Events

Riverside Chamber Symphony in Concert

An Evening of Classical Masterpieces

📅 Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, OR

🎻 Experience an Evening of Timeless Music 🎻
The Riverside Chamber Symphony returns to the Wildish Theater for an unforgettable evening of classical excellence. This 30-piece ensemble, comprised of talented non-professional musicians from across the region, will present a captivating program featuring works by:

🎼 Elgar
🎼 Fauré
🎼 Kallinikov
🎼 Mendelssohn
🎼 Schubert

Springfield, OR – As the crisis of senior homelessness continues to grow in Oregon, the Springfield History Museum, in collaboration with the City of Springfield Housing Program and AARP Oregon, is bringing this urgent issue to the forefront with a special screening of No Place to Grow Old.

The thought-provoking documentary, directed by Davey Schaupp and produced by Humans for Housing, sheds light on the systemic challenges facing aging populations and shares the deeply personal stories of those experiencing homelessness later in life.

🎭 Teacher Appreciation Comedy Night: Stand-Up from the Classroom 🎭 📅 Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025 ⏰ Time: 7:30 PM 📍 Location: Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, OR 🎟️ Tickets: $20 (plus fees) It makes perfect sense-some of the funniest people you'll ever meet are teachers! Join us for a hilarious night of stand-up… Read More »🎭 Teacher Appreciation Comedy Night: Stand-Up from the Classroom 🎭

🎶 The Sugar Beets' 35th Anniversary Concert 🎶

Celebrating 35 Years of Music, Memories, and Magic

📅 Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:OO PM
📍 Location: Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, OR
🎟️ Tickets: $25.00 (+ $3.00 ticket fee per ticket)

35 years and 5 days after their unforgettable debut in 1990, The Sugar Beets are returning to the stage for a night of nostalgia, celebration, and incredible music!

🏆 Springfield Arts and Culture Awards 2025 🏆

Celebrating the Heartbeat of Our Community

🎤 Featuring Special Guest Artist: Calvin Orlando Smith

📅 Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, OR

✨ An Evening of Art, Recognition, and Inspiration! ✨

Springfield’s biggest night for the arts is back! The Springfield Arts and Culture Awards (SACA) is an annual celebration honoring the artists, visionaries, and organizations that make our city a thriving cultural hub. From breathtaking visual arts to soul-stirring performances, this event is our community’s own Grammy Awards—a night where creativity shines and excellence is recognized.

Saturday, April 12, 2025
7:00 PM  9:30 PM
Richard E Wildish Theater (map)

Each season, our studio chooses a worthy individual or organization in our community as the beneficiary of the proceeds of this concert experience. Service to others is a hallmark of our studio and this allows our dancers to use their artistry to support those in need.

PROGRAM Dmitri Shostakovich • Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 Colin Pip Dixon • Chaucer's The Rooster and the Fox: Sextet for Bassoon, Piano, String Quartet, and Narrator MUSICIANS Eunhye Grace Choi, piano Sharon Schuman, violin Victoria Wolff, cello Tomás Cotik, violin Steve Vacchi, bassoon Arnaud Ghillebaert, viola NARRATOR Maclntyre Dixon TICKETS Rows A… Read More »Chamber Music Amici: Old & New

🎶 A3’s Fourth Annual Music & Dance Concert Thursday & Friday, April 25–26, 2024 | 7:00 PM Presented by the Academy of Arts and Academics (A3) Step into the sights and sounds of the 1960s as 46 high school performers from A3 take the Wildish stage for an evening of song, dance, and immersive storytelling

Rose Children's Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland Jr. at The Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St. Springfield, OR.

Fall down the rabbit hole with Alice as she navigates the curious world of Wonderland on her journey of self-discovery. Along her adventure, Alice encounters the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, the wacky Mad Hatter, a temperamental Queen, and many more beloved Wonderland characters in this charming updated retelling of the classic Lewis Carroll stories. Adapted especially for young performers, the musical includes favorite songs from the Disney canon such as “I’m Late,” “The Unbirthday Song,” and “Painting the Roses Red,” in addition to music from the 2010 Tim Burton live-action film. Whether this is your first experience with Alice or your hundredth, you’ll lose your head (and your heart) for Alice in Wonderland JR.!

Springfield, OR – Join Springfield Public Library for a free showing of the magical thriller The Prestige at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 14th at the Wildish Community Theater in downtown Springfield.

About the movie:
Robert and Alfred are both talented magicians plying their trade in 19th Century London. Soon, they become bitter rivals when Robert’s wife dies during a stage performance and blames Alfred for her death. Now both magicians escalate their feud by raising the risks of their opposing magic shows and sabotaging each other at every turn. Starring a superstar packed cast of Hugh Jackman, Scarlet Johansson, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Andy Serkis and David Bowie, this slick arcane thriller is one of Christopher Nolen’s unsung gems.

Join the Eugene Gleemen as we share "Songs We Love To Sing" on Saturday, May 17 at The Wildish Theater in downtown Springfield. We'll also be joined on stage with special guests--the Eugene Gay Men's Chorus!
Kids under 6 attend free! Other tickets start at $20. All proceeds go to support our nonprofit men's chorus

Dark Sisters

A Contemporary Opera by Nico Muhly & Stephen Karam

📅 Dates:

Friday, May 30, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 31, 2025 | 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Richard E. Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield, OR

Step into a world where faith, freedom, and identity collide. Dark Sisters is a gripping contemporary opera that explores the lives of women in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). Inspired by real events, this hauntingly beautiful work follows Eliza, a woman desperate to break free from the constraints of her polygamous sect, as she navigates love, loss, and the price of self-discovery.