2015 Dia de los Muertos Festival (Day 1)

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The Third Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival begins on Saturday, October 24 at 5PM, with a procession, from the First Congregational Church on Palouse, down main street, and ending at the theater for a free concert featuring Pasco High School Mariachi, Ballet Folklorico.

Free

2015 Dia de los Muertos Festival (Day 2)

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The Dia de los Muertos Festival is a collaboration between many local businesses and community partners, and is inspired by the “Day of the Dead” holiday where people throughout Latin America gather to celebrate the lives of departed friends and family.

Free

Wildwood Park – CD Release Party

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Walla Walla band Wildwood Park celebrates the release of their first album with a concert event.

$20

Atomic Bombshells: Burlesque!

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The Atomic Bombshells have taken the international burlesque scene by storm, from New Orleans to Amsterdam. This polished and perfectly-choreographed, professional burlesque troupe, presents a show to remember on Saturday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gesa Power House Theatre.

$29

Pitch It! Competition

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Inspired by the TV show, Shark Tank, the “Pitch It!” competition provides a vehicle for students to design and develop innovative business concepts, create a presentation of their concept for a panel of judges and pitch their innovation in-front of a live audience.

The Great Kaplan

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Adventist Health Walla Walla General Hospital presents the return of The Great Kaplan - a comedic magician, juggler, and entertainer that will delight the whole family.

$6 – $9

“Downton Abbey” Season 6 Exclusive Preview

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Shakespeare Walla Walla and Northwest Public Television invite you to a free screening of Season 6, Episode 1 - a month before its US Broadcast date.

Free

The Second City’s “Holidazed and Confused” Comedy Revue

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Holiday-inspired sketch comedy from The Second City, the premier comedy theater and school of improvisation that launched the careers of everyone from Alan Arkin to Tina Fey.

$42 – $47

Celtic Christmas with Affinití

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Ireland's foremost Celtic classical crossover trio Affinití returns for a special Holiday concert in Walla Walla with guest performer Howard Crosby, nephew of the legendary Bing Crosby.

$25

Holidays in Ivory 2015 – Mark Brown & Gary Hemenway

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

A Friends of Children of Walla Walla fundraising event: Gary Hemenway and Mark Brown on grand pianos, plus many local guest performers!

$25

Doktor Kaboom: “The Science of Santa”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Working from the assumption that "science" and "magic" are the same thing, Doktor Kaboom declares that Mr. Claus must be the world's greatest scientist and sets out to recreate Santa's wonders in his onstage lab. What could possibly go wrong?

$10 – $20

WW Chamber Music Festival

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival artists, Brittany Boulding (violin), Alistair MacRae (cello), Maria Sampen (violin) and Timothy Christie (viola) are joined by special guest artists, PRISM Quartet for a wild exploration of music for string and saxophone quartets respectively.

$20

Staged Reading: “Auschwitz and After”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Shakespeare Walla Walla presents a staged reading of Whitman College Professor Emeritus Patrick Henry's "Auschwitz and After" followed by a talkback/Q&A.

“Having It All”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Please join The Moms' Network of Walla Walla for a screening at the Gesa Power House Theatre on January 24, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. of "Having It All" a documentary film by Vlada Knowlton. A panel discussion with the film's director and local mom's will follow.

Paula Poundstone

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Paula Poundstone is a stand-up comedian, author, actress, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me". Her ability to be spontaneous with a crowd is legendary.

$45

An Evening With Judy Collins

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Judy Collins is best known for her interpretations of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" (Grammy Hall of Fame), and Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" (Song of the Year at the 1975 Grammy Awards).

