Schedule Summary

This page contains a complete summary of all events for the 2026 ATOS Convention being hosted by the Rochester Theater Organ Society. For each item bolded below, there is a link to a page on this website with more information about that venue, instrument or artist.

To review the ATOS 2026 Convention video, click on HERE.

The button to the right is linked to a PDF of the Convention Pocket Schedule. It contains exact times for each of the many activities.

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Continuing his many years of appearing as the ATOS Convention Master of Ceramonies, the 2026 ATOS Convention programs will be introduced by Ken Double.

Monday, July 6 – Pre-glow + Convention Opening

Optional Daytime-Pre-glow: Southern Tier Visitation
Morning: Brett Valliant, Clemens Center, Elmira, NY (4/32 Marr & Colton/Wurlitzer)
Afternoon: Lunch-Visit, Corning Glass Museum, Corning, NY
Return to Hotel, Dinner on your own (Area Eateries)
Evening: Convention Opening Concert: Nathan Avakian, West Herr Auditorium Theatre (4/23 Wurlitzer)
Late Night: Allen Lounge (Hotel)

Tuesday, July 7 – Day for Youth

ATOS Annual Membership Meeting, Hotel Ballroom
Lunch: On Your Own (Area Eateries)
Afternoon: Ben Forsthoffer, West Herr Auditorium Theatre (4/23 Wurlitzer)
ATOS Members Forum: Hotel Ballroom
Dinner on your own (Area Eateries)
Evening: Young Artists and Declan Poole, Rochester Museum Science Center, (3/12 Wurlitzer)
Late Night: Allen Lounge (Hotel)

Wednesday, July 8 – Buffalo Day

Morning: Dave Wickerham