The Tarlton Theatre is Green Bay's historic hometown, circa-1925 Art Deco drafthouse cinema, club, and performing arts venue.
The Tarlton Theatre is Green Bay's historic hometown, circa-1925 Art Deco drafthouse cinema, club, and performing arts venue.
The Tarlton Theatre is celebrating 100 years since its construction in 1924. Our 501(c)3 nonprofit organization is committed to preserving and restoring our westside showplace. In celebration of the approaching 100-year anniversary, we're asking for your support of our historic preservation and restoration mission.
Congratulations to The Tarlton Theatre owner Tarl Knight on being named Green Bay's 2025 Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Greater Green Bay Chamber and Current Young Professionals!
The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present the Green Bay Jazz Orchestra, featuring our area's premier jazz performers on our historic stage!
Thursday, June 5
5:00 PM Doors • 6:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
Privileges of the Floor is a marathon reading of Senator Cory Booker's historic 25-hour filibuster. Readers will include local artists, politicians, and citizens. The event will last for as long as it takes to read the entire text of Senator Booker’s speech, and will pause to feature guest speakers Friday evening. If you have an interest in reading, please contact privilegesofthefloor@gmail.com.
Friday, June 6
1:00 PM Doors • 2:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
Chrome Future presents NO REQUESTS, a free, outdoor showcase of sound system culture at The Truck Yard, featuring Messin, Unknown Prophet, Krug the Wizard, and Mama B.
Saturday, June 7
5:00 PM Doors & Showtime
Free Admission • Donations Appreciated
The historic Tarlton Theatre presents Yoga In The Yard featuring a relaxing, nourishing, and spiritually uplifting practice of Candra Namaskara (Moon Salutations) by Ginny Lee's Yoga in The Truck Yard.
The 90-minute session will inlcude a short lesson about the basics of yoga, a comfortable practice of breathwork, stretches and mantra preparing the mind, body, and spirit for Candra Namaskara under the full moon. Please bring your own yoga mat.
Tuesday, June 10
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$10 Admission • $15 Admission + 1 Craft Beer
Dinner and a show – it's the classic combo. The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) on the city's biggest original movie screen paired with a themed dinner special as part of our Retro Replay series!
Wednesday, June 11
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At The Door
The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present a double feature of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) on the city's biggest original movie screen!
Saturday, June 14
5:00 PM Doors • 6:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At The Door
The historic Tarlton Theatre presents "Wednesdays On Walnut", our free, all-local, outdoor concert series featuring rotating area food trucks and craft beer on Wednesdays in The Truck Yard, our new food truck destination park located next to The Tarlton Theatre!
Luma Knotty
Wednesday, June 18
5:00 PM Doors • 6:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
The historic Tarlton Theatre in partnership with Ahnapee Brewery and von Stiehl Winery presents "In The Yard", our free, outdoor concert series featuring area food trucks and craft beer on Thursdays in The Truck Yard, our new food truck destination park located next to The Tarlton Theatre!
Trapper Schoepp
Thursday, June 19
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
The historic Tarlton Theatre welcomes The French Irish Coalition (Green Bay, WI) with special guests The Maness Brothers (St. Louis, MO), The Bourbon Man (Minsk, Belarus), and wood•violet (Green Bay, WI) to our historic stage for their EP release show!
Friday, June 20
6:30 PM Doors • 7:30 PM Showtime
$15 Admission
The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present the original Superman (1978) on the city's biggest original movie screen!
Tuesday, July 8
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At The Door
Vintage Theatre presents the revival of The Vagina Monologues on our historic stage! For over 30 years, The Vagina Monologues has been shattering barriers and box office records around the globe. Taken from over 100 interviews with women from all walks of life, this play tackles issues such as sex, societal expectations, sexism, and much more! This play is both a celebration and reflection on what it is to be a woman.
Friday, July 11 + Saturday, July 12
6:30 PM Doors • 7:30 PM Showtime
$15 Admission
Rooted In, Inc. presents The Nourished Mind: An Art, Craft, Film, Food & Music Festival at the historic Tarlton Theatre.
The Nourished Mind is a vibrant, multi-sensory festival celebrating the deep connection between food, creativity, and mental well-being. Through immersive art, film, music, crafts, and cuisine, the festival will foster community, self-expression, and holistic wellness. The festival was created in honor of our friend Nate Lindstrom. All proceeds will support Rooted In, Inc.
Saturday, July 26
4:00 PM Doors • 5:00 PM Showtime
$5 Suggested Donation
Welcome to a truly immersive, interactive art show! Watch multiple speed rounds of real-time painting by local painters. Audience members vote for finalists to move on to a championship round for a $100 prize. Finally, stay for an auction of all the competition's paintings!
Contact our team to participate as a painter!
Friday, August 15
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
Saturday morning cartoons are back on our historic screen with brunch and beverage specials for the whole family! Request your favourite cartoons with a Bloody Mary or bottomless coffee, and try our Breakfast Burger, Cap’n Crunch Chicken & Waffles, or build-your-own cereal bar!
Saturday, June 21
12:00 PM Doors & Showtime
Free Admission
Our longest running program, Divaluscious is The Tarlton's premier drag show, hosted by Jonny B and featuring the midwest's leading drag performers on our historic stage. Bring your singles and prepare to be served by the divas!
Saturday, August 16
7:00 PM Doors & Dinner • 8:00 PM Showtime
$15 Admission • $30 Dinner + Admission
Dinner and a show – it's the classic combo. The Tarlton is proud to show the classics on our historic screen paired with a themed dinner and beverage special!
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At the Door
$20 Themed Dinner Add-On
The Tarlton is the proud official home of the Green Bay Film Festival.
Visit gbfilmfestival.org for full list of showings.
The Tarlton is the proud downtown home of the Green Bay Jazz Orchestra, featuring our area's premier jazz performers and special guests on our historic stage!
Thursday, June 5
5:00 PM Doors • 6:00 PM Showtime
Free Admission
The Tarlton Theatre is proud to host the second annual Bay Area Music Awards! The BAMMY Awards will recognize and celebrate our Green Bay Area music industry and will showcase bands, musicians, performers, and other music industry professionals.
The Tarlton is the proud official home of the Weidner Downtown series, our fine arts and culture partnership with The Weidner and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Visit weidnercenter.com for full list of shows.
The Tarlton is proud to partner with Dark Arts Circus to bring professional, local performers and the historic burlesque art form to downtown Green Bay. Featuring a variety of circus, cabaret, and sideshow performances, all are welcome to travel through time to a truly vaudevillian showcase!
Saturday, August 9
8:00 PM Doors • 9:00 PM Showtime
$15 Admission