$46

“Fame! (they’re *not* going to live forever)”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE INFORMATION: "Fame! (they're not going to live forever)" will be performed at the Walla Walla Community College Performing Arts and Science Center on Thursday, February 18, at 7:00 p.m. This is a highly-entertaining reading series where intimate, private letters, written by some of history’s most famous (and infamous) people, are read…

From Darkness to Light – Walla Walla Symphony

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Featuring Robert Convery's Songs of Children, remarks by Richard Kaplan and James Winchell, Hana Szenesh's Walk to Caesaria and Grigori Frid's one-act opera, The Diary of Anne Frank.  Performers will include the Walla Walla Symphony, led by Music Director and Conductor Yaacov Bergman, the Whitman College Chamber Singers and Ani Maldjian, soprano. This concert is…

From Darkness to Light – Walla Walla Symphony

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Featuring Robert Convery's Songs of Children, remarks by Richard Kaplan and James Winchell, Hana Szenesh's Walk to Caesaria and Grigori Frid's one-act opera, The Diary of Anne Frank.  Performers will include the Walla Walla Symphony, led by Music Director and Conductor Yaacov Bergman, the Whitman College Chamber Singers and Ani Maldjian, soprano. This concert is…

The Moms’ Network Comedy Night: “One Funny Mother”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Columbia REA presents Dena Blizzard in "One Funny Mother...And I Am Not Crazy" for the second annual Comedy Night fundraiser to benefit The Moms' Network of Walla Walla. See this hilarious one-woman show before it opens Off-Broadway at the end of the month!

$50 – $85

Hope Heals – Annett Bovent

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Hope Heals provides support to people in need, with an overall goal of spreading Hope, Love and Kindness, to everyone, everywhere.

3rd Annual Tutus & Tapas

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Danza Classica Ballet Foundation holds their third-annual fundraising gala evening at Gesa Power House Theatre.

$30

Easter Service: “Life Outside the Tomb”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Mission Church presents "Life Outside the Tomb" - an Easter program at Gesa Power House Theatre on Sunday, March 27 at 10:00 a.m.

Free

Madeleine Peyroux

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist, noted for her vocal style, which has often been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

$43

Wanderlust Circus Family Night

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The 2016 Little Watts Children's Series is presented by Walla Walla Valley Honda and Gesa Credit Union. Bring the whole family to enjoy an evening of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, live orchestra and more.

$7 – $10

Wanderlust Circus Cabaret

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Light burlesque meets carnival meets circus, backed up by a live orchestra. Portland's largest evolving collective of acrobats, aerialists, contortionists, and more, perform a cabaret-style show geared towards ages 18 and up.

$30

Sugaray Rayford in Concert – WW Guitar Festival

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

International blues sensation Sugaray Rayford will open the 5th Annual Coyote Kings Invitational Walla Walla Guitar Festival at Gesa Power House Theatre on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

$30

Thrive Ecology Launch Event

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Walla Walla couple Brian and Carrie Spradlin are launching a new wellness company Thrive Ecology. Come celebrate with Thrive Ecology and discover how you can THRIVE, not just survive in mind, body and life.

Northwest Community Gospel Choir

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The Northwest Community Gospel Choir is a diverse singing group which performs under the direction of Gary Hemenway. Its members are comprised of musicians of all ages and backgrounds from the Gospel Music Workshop of America, churches, and various other music ministries in Portland and surrounding cities.

$35

4 for the 1: Christian Music Festival

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

An inspirational evening of worship music by local performers to support worthwhile charities.

$10

WWU Steel Band Concert with Liam Teague

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The WWU Steel Band reprises their annual concert at Gesa Power House Theatre. Joining the band this year is soloist Liam Teague - the "Paganini of the Steelpan".

$10 – $20

Jet City Improv Comedy

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Twisted Flicks is a movie experience like none other! Seattle’s most popular comedy theater merges improv and great old “B” movies for a unique and hilarious comedy experience.

$25 – $30

Gail Pettis & Pearl Django

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Earshot Magazine’s 2010 Northwest Vocalist of the Year, Gail Pettis joins forces with one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups - Pearl Django, for an evening of jazz at Gesa Power House Theatre.

