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The New Old Time Chautauqua is a community of performers, friends, and families who see live performance as a way to share laughter, friendship and wonder, and to build community through laughter, entertainment and education.
COME SAIL WITH US
The NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA is recruiting musicians and acts and for our Parades, Workshops and Vaudeville Variety Show. Join our troupe and experience adventure, community and the arts! For our 2026 tour, it is an Aqua Chautauqua. We are headed to the beautiful Islands of the Canadian Gulf and Desolation Sound, B.C. July 16, 2026 to Aug 2, 2026. Contact: whoamusemail@chautauqua.org Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchLcU-lKh-Lgy0tQkjCpMrYtpdnh0hA4t_y9JWPe-4V6_MXw/viewform?usp=header
Port Townsend Show May 16, 2026
A knock your socks off show that'll peg your giggle gage and tickle your funny bone as you guffaw in awe at some of the world’s best vaudeville talent! From jugglers to musicians, magicians to giant puppets, hula hoopists to acrobats, and everything in between, this extravaganza will keep you on your toes and at the edge of your seat. Starring Broadway Stars, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Soundgarten's "Spoonman" Artis the Spoonman, Poet, Kevin Murphy, and Manny Moore (he can do anything) All this, accompanied by the Northwest’s longest-running, eclectic marching band, The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band/Orchestra (thriving since 1975)!!! You can't afford to miss it. We can't afford for you to miss it. Get your tickets while they're hot, they're selling like pancakes!!! Tickets: https://buytickets.at/newoldtimechautauqua/2050829
Challenge the Champ
Bring something to our show and challenge the champ to juggle it. If the Champ fails to juggle 3 items that you, the audience, picks out………he will get the ultimate Vaudevillian disgrace, A PIE IN THE FACE.