Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine

Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine Premier venue for first-run art house films, live concerts, HD broadcasts, and special events.

The historic Strand Theatre, Midcoast Maine's premiere entertainment venue, has been entertaining audiences since 1923. Located in beautiful downtown Rockland, the Strand presents independent and first release films, live music, Met Opera and other live broadcasts, educational programs, and community events. The Strand Theatre acknowledges, in a spirit of respect and appreciation, that we reside

in the indigenous unceded territory of the Wabanaki People, the “People of the Dawn,” whose communities include the Penobscot, Maliseet, Micmac, and Passamaquoddy Nations, on land known as Ketawamteak, translated as “Great Carrying Place.”

01/19/2025

Coming Soon!
LOST ON A MOUNTAIN IN MAINE - Jan 25-30
Strand Film Program sponsored by LimeRock Inn
https://www.rocklandstrand.com/event/lost-on-a-mountain-in-maine/

Lost On A Mountain In Maine is about a 12-year-old boy separated from his family during a storm while hiking on Mount Katahdin who must fight to stay alive over the course of nine days.

PG | USA | 2024 | 1h 38m
Directed by Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger
Starring Caitlin FitzGerald, Paul Sparks, Ethan Slater, and Luke David Blumm Blue Fox Entertainment

In one week!MCMA: Winter Recital, Sunday, January 26 at 2:00pmCome celebrate their semester of work with us! Invite fami...
01/19/2025

In one week!
MCMA: Winter Recital, Sunday, January 26 at 2:00pm
Come celebrate their semester of work with us!
Invite family and friends, far and wide. Even if your child is currently too young for lessons, this is a great opportunity to see the musical possibilities Midcoast Music Academy offers.

ROCKLAND — Midcoast Music Academy’s (MCMA) end of semester recital will be held Sunday, January 26, at 2 p.m., at the Strand Theatre, in Rockland. The recital is a joyful celebration of a full semester of work by students of all ages and their instructors. Through performance, music students hav...

Just a handful of tickets left for ON A WINTER’S NIGHT - Reunion Tour 2025February 13 - Tickets: https://bit.ly/3Pgm1d7P...
01/19/2025

Just a handful of tickets left for ON A WINTER’S NIGHT - Reunion Tour 2025
February 13 - Tickets: https://bit.ly/3Pgm1d7
PATTY LARKIN, CLIFF EBERHARDT
JOHN GORKA, LUCY KAPLANSKY!
Sponsored by First National Bank & First National Wealth Management

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Live dance is coming to the Strand!BOSTON DANCE THEATER: Pinnacle WorksFebruary 8 - Tickets: https://bit.ly/4fGnGUyBosto...
01/19/2025

Live dance is coming to the Strand!
BOSTON DANCE THEATER: Pinnacle Works
February 8 - Tickets: https://bit.ly/4fGnGUy
Boston Dance Theater
PINNACLE WORKS is an exciting assemblage of repertory pieces that represent contemporary dance-making practices from Brazil, Western Europe, and Israel. The program is reflective of Boston Dance Theater’s (BDT) beginnings and the international artistic relationships which gave the company its start.
This engagement is sponsored by First National Bank and First National Wealth Management, and is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. First National Bank First National Wealth Management

This show is appropriate for all ages. Running time is 75 minutes.

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT has SOLD OUTSee you January 24th!
01/19/2025

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT has SOLD OUT
See you January 24th!

01/19/2025

Strand Family Matinee tomorrow afternoon!
SING (2016) Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3pm!
All tickets $5 - Strand Family Matinee’s are sponsored by Rockland Harbor Hotel
Fresh non-GMO Popcorn, Izzy, Moxie, coffee, local chocolate, theater candy favorites.

Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, SING stars Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a dapper koala who presides over a once-grand theater that has fallen on hard times. Buster is an eternal—some might even say delusional—optimist who loves his theater above all and will do anything to preserve it. Now faced with the crumbling of his life’s ambition, he has one final chance to restore his fading jewel to its former glory by producing the world’s greatest singing competition.