$25 – $30

Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival – Series 1 – Berners, Reich and Brahms

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

The 2016 Festival Series gets underway with the first performance at the Gesa Power House Theatre. As is our tradition, we begin with the World Premiere of a work commissioned for the occasion, a set of duos for two violins by composer, John Berners.

Next, we encounter an American masterpiece of minimalism by Steve Reich, Different Trains for string quartet and tape.

To bring the performance to a close, WWCMF is delighted to welcome back the Volta Piano Trio for the Brahms Piano Trio in B, Op. 8.

$8 – $20

Little Watts: “Vladimir Goes for Gold!”

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

WW Valley Honda and Gesa Credit Union present a play for children of all ages. A young athlete takes you on an Olympic adventure in "Vladimir Goes for Gold"!

Meet Vladimir Cashewninski: Champion Badminton player, and sole athlete from the tiny People’s Republic of Insurgistan, as he prepares to compete at the Olympic Games. The night before his big day, he has an enthralling dream that takes him to Ancient Olympia, where he meets the Olympic Herald and teams up with the audience to explore the first Olympic Games.

$7 – $10

Celebrate Walla Walla Valley Wines 2016: Kick-off Event

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Celebrate Walla Walla Valley Wine weekend kicks off with an informative talk by two sommeliers on the World of Cabernet Sauvignon. Coffee and pastries will be served. Complimentary tickets are required.

Free

Witty Fools Improv Theater Performance

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Participants in a week-long "Witty Fools" Improvisational Theater Camp try-out their newly-honed comedic skills in a performance on Sunday, June 26.

FREE Concert – Army Bands

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

A free concert by the 133rd Washington Army National Guard featuring The General's 7 Dixieland Band and the Patriot Brass.

Free

David Luning Band in Concert

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Singer/songwriter David Luning is part of a new generation of indie musicians whose genre blurs the lines of Americana/Alternative Country, Folk and Blues. With insights beyond his years, David’s poignant songwriting and warm, rich timbre voice captivates audiences and draws them into an Americana world both familiar and new.

$28

Walla Walla Rocky Horror Live!

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Richard O’Brien’s, The Rocky Horror Show, comes to The Gesa Power House Theatre in a live theatrical production by New York City Director/Producer, and Walla Walla native, Tyson Kaup.

Dress up! Call out! Bring props! This live version of the popular movie (featuring local actors) will have you dancing and singing along to Rocky Horror Picture Show classics: "Science Fiction Double Feature", "Damn it Janet", "Time Warp", "Sweet Transvestite", "Hot Patootie", and more.

Four shows over two days.

$20 – $35

Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Pink Floyd

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Seattle Rock Orchestra pays symphonic tribute to psychedelic rock and roll through a retrospective that spans from Pink Floyd's debut album "The Piper At the Gates of Dawn" to their bestselling double-album "The Wall", including a complete performance of "The Dark Side of the Moon" and several of their orchestral and instrumental suites.

Sharron Matthews

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

With a "voice that could stop traffic" (Hamilton Spectator), musical comedienne Sharron Matthews serves up her signature irreverent wit with solid gold mash-ups by artists such as Lady Gaga, Guns 'N Roses, Radiohead, Beyonce, Queen and more in a comedic tour-de-force concert.

Adam Trent – Magician

Gesa Power House Theatre 111 North 6th Avenue, Walla Walla, WA, United States

Entertainer Adam Trent will bring his modern brand of "magic show" to Gesa Power House Theatre on Friday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m.

Trent began performing for friends, families, and birthday parties at young age, was performing on the streets of L.A. by age 14, and while still a teenager became the youngest and only magician to ever win back to back medals in the P.C.A.M. Pro Magic Challenge - one of the most prestigious magic competitions in the world. Trent has performed all over the world as a professional magician, and was recently one of seven magicians to perform in the Broadway show "The Illusionists" where he was billed as "The Futurist".

$27 – $30

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