Pocahontas County Opera House - The Cultural Heart of the Community

2/25/2012: Opry Night: Lepp, Born Old, O’Dell

Five-time West Virginia Liars Contest champion Bil Lepp will be the emcee for an evening of traditional music by West Virginia’s own Born Old and Jim O’Dell. Born Old is Paul Gartner (banjo, guitar & vocals) and Doug Van Gundy (fiddle, guitar, banjo-mandolin & vocals). The duo was recently featured on Mountain Stage and plays ...

3/16/2012: Attack Theatre

Under the artistic direction of Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza, Attack Theatre has been making personal, accessible and collaborative dance-based performances with "ninja-like intensity" (Pittsburgh Tribune Review) for fifteen years. They combine modern dance, original live music, multimedia and interdisciplinary art forms to present work in traditional and nontraditional spaces both nationally ...

3/24/2012: Jim & Valerie Gabehart

When Jim and Valerie met and discovered their mutual interest in bluegrass music, a lifetime partnership was formed. Jim and Valerie married in 1981, while both were sophomores at Marshall University, and they started playing as a gospel bluegrass group in 1982. Together with her solid rhythm guitar playing, Valerie’s voice quickly became the ...

4/14/2012: Juanita Fireball & The Continental Drifters

Juanita Fireball and the Continental Drifters debuted at the Pocahontas Opera House in 2008, although they have been making music together in one form or another for 25 years. They play the Appalachian string band tunes that they learned years ago from old-timers in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, and sing songs about animals, outlaws, fruit and ...

4/28/2012: Caravan of Thieves

This Caravan of Thieves is a ragtag crew of self-described “Gypsy swinging serenading firebreathing circus freaks!” For the past four years, Caravan of Thieves has roamed the North American continent recruiting a family of avid thrill seekers at their high-energy shows. Driving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for ...

5/4/2012: Doug Elliott

Doug Elliott has performed and presented programs at festivals, museums, botanical gardens, nature centers and schools from Canada to the Caribbean. He has been a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He has lectured and performed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Royal Ontario Museum ...

6/9/2012: The Honey Dewdrops

Husband-and-wife folk duo Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish began their careers as songwriters after their appearance and first-place win on a 2008 talent show broadcast of NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” The Dewdrops have since released two critically acclaimed albums, “If the Sun Will Shine” (2009) and “These Old Roots” (2010). Performing on stage, The ...

New Year’s Bash

December 29, 2011

The Pocahontas County New Year’s Bash at The Pocahontas County Opera House in Marlinton is only $2.00! The fun begins at 7:30 p.m. Music is by local punk rock cover band Pocahontas County Yacht Club (Mark Egan, Phil Whiteis, and Spencer Calvert)

And don’t forget; there’s an acoustic set at the Dirtbean the night before: https://www.facebook.com/events/336274739718484/

(Please note: Opera House 2011-2012 season tickets do not apply; This is not an Opera House Foundation sponsored event.)

Season Ticket Holiday Special

November 23, 2011

Don’t miss a single for the rest of the season! Season tickets for our 2011-2012 Performance Series are still available. Buy one season ticket for $45, good for seven shows through June 2012, or get a pair of tickets for $80. You save more than 20% off our at-the-door ticket prices. They’re a great gift idea for any occasion.

Shows for the next half of our season include: [read more...]