Island Theatre

09/07/2026

WEDNESDAYS AT 2 THRU THE END OF SEPTEMBER! "MISTY" FREE AT 2PM! (G) 1961 ‧ Family/Adventure ‧ 1h 31m... Based on Marguerite Henry's award-winning novel, this heartwarming drama centers on Paul and his sister, Maureen, who set out to catch a beautiful, elusive mare called Phantom during Chincoteague Island's annual Pony Penning event. Paul and Maureen devise a foolproof plan to become Phantom's owners, but everything changes when they learn that the wild mare has given birth to a c**t! All showings are FREE TO THE PUBLIC! Doors open at 1:30, starts at 2:00.

09/07/2026

Unique events coming up this week, including the chance to hear from a 9/11 survivor on the 25th anniversary of the attacks.

Tuesday Night Lecture: The Chincoteague Oystercatcher Project
🗺️7125 Maddox Blvd, Chincoteague
⏱️9/8, 6 pm
Learn about this special bird with author Ken King. Call 757-336-6117 to reserve seat. Museum members, active military, and kids under 12 free, others $10.

Gen X Movie Night: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
🗺️4074 Main Street, Chincoteague
⏱️9/10, 7 pm
Bueller? Bueller? Enjoy this classic at the Island Theatre.

Onancock Second Friday
🗺️downtown Onancock
⏱️9/11, 5-8 pm
Enjoy an evening of art, live music, shopping and dining. Galleries, shops, and boutiques feature evening hours, artists, music. Come early for the North Street Market wine-tasting, 4-7 p.m. Look for "OBCA Celebrates" flag outside open businesses.

Revolutionary History Lecture by Steve Bilicki
🗺️69 Market St, Onancock
⏱️9/11, 6 pm
Join Shore History at Ker Place for the lecture “The Eyes of All… Are Turned Upon Us!” as marine archeologist Steve Bilicki examines the history of Chesapeake Bay conflicts and archaeological discoveries highlighting Virginia maritime history during the Revolutionary period.

9/11 Remembrance Service ft. WTC Attack Survivor
🗺️11624 Occohannock Neck Rd, Exmore
⏱️9/11, doors at 6:15 pm
Exmore Baptist Church will be hosting a remembrance service for the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Stanley Praimnath will share his experiences from Sept. 11, 2001 with the audience as one of only 18 survivors from the 81st floor and up of the WTC South Tower. The church requests first responders to come in uniform and they will receive a gift.

Plein Air Week Art Show and Sale
🗺️6155 Community Dr, Chincoteague
⏱️9/12, 6-9 pm
Join us at the free art show to mingle, meet the artists, view the art and maybe even purchase a piece. There will be a cash bar with beer, wine and soft drinks, and free finger food.

Free Jimmy Buffett Tribute Concert in the Park
🗺️Plum St. and Monroe Av, Cape Charles
⏱️9/12, 7 pm
Calling all Parrotheads to Captain Mike & The Shipwrecked, the last free concert of the summer.

09/06/2026

SEPTEMBER 🍿

09/06/2026

🍁WELCOME TO FALL INTO THE ARTS!

Something new is coming to Robert Reed Downtown Waterfront Park this fall!

Fall Into The Art: Chincoteague’s 1st Annual Fall Art & Music Festival is all about bringing people together at the waterfront while helping bring more foot traffic into downtown Chincoteague — supporting our shops, restaurants and local businesses — and raising money for our historic Island Theatre.

We’re bringing live music, local Artist, photographers, vendors, food and plenty of fall energy to the park for a full day celebrating the creative side of our island and Eastern Shore community.

And because this is our first year, we want YOU to help us build it.

-Artists & makers — come show us what you create.
-Musicians & performers — we want to hear from you.
-Vendors — come set up along the waterfront and be part of the day.
-Volunteers — come help us make it happen.
-Businesses & sponsors — help us support the Island Theatre while creating another reason for people to spend the day downtown.

The idea is simple: fill the waterfront park, bring people downtown, celebrate local art & music, and support the Island Theatre.

Interested in performing, vending, volunteering, exhibiting your art or becoming a sponsor?

Vendors info: [email protected]
Or through Direct Message to the festival page ONLY!

Follow along as we start announcing everything coming to the first-ever Fall Into The Art.

Let’s make downtown Chincoteague the place to be this fall. 🍂🎨🎶🎭

09/05/2026

TONIGHT AT 7! "The Fifth Element" (PG13) 1997 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 2h 11m... Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman star in acclaimed director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable 23rd century world... Starts at 7, doors open at 6:30. Admission $7, kids and seniors $5.

09/05/2026

LOCAL BUSINESSES — WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE PART OF THIS.

On Saturday, October 17 from 11AM–4PM, Robert Reed Waterfront Park will come alive for Chincoteague’s first annual FALL INTO THE ARTS — a new fall festival built around live music, local artists, vendors, creativity and community.

But there’s a bigger reason we’re doing it.

Fall Into The Arts is a fundraiser for our historic Island Theatre, but it’s also about bringing people back downtown. We want to create another reason for locals and visitors to spend the day on Main Street, walk through our downtown businesses, discover our artists and musicians, and support the people who keep Chincoteague going year-round.

And we need our local business community behind it.

Sponsorship opportunities start at just $100, and we’re not doing a one-size-fits-all sponsorship package. We can work with you depending on how involved you’d like your business to be.

Your sponsorship can help cover live music, featured artists, festival advertising and promotion, printed materials, T-shirts and other event expenses — and we’ll make sure the businesses helping make this happen are recognized along the way.

Want to sponsor a musician? We can do that.

Want your business featured on festival advertising or promotional materials? Let’s talk.

Want to help with T-shirts, an artist, or become a larger event sponsor? Absolutely.

Or if you simply want to throw $100 behind a new community event and help us get it off the ground, that means just as much.

The Island Theatre has been part of downtown Chincoteague for generations. Keeping it active, bringing more events downtown and creating opportunities for our local businesses, artists and musicians takes a community effort. Every sponsorship directly helps us make that happen.

This is our first Fall Into The Arts, but the goal is to build it into an annual Chincoteague tradition — and we’d love for the businesses that make this island what it is to be part of it from the beginning.

-FALL INTO THE ARTS
-Saturday, October 17
-11AM–4PM
-Robert Reed Waterfront Park — Downtown Chincoteague
-Live Music • Local Vendors • Featured Artists • More
-Benefiting the Island Theatre & supporting our downtown community

Sponsorships begin at $100.

Interested? Send us a message or email:
[email protected]

Even if sponsoring isn’t possible this year, sharing this post with another local business helps more than you know.

Let’s give people another reason to come downtown this fall.

Chincoteague Island Arts Organization
Island Theatre

09/05/2026

SATURDAY AT 7! "The Fifth Element" (PG13) 1997 ‧ Action/Sci-fi ‧ 2h 11m... Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman star in acclaimed director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable 23rd century world... Starts at 7, doors open at 6:30. Admission $7, kids and seniors $5.

09/05/2026