Everything Must Change

Jackie Marston and Friends

Saturday, September 20, 2025

7:30 pm

Second annual concert to benefit Steps to HOPE.
Steps to HOPE, is a Polk County nonprofit providing emergency shelter and special programs to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Midday Music: Igor Begelman, Clarinet, & Lisa Won Jung Kiser Piano

Midday - A perfect time to take a break and let music sweep you away. Renowned clarinetist, Igor Begelman with pianist, Lisa Won Jung Kiser, presents a talk and an engaging recital including various pieces spanning centuries and cultures. Igor Begelman is renowned for his dazzling virtuosity, deep musical insight and charismatic stage presence while Lisa Won Jung Kiser performs locally & internationally and is known as a versatile, collaborative & gift artist.

This program will be Thursday, October 16th at 12:30 pm in Tryon Fine Arts Center's Pavillion.

Tickets are $15 per person. 

Many thanks to Kirby Innovative Event Funds at PCCF for sponsoring.

Best in Show

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

7:00 pm

Tryon Fine Arts Center and its film committee is excited announce the return of the film series and its partnership with Tryon Theatre for the screening of the series in the historic cinema. The TFAC Film Series continues on Tuesday, November 11 at Tryon Theatre and will feature Best in Show. Best in Show is a 2000 American mockumentary comedy film co-written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy and directed by Guest. The film follows five entrants in a prestigious dog show as they travel to and compete at the show, and stars Guest and Levy alongside Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, and Parker Posey. The film's score was composed by C. J. Vanston.

Concessions will be available. 

Chariots of Fire

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

7:00 pm

Tryon Fine Arts Center and its film committee is excited for its partnership with Tryon Theatre for the screening of the film series in the historic cinema. The TFAC Film Series continues Tuesday, December 9 at Tryon Theatre and will feature Chariots of Fire. Chariots of Fire is a 1981 historical sports drama film directed by Hugh Hudson, written by Colin Welland and produced by David Puttnam. It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

Concessions will be available. 

The English Patient (rate R)

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

7:00 pm

Tryon Fine Arts Center and its film committee is excited announce the return of the film series and its partnership with Tryon Theatre for the screening of the series in the historic cinema. The TFAC Film Series continues on Tuesday, January 13 at Tryon Theatre and will feature The English Patient. The English Patient is a 1996 epic romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles.

Concessions will be available. 

Tuba Skinny

Saturday, February 21, 2026

7:30 p.m.

For over a decade Tuba Skinny has grown steadily in popularity, releasing twelve albums and touring all over the world. They’ve attracted a wide variety of fans, young and old, neophytes and niche-enthusiasts, with the strength of their musicianship and the scope of their jazz and American roots music catalog. The band is composed of Shaye Cohn (cornet), Barnabus Jones (trombone), Todd Burdick (tuba), Craig Flory (clarinet), Gregory Sherman (guitar and vocals), Max Bien-Kahn (banjo), Robin Rapuzzi (washboard), and Erika Lewis (vocals and bass drum).

While they’ve become known as world-class interpreters of traditional jazz, over the years they’ve branched out into jug band music, spirituals, country blues, string band music, ragtime, and New Orleans R&B. Their approach is a true reflection of Americana, encompassing the full genealogy of popular American music from an early 20th century perspective.

"Musically, Tuba Skinny mines a rich seam of traditional jazz and blues from the '20s and '30s. And, while it's evident the band treasures the sense of history evoked by these vintage tunes, the players' natural exuberance makes the music feel irresistibly alive.” - Melbourne Music Festival
“If jazz is the bread, then the blues is the butter for Tuba Skinny.” - Offbeat Magazine !

Tryon Fine Arts Center Thanks our Signature Series - Tuba Skinny Sponsor: New View and our season sponsor: ACTS Tryon Estates as well as our wine sponsor Mountainbrook Vineyards and media sponsor WNCW 88.7

Midday Music: Beth Child, Piano, & Jamie Laval, violin

Two local musicians come together to perform and explore the music of J. S. Bach on Thursday, April 2 in the Pavilion. Violinist Jamie Laval, well-known as a performer, composer, arranger, and educator of Celtic music, joins pianist Elizabeth Child in performing duo works of the great composer, as well as solo works. Their backgrounds in classical music at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School bring them back to the most challenging of all composers, one whose music is timeless and crosses all musical genres with its richness, beauty, and high-spirited energy.

This program will be Thursday, April 2nd at 12:30 pm in Tryon Fine Arts Center's Pavillion.

Tickets are $15 per person. 

Many thanks to Kirby Innovative Event Funds at PCCF for sponsoring.

Stage Door Jazz Series: Annie Sellick, Pat Bergeson & Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

Experience what its like to be a performer on the TFAC stage during TFAC's Stage Door Jazz Series. This trio features vocals by Annie Sellick, Pat Bergeson on guitar & harmonica and Michael Jefry Stevens on piano. Annie brings an organic sincerity that exudes from the stage, hooking an audience into the stories of the songs she sings. Michael Jefry Stevens has known Annie & Pat for over two decades. Their collaboration focuses on music from the “Great American Songbook” featuring such composers as Gershwin, Ellington, Porter and others. The music is jazz-based with piano, acoustic guitars, harmonica and some percussion but draws upon many styles creating a show that grooves, soothes and tells stories. 

Many thanks to Kirby Innovative Event Funds at PCCF and Mountain Brook Vineyards for sponsoring.

Mark and Maggie O'Connor

Saturday, May 16, 2026

7:30 p.m.

Mark O’Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 59, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys, seven CMA awards as well as several national fiddle, guitar and mandolin champion titles. His distinguished career includes representing the United States Information Agency in cultural diplomacy to six continents and performing in front of several U.S. presidents including being invited to the White House by President Ronald Reagan to perform as a teen.

Violinist and American fiddler Maggie O’Connor performs a variety of musical styles throughout the U.S. and beyond, most recently as a member of the Grammy Award winning Mark O’Connor Band. Frequently performing with her husband, violinist and composer Mark O’Connor, together they have appeared as guest soloists with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Walla Walla Symphony, the Nashville Symphony with the O’Connor Band, and many other symphony orchestras performing his compositions ranging from his Strings and Threads Suite to his Double Violin Concerto and Johnny Appleseed Suite.

Tryon Fine Arts Center Thanks our Signature Series - Mark and Maggie O'Connor Sponsor: Walker, Wallace and Emerson Realty and our season sponsor: ACTS Tryon Estates as well as our wine sponsor Mountainbrook Vineyards and media sponsor WNCW 88.7