Transfer Student Language and Thinking Program
Monday, August 24, 2026 – Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Bard College Campus, 9 am – 3:30 pm

The Egyptian Helen: Richard Strauss
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 2–3 pm

Matriculation Days - Advising and Class Registration for New First-Year and Transfer Students
Thursday, August 27, 2026 – Friday, August 28, 2026
Bard College Campus

The Onlies
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 7–8 pm

Arrival Day, Check-in, and Financial Clearance for all other new First-Year Students
Friday, August 7, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center, 9 am – 2 pm

Bard Music Festival Opening Night Social
Friday, August 7, 2026
Manor House, 5–6:30 pm

Program One • The Many Facets of Mozart
Friday, August 7, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Justin Vivian Bond: Heated Revelry
Friday, August 7, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2026
Friday, August 7, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Panel One • Gottlieb or Amadé? Who Was Mozart?
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Olin Hall, 10 am – 12 pm

Program Two • Fathers and Sons
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Olin Hall, 1:30–2:30 pm

Program Three • Mozart and Prague
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

Justin Vivian Bond: Heated Revelry
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2026
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Program Four • Theatrical Life in Vienna: Hanswurst, Leporello, and Papageno
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Olin Hall, 11 am – 12 pm

Program Five • Rivalries and Conspiracies
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 3–4 pm

Justin Vivian Bond: Heated Revelry
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 7–8 pm

Mozart and Religion
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
First Presbyterian Church of Hudson, New York, 7:30–8:30 pm

Program Six • I live with God ever before me: Mozart’s Religion
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, 7–8 pm

Big Richard
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 7–8 pm

Program Seven • Beauty, Charity, and Reason
Friday, August 14, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

BenDeLaCreme
Friday, August 14, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2026
Friday, August 14, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Panel Two • The Age of What?: Absolutism and Enlightenment or Revolution and Romanticism
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Olin Hall, 10 am – 12 pm

Program Eight • The Pinnacle of Achievement
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Olin Hall, 1:30–2:30 pm

Summer Picnic
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Campus Center North, 3:30–5:30 pm

Program Nine • Friends, Family, and Students
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 7–8 pm

BenDeLaCreme
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 8–9 pm

After Hours 2026
Saturday, August 15, 2026
Fisher Center, Spiegeltent, 10–11 pm

Program Ten • A Lasting Influence: Mozart’s Legacy
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Olin Hall, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Program Eleven • “Too beautiful”: Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio
Sunday, August 16, 2026
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater, 3–4 pm

Arrival Day, Check-in, and Financial Clearance for All New Transfer Students 
Friday, August 21, 2026
Reem-Kayden Center, 9 am – 12 pm

Arrival Day for All Returning Students Check-in and Financial Clearance for All Returning Students
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Bard College Campus

First Day of Fall Classes
Monday, August 31, 2026
Bard College Campus

Narcotics Anonymous Meeting
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – Wednesday, June 23, 2027

Bard Farm Stand
Thursday, June 18, 2026 – Thursday, October 29, 2026

Betty Parsons: An Expanded World
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, October 18, 2026

Replica of a Chip: The Weaving Technology of Marilou Schultz
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, November 29, 2026

Uman: In Between
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, November 29, 2026

Betty Parsons: An Expanded World
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, October 18, 2026

Replica of a Chip: The Weaving Technology of Marilou Schultz
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, November 29, 2026

Uman: In Between
Saturday, June 27, 2026 – Sunday, November 29, 2026

Language and Thinking Program
Monday, August 10, 2026 – Wednesday, August 26, 2026