PG | USA | 2016 | 1h 48m
Directed by Garth Jennings
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Beck Bennett, Nick Offerman, Jennifer Saunders, Garth Jennings, Peter Serafinowicz, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah

FILL THE STRAND - January 20 9am-2pmSnow date January 271. Fill a bag of non-perishable food with a current expiration d...
01/18/2025

FILL THE STRAND - January 20 9am-2pm
Snow date January 27

1. Fill a bag of non-perishable food with a current expiration date (no glass please). 🛍️ Especially needed are sauces and condiments, canned goods, toilet paper, personal care products, pasta, coffee and tea.
2. Drop off food at any of the AIO Food and Energy Assistance dropbox locations, including the Strand, 345 Main Street
3. Stop by Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine between 9 am - 2 pm on Monday, January 20th with a bag of food or a financial donation!
4. Donate $35 to fill a seat and learn more at https://www.aiofoodpantry.org/strand

Monday marks five years now the AIO Food Market in Rockland asks community members to Fill the Strand Theatre

01/18/2025

In one week! Saturday, January 25 at 12:30pm!
Met Opera LIVE: AIDA Tickets: https://bit.ly/4a5Bbvn
A new Met production, broadcast live from New York!
Sponsored by Camden Law LLP

American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer that brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi also stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès—completing opera’s greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium.
Sung in Italian
Estimated Run Time: 3 hrs 40 mins, including one intermission

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR - A Featurette Now PlayingTHE ROOM NEXT DOOR - January 17-23Strand Film Program sponsored by LimeRock...
01/18/2025

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR - A Featurette
Now Playing
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR - January 17-23
Strand Film Program sponsored by LimeRock Inn
Showtimes: 1/18 - Sat - 5:30pm, 8:00pm
1/19 - Sun - 5:30pm
1/21 - Tue - 1:00pm, 7:00pm
1/22 - Wed - 7:00pm
1/23 - Thu - 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Beer and wine at concessions!

Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

PG-13 | Spain | 2024 | 1h 47m
Starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton


Written & Directed by: Pedro AlmodóvarStarring: Julianne Moore, Tilda SwintonCinematography by: Edu GrauProduction Design by: Inbal WeinbergOriginal Score by...

01/18/2025

Live dance is coming to the Strand!
BOSTON DANCE THEATER: Pinnacle Works
February 8 - Tickets: https://bit.ly/4fGnGUy

PINNACLE WORKS is an exciting assemblage of repertory pieces that represent contemporary dance-making practices from Brazil, Western Europe, and Israel. The program is reflective of Boston Dance Theater’s (BDT) beginnings and the international artistic relationships which gave the company its start.
This engagement is sponsored by First National Bank and First National Wealth Management, and is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies. First National Bank First National Wealth Management

This show is appropriate for all ages. Running time is 75 minutes.

See It At The Strand: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN in 4K! January 31-February 6. The Strand Film Program sponsored by .inn   SHOWT...
01/18/2025

See It At The Strand: A COMPLETE UNKNOWN in 4K! January 31-February 6. The Strand Film Program sponsored by .inn
SHOWTIMES: 1/31 - Fri - 5:30pm, 8:30pm
2/01 - Sat, 5:30pm, 8:30pm
2/02 - Sun - 3:00pm, 6:00pm (This 6pm screening will be Open Captions (subtitles)
2/04 - Tue - 7:00pm
2/05 - Wed 7:00pm
2/06 - Thu- 1:00pm, 7:00pm
Strand website listing: https://bit.ly/42gfDdl

A COMPLETE UNKOWN is a no pass engagement!

New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music. He forges intimate relationships with music icons of Greenwich Village on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking and controversial performance that reverberates worldwide. Timothée Chalamet stars and sings as Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the electric true story behind the rise of one of the most iconic singer-songwriters in history.

The film also stars Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash and Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie.

R | USA | 2024 | 2h 20m
Directed by James Mangold
This film is presented in 4K

Beer and wine available at our concessions

PECHA KUCHA NIGHTFriday, Jan. 24 at 7pmTickets: https://strandtheatre.thundertix.com/events/240066
01/16/2025

PECHA KUCHA NIGHT
Friday, Jan. 24 at 7pm
Tickets: https://strandtheatre.thundertix.com/events/240066

See our Executive Director Sue Campbell (she/they) in action on January 24th at the Strand Theatre - Rockland, Maine! Sue will be presenting as part of the Strand's PechaKucha Night, which is a form of visual storytelling where ideas and works are shared with 20-image, 20-second-per-image slideshows. Learn more about OUT Maine and our work, along with several other presenters sharing their crafts! See you there! 🌈 https://www.rocklandstrand.com/event/pecha-kucha-night-3/

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345 Main Street
Rockland, ME
04841

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12:30pm - 9pm
Wednesday 6:30pm - 9pm
Thursday 12:30pm - 9pm
Friday 5pm - 10:30pm
Saturday 5pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 2:30pm - 8pm

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The historic Strand Theatre, Midcoast Maine's premiere entertainment venue, has been entertaining audiences since 1923. Located in beautiful downtown Rockland, the Strand presents independent and first release films, live music, Met Opera and other live broadcasts, educational programs, and community events.