The Goss Opera House

The Goss Opera House Welcome to the Goss, where historic charm meets modern elegance. If these walls could talk, the stories they would tell!
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We invite you to create your own history at the Goss. Performance & Event Venue
Historic opera hall in Watertown, SD

Join us this Saturday night for an inspiring evening featuring new artwork from Dustin Sinner Fine Art! 🎨 Dustin is gene...
12/01/2025

Join us this Saturday night for an inspiring evening featuring new artwork from Dustin Sinner Fine Art! 🎨 Dustin is generously donating a portion of all proceeds to help support Goss programming, and we couldn’t be more thankful.

I’ve got 30 brand new originals that will be available for purchase at my art show at on Dec 6th!! Get your tickets ($10/person), and come have a fun time with us!!

Dustin Sinner Fine Art and The Goss Opera House Present The Art Of Giving December 6th at The Goss Opera House.

Gallery Social Hour: Mingle. Shop. Eat. Drink.

Explore Dustin Sinner’s newest collection of artworks while enjoying hors d’oeuvres, drinks and good company. (20% of all art sales will benefit The Goss Opera House.)

Live Auction: Feel the excitement of a live auction featuring curated selections of Dustin Sinner’s original pieces. (50% of auction proceeds will go directly to support The Goss Opera House.)
Entertainment: Live music by Matt Gauger
Dress Code: Business Casual

Gallery Social Hour 5:30 PM
Live Auction 7:00 PM
Live Music 8:00 PM

A little reminder for Small Business Saturday: your downtown stores are here, ready, and grateful. Local businesses trul...
11/29/2025

A little reminder for Small Business Saturday: your downtown stores are here, ready, and grateful. Local businesses truly thrive because of you.

11/26/2025

We are so grateful to Dustin Sinner Fine Art for his support of the Goss! Come see his new collection on Saturday, Dec. 6th!
Information at www.thegossoperahouse.com

11/22/2025
Tonight's Big Daddy Weave show with Megan Woods and David Leonard is SOLD OUT.Thank you for supporting The Goss Opera Ho...
11/21/2025

Tonight's Big Daddy Weave show with Megan Woods and David Leonard is SOLD OUT.

Thank you for supporting The Goss Opera House!

The Goss just got a little bit more ready for the Christmas season! 🎄 HUGE thanks to our Ray and Nate and Gordon from Gr...
11/19/2025

The Goss just got a little bit more ready for the Christmas season! 🎄 HUGE thanks to our Ray and Nate and Gordon from Gray Construction Co. for coming over and installing our big shiny ornaments!

We love being in the heart of Downtown Watertown! Follow this page, tag some friends and win this basket of goodies!
11/15/2025

We love being in the heart of Downtown Watertown! Follow this page, tag some friends and win this basket of goodies!

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME, WATERTOWN!

We love our community — and we want YOU to stay in the loop on all the exciting things happening in Downtown Watertown! From new shops and specials to events, celebrations, and seasonal fun… there’s always something happening! 💛✨

To enter our Downtown Happenings Giveaway, just:
1️⃣ LIKE this post
2️⃣ FOLLOW our page
3️⃣ INVITE 3 FRIENDS who love supporting local!

That’s it! Easy, fun, and a great way to help spread the word about everything happening right here in the heart of Watertown. 🏙️💙

One lucky winner will receive a Downtown Goodie Bundle packed with treats from our local businesses! 🎁
👉 Giveaway ends on 11/17/2025. Winner will be announced here!
Let’s grow this community together — invite away! 🙌✨

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100 E Kemp Avenue Suite A
Watertown, SD
57201

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+16057530200

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A Storied Past

Charles Goss moved to Watertown in the late 19th century and built a large store on the corner of Kemp Avenue and Maple Street. When that building was destroyed by a fire in April 1888, Mr. Goss immediately set about replacing it with the building we know and love today.

The doors of the building were opened once again in the spring of 1889, and the Goss became a bustling hub of community activity. Audiences filled seats for music and theater productions as well as community events. Box seats and a beautiful serpentine balcony, still intact today, overlooked a magnificent stage with superb acoustics.

The vibrant space slowly went dark after the Depression in the 1930s, and by the late 1950s, it became a largely forgotten part of our history.

A major renovation project began in 2008 to restore the Goss theater to prominence. On Dec. 31, 2018, the newly formed Friends of the Goss Opera House, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, purchased the building with the intent of making the Goss a bustling hub of community activity once again.