Richmond, VA - March 9, 2023: In a brief announcement, Dr. Peter S. Kirkpatrick, co-director and co-founder of the French Film Festival, stated that organizers would be unable to hold the 29th annual French Film Festival scheduled to be held March 30-April 2, 2023....
Benjamin C. Cronly has been selected as The Byrd Theatre's new Executive Director. Richmond, VA - March 9, 2023: Becky Dixon, General Manager and CFO of The Byrd Theatre Foundation announces the Board's selection of Benjamin C. Cronly to serve as its new Executive...
UPDATE JANUARY 1, 2022. Due to the current surge in cases in the area, we are closed through January 31, 2022. Stay healthy out there! We are so thankful for all of you, our patrons, coming to see us at the BYRD! Here's what we're doing to keep you, and our staff,...
What a Covid year its been! We sadly closed in March, 2020 and then in August, 2020, we excitedly began welcoming patrons back into the theatre. We reopened with primarily private movie parties until December, 2020 when we held our limited seating holiday movie...
Closure due to COVID-19 isn’t stopping the Byrd Theatre from continuing to focus on the strategic plan and its long-term future. When closure happened in Mid-March, the Byrd Theatre Foundation was already well into a national search for the first Executive Director...
Out of deep care and concern for our dedicated staff and our wonderful Byrd community, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend all films and special events effective Saturday, March 14th 8am This is a precautionary and voluntary...
Dear Byrd Theatre guests, We are continuing to actively monitor the VDH and CDC and listen to the Governor, the Mayor and other officials in the developing impact of COVID-19 in our community. In an effort to protect you, our guests, and allow you to practice...
Dear Byrd Theatre guests, Our priority at The Byrd Theatre is the health and safety of our audience members and our employees. We are actively monitoring the development of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and its potential impact. The risk of COVID-19 is low in...
The Reinhart family recently provided a $500,000 gift to the Foundation – the largest gift in the Foundation’s history. We held an event at the theatre that drew government officials, civic and corporate leaders and community to honor the Reinhart family and...
RICHMOND, Va., July 11, 2017 - The Byrd Theatre is pleased to announce a date for new seats, plus four movie marathons headlining a new quarter of special programming. Center section seat replacement has begun. If you have seen a film at the Byrd over the last...