The Legendary Chance Theater Entertainment Complex

Music Venue * Restaurant * Bar



To give you a brief overview, The Chance Theater is known for its significantly long history as a performing arts venue that originally opened as a vaudeville house and theater. Over the years it has served as a music venue that has welcomed numerous legendary acts. These acts include The Police, The Ramones, Muddy Waters, Pete Seeger, and Charles Mingus. The venue, now known as The Chance Theater, has hosted acts such as Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Ted Nugent, and many other contemporary artists, classic rock bands, and genres. The Chance Theater is popularly known for serving as a concert, theater, and dance hall, as well as a restaurant and bar.

The surrounding area is serviced by the Poughkeepsie Metro-North Train Station offering transportation for the Hudson Line to Grand Central Terminal, serving MTA and Amtrak, as well as local and regional bus services. In close proximity to The Chance is the Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park, Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, and MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center.



Area colleges and institutions include; Vassar College, Marist College, Bard College, Dutchess Community College, The Culinary Institute of America, and the State University of New York at New Paltz.