchee River Watershed. The organizing committee hopes their artwork will help create an awareness of the Watershed as a unique & special place worth protecting & also to help build on Leavenworth’s reputation as a center for the arts. A conclusive exhibit & book are planned for 2002, which will include the work produced during the event & essays by various authors recording the cultural & natural history of the area. Proceeds from the event will go to local non-profit organizations that directly benefit the Wenatchee River Watershed. Visit www.watershedart.org for more information & to view a list of the invitational artists.
