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Bristol Riverside Theatre

Bristol, PA · 1 hour 30 minutes from Reading · Over $50 a person

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Bristol Riverside Theatre

Plan the day

Drive1 hour 30 minutes from Reading, 77 miles1 hour 24 minutes from Boyertown · 1 hour 44 minutes from Hamburg · 1 hour 14 minutes from Morgantown
Where120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, PA 19007, Bristol, PAOpen in maps →
OpenYear-round: the 2026-2027 mainstage season runs October to June, with concerts and special events from September through August.Box office Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm and two hours before each performance; evening shows at 7:30 or 8 pm, matinees at 2 or 3 pm.
AdmissionSingle mainstage tickets up to $68 plus a $6 per-ticket handling fee; five-show subscriptions from $140; military 25% off; Bristol Borough and Township residents $10 tickets (2026-2027 season)
Plan onA Christmas Story: The Play runs about 2 hours 30 minutes with one intermission; Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors has no intermission.
Good forbig kids, teens, adults, couples, a group of friends, older adults

Bristol Riverside Theatre is a 300-seat theatre in a renovated movie house on Radcliffe Street in Bristol, PA, beside the Delaware River, with a five-play mainstage season plus concerts and special events.

The 2026-2027 mainstage season runs Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (October 6 to 25), A Christmas Story: The Play (December 1 to January 3), Antigone (February 2 to 21), Annie (March 23 to May 2) and August Wilson's Fences (June 1 to 20), with tribute concerts and comedy shows between the runs. Parking is free in the municipal lot, Mill Street restaurants and distilleries give ticket holders discounts, and the concession stand pours beer and wine.

Before you go

Park free in the municipal lot behind the Mill Street shops; the lot beside the theatre is off limits during bank hours. Every ticket adds a $6 handling fee; no refunds, exchanges $10 for non-subscribers, 48 hours ahead. Upstairs seats have no elevator; call the box office for wheelchair seating.

Coming up

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors runs October 6 to 25, 2026; Fast Times: 80's Concert Experience November 4 to 8; Bun in the Oven with the Calamari Sisters November 11 to 15; A Christmas Story: The Play December 1, 2026 to January 3, 2027 (recommended for ages 8 and up); An American Christmas Songbook December 15 to 22.

Official site →Tickets →

Checked October 8, 2026 on the official site. Hours, prices and seasons change, so confirm there before a long drive.

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