Capitolfest is Central New York’s 35mm classic film festival, screening rarely-seen silent and early talking movies from around the turn-of-the-20th Century into the late 1930s. Capitolfest offers a generous mix of movies shown via 35mm films and digital prints from archives such as the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the George Eastman Museum, and UCLA Film & Television Archive, and the British Film Institute as well as studios such as Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony, and Disney. This year's festival will feature tribute stars Charlie Ruggles & Skeets Gallagher and will be held August 14, 15, 16, 2026. Capitolfest attendees are invited to attend the Pre-glow movie on Thursday, August 13 at 7:30. (Title t.b.a.; separate admission charged). As in prior years, the festival will consist of 8 "sessions". Each session is generally comprised of two feature length films with a handful of short features to fill out the session. There will be three sessions (1, 2, 3) on Friday, three session (4, 5, 6) on Saturday and two session (7, 8) on Sunday. We request that patrons purchase registrations for ONE registrant per transaction and please provide the *name of the registrant* (as opposed to the purchaser) for each individual transaction. Registrations can be purchased for any number of sessions, from single sessions tickets to "full festival," 8-session ticket passes. In each case, what sessions attendees redeem their tickets for will be entirely up to the registrant allowing for flexibility and ease of use. Early Bird Pricing will be offered through April 15. In order to receive a printed badge for Capitolfest we ask that you register before August 01.

The Capitol Theatre's annual CARTOON MADNESS event returns! This Mid-Winter School Break, enjoy your favorite characters in 12 classic cartoons from Warner Bros.' LOONEY TUNES/MERRY MELODIES series. This year will showcase some of the best cartoons produced during the Second World War, a time of great creativity at the Warner Bros. studio! This year's cartoons will be: THE WISE QUACKING DUCK (Released May 1, 1943; Directed by Robert Clampett) DRAFTEE DAFFY (January 27, 1945; Robert Clampett) THE UNRULY HARE (February 10, 1945; Frank Tashlin) BROTHER BRAT (July 15, 1944; Frank Tashlin) HISS AND MAKE UP (September 11, 1943; Friz Freleng) HERR MEETS HARE (January 13, 1945; Friz Freleng) SQUAWKING HAWK (August 8, 1942; Chuck Jones) HORTON HATCHES THE EGG (April 11, 1942; Robert Clampett) ODORABLE KITTY (January 6, 1945; Chuck Jones) TOM, TURK AND DAFFY (February 12, 1944; Chuck Jones) ANY BONDS TODAY (April 3, 1942; Robert Clampett) PRIVATE SNAFU - GRIPES (July 5, 1943; Friz Freleng) HARE CONDITIONED (August 11, 1945; Chuck Jones) The program will be presented Monday, February 16, through Saturday, February 21, at 3:00 PM, with an additional 7:00 PM show on Saturday and will run approx. 105 minutes total [including one intermission] General Seating: Adults - $5.00 Children 12 and under - $3.00

Jimmy Failla is a stand-up comedian, TV and radio host, Fox News contributor, and—by his own admission—a trophy husband. He’s the host of “Fox News Saturday Night with Jimmy Failla” and a regular voice on the nationally syndicated “Fox Across America,” heard on more than 150 radio stations nationwide, including WIBX 950 and 92.3 FM in Utica, New York, and on the WIBX950 App heard around the world. His “Everybody Calm Down Tour” at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, NY, is part of WIBX’s 100th Anniversary Celebration. For every ticket sold to this show, $1 will be donated to Real Men Get Tested for Cancer, which reminds men the importance of screening for cancer because early detection saves lives. Failla, a Long Island native raised in Levittown, Failla is a former New York City cab driver who somehow turned wrong turns and bad fares into a full-blown comedy career. He was named Outstanding Male Comedian of the Year at the 2014 New York City Nightlife Awards and has appeared on Gotham Comedy Live on AXS TV, played himself on TV Land’s “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” and pops up regularly on Fox shows including Gutfeld!, America’s Newsroom, Kennedy, Watters’ World, The Ingraham Angle, and The Story. His one-hour stand-up special, “State of the Union,” is streaming now on Amazon Prime, proving that yelling at the TV can, in fact, be a viable career path. When he’s not cracking jokes on TV or radio, Jimmy lives on Long Island with his wife Jen and son Lincoln—spending his free time gambling on youth sports, hanging out in his backyard with a rotating cast of showbiz friends, and opiating the masses with wit, sarcasm, and just enough truth to make everyone uncomfortable. Catch Jimmy Failla live at the Rome Capitol Theatre at 7 p.m. on February 7, 2026—and yes, this will absolutely be funnier than whatever you were planning to do that night. About Ticket Types: Tickets are priced by tiers, GOLD is closest to the stage with SILVER and BRONZE being the second and third sections, respectively. The Mezzanine section is also available. The mezzanine is not truly "behind" the BRONZE section, but sits above both the SILVER and BRONZE sections.