Outgoing
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Decorative Exhibition
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Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Downtown Oakland

This 1926 Masonic temple overlooking Lake Merritt drips with old-world intrigue. Wander halls lined with 97 hand-painted backdrops from 1920s theater productions, then catch opera, Victorian balls, or your own grand event in the soaring ballroom.

Historic 1926 landmark
Masonic temple architecture
Lake Merritt views
Hand-painted theater backdrops

Tips

🏰"Everytime I go it feels as if I'm walking through a castle"
🌅"The intermission balcony on lake Merritt has epic views"
🎭97 hand-painted backdrops by Thomas G. Moses inside

Oakland Scottish Rite Center

1547 Lakeside Dr, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

+1 510-832-0819

oaklandscottishrite.com

Upcoming at Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Sunday, Aug 2
World premiere of Dolores Huerta opera

World premiere of Dolores Huerta opera

August 2

Dolores Huerta herself takes her seat at the world premiere of an opera telling her story, the 1965 Delano Grape Strike brought to sweeping life with César Chávez, Bobby Kennedy, and Larry Itliong sharing the stage. The Scottish Rite Center's lakefront balcony makes intermission feel like part of the show.

West Edge Opera Festival

West Edge Opera Festival

August 2

West Edge Opera turns a 1926 Masonic castle into an intimate opera house. This summer brings a world-premiere about Dolores Huerta, a biblical bromance, and Berg's haunting "Wozzeck": daring work up close.

Sunday, Dec 27
Gaskell Ball

Gaskell Ball

December 27 at 7:30pm

Step into a living period drama at California's largest Victorian dance ball, where 600+ guests in formal finery waltz and polka to live brass band music in a grand ballroom that feels like a castle.

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