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!
Green Bay legend Za presents his long-awaited video retrospective, Legends of Drag In Titletown, at the historic Tarlton Theatre, featuring pagent performances and drag shows captured on video at Za's Video Bar, Historic West Theatre, and other venues in Northeast Wisconsin between 1979 and 2003.
Friday, March 28
7:00 PM Doors • 8:00 PM Showtime
$15 Admission
Bass music is back at The Tarlton Theatre, uniting two sound systems for a massive wall of low-end and featuring sets by Medicine Place, Sukkatash, Fervor, and Curzen.
Saturday, March 29
8:30 PM Doors • 9:00 PM Showtime
$20 Pre-Sale • $25 At The Door
The historic Tarlton Theatre, Bay Area Council On Gender Diversity, Bay Area Trans Youth Alliance, and Third Space are proud to partner on a celebration of trans visibility!
Our celebration will include performances and statements by area transgender leaders, a poet, a musician, Two-Spirit Native Americans, State Assemblyman Amaad Rivera-Wagner, nationally recognized queer studies author and speaker Helen Kramer with Lawrence University, and Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich.
Sunday, March 30
5:30 PM Doors • 6:30 PM Showtime
Free Admission
The 2025 Green Bay Jazz Festival continues UW-Green Bay’s 55-year tradition of providing student musicians from around the state with masterclass learning and performance opportunities with UW-Green Bay Professors and musicians. All Green Bay Jazz Festival events at The Tarlton Theatre are free admission.
Monday, March 31
Jazz Fest Kickoff Party with Corni Angelicus
4:30 PM Doors • 6:30 PM Showtime
Wednesday, April 2
Film Screening: The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
5:30 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
Thursday, April 3
Mingus Fest
5:00 PM Doors • 6:00 PM Showtime
Saturday, April 5
Late Night Jam
9:00 PM Doors • 10:00 PM Showtime
Dinner and a show – it's the classic combo. The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present Lilo & Stitch (2002) on the city's biggest original movie screen paired with a themed dinner special as part of our Retro Replay series!
Wednesday, April 9
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At The Door
The historic Tarlton Theatre welcomes Dorothy Scott & The Peacekeepers to our historic stage!
Highlighting the best of pop, folk, jazz, and blues, Dorothy takes a magical stance and melds music and lyrics into a living, breathing whole. Her live performance is passionate, real, fierce, funny, outspoken, and vulnerable. The Peacekeepers features Dorothy Scott on acoustic guitar and vocals, Paul Sowinski on bass guitar, Tony Bessen on guitar and vocals, and Adam Cain on drums.
Friday, April 11
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$20 Pre-Sale • $25 At The Door
The 2025 season of the Green Bay Film Festival continues at the historic Tarlton Theatre with Wisconsin's Own! Enjoy films filmed and/or produced by local filmmakers in Wisconsin.
Saturday, April 12
3:00 PM Doors • 4:00 PM Showtime
$10 Admission
The historic Tarlton Theatre presents the second annual Deadhead, a tribute to the Grateful Dead!
Friday, April 18, 2025
Bright Hollow (Green Bay, WI)
Jeremiah Jams Band (Green Bay, WI)
Lightning Factory (Green Bay, WI)
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Diggstown (Fox Cities, WI)
Jeremiah Jams Band (Green Bay, WI)
Saltydog (Duluth, MN)
5:30 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$20 Admission
Rise and shine! Saturday Morning Cartoon Brunch is back at the historic Tarlton Theatre! Choose your favorite cartoons with a Bloody Mary or bottomless coffee.
Saturday, April 26
12:00 PM Doors & Showtime
Free Admission
The historic Tarlton Theatre is proud to present Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) as part of our new Fascism In Film series, featuring University of Wisconsin-Green Bay professors Jon Shelton and Zack Kruse presenting historical context and parallels between classic films throughout history and the present.
Wednesday, April 30
6:00 PM Doors • 7:00 PM Showtime
$5 Pre-Sale • $10 At The Door
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, May 16
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, April 26
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, May 17
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, April 3
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