Orpheum Champaign

08/26/2026

🧺 CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL WITH YOUR OWN TWO HANDS! 🍂

The Royer Atelier is back with an afternoon made for slowing down, getting creative, and learning something new!

Join Bonnie Rideout of Bonnie’s Baskets for a hands-on Basket Weaving Workshop at the beautiful Royer House. Bonnie will guide you step-by-step as you learn the art of basket weaving and create a gorgeous Plum Crazy for Autumn Basket to take home with you!

✨ No experience needed
🧺 All materials included
🏡 A cozy afternoon of creativity at The Royer House
🍁 AND you leave with your own handmade basket!

📅 Monday, September 14, 2026
⏰ 11 AM–3 PM
📍 The Royer House | 801 W. Oregon St., Urbana
🎟️ $75

Space is limited, so don’t wait until all the seats are woven up. 😉

Scan the QR code or visit orpheumchampaign.com to reserve your spot!

Tag the friend who needs a creative afternoon with you. 👇🧺🍂

08/21/2026

✨ SOMETHING NEW IS COMING TO THE ROYER HOUSE. ✨

This fall, we’re opening the doors for THE ROYER SESSIONS — eight weeks of art, music, movement, storytelling, creativity, and community.

Featuring an incredible lineup of local artists and organizations:

🎤 Pete Shungu Afro D & Global Soundwaves
📝 Ja Nelle Davenport-Pleasure Styled 2 Speak: A Collaborative Art, Fashion & Poetry Experience
🏳️‍🌈 Uniting Pride
🎷 CU Jazz Festival
🎧 DJ Silkee Ent. LLC
🎨Niccole Powers

But here’s the thing about The Royer Sessions:

You’re not just coming to watch. You’re coming to be part of it.

📍 The Royer House
📅 September 30 – November 18

8 weeks. 1 house. Come create with us.

https://www.orpheumchampaign.com/royersessions

Discover Royer Sessions—an intimate, interactive arts series where local artists and community members create, connect, and collaborate at the historic Royer House.

07/02/2026

🎶📖 Three Roads. One unforgettable evening.

Join us at The Orpheum on July 28 | 6–8 PM as longtime labor leader, musician, and author Joe Uehlein celebrates the release of Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology.

Experience an inspiring evening of live music, powerful stories, and conversation exploring the intersections of labor, climate, and community.

Come celebrate the book launch and be part of an evening filled with music, connection, and solidarity.

📍 The Orpheum
🗓 July 28 | 6–8 PM

https://actionnetwork.org/events/champaign-il-728-three-roads-music-book-tour/

05/15/2026

Stop settling for ordinary.

Your next event deserves a story, a vibe, a moment people won’t stop talking about.

Three spaces. Three completely different energies:
• The Orpheum — iconic, dramatic, unforgettable
• Royer House — intimate, charming, a little bit magical
• Chester — fresh, elevated, and full of possibility

Whatever you’re planning… we have the space to make it feel bigger.

Ready to level it up?
Email [email protected]
Or head to orpheumchampaign.com and submit your event.

Don’t just host an event. Create something people remember.

05/12/2026

Something BIG just dropped…

Our brand new website is officially LIVE — and it’s giving main character energy for your next event.

From historic charm to modern edge to cozy creative vibes, we’ve got a space for every kind of moment:

The Orpheum — iconic, dramatic, unforgettable
Chester Street Lofts — industrial, elevated, effortlessly cool
Royer House — intimate, artsy, one-of-a-kind

Three completely different vibes. One perfect place for your event.

Weddings, parties, fundraisers, pop-ups, performances — if you can dream it, we’ve got the space.

Explore the new site: orpheumchampaign.com

Tell us which venue is your vibe.

05/11/2026

✨ RESET YOUR WEEK ✨
Reset at Chester is your chance to unplug, unwind, and fully reset with an immersive Sound Bath Experience led by Laura Lasater of

Let the room fill with harmonious tones, slow your mind, and sink into deep relaxation—this is the reset you didn’t know you needed.

📅 Next session: May 28

And if you didn’t know… beyond The Orpheum Theatre Champaign, we also host events in more intimate spaces like Chester and Royer House—perfect for experiences just like this.

👉 Save your spot + start your reset now

https://www.vagaro.com/healthinharmony/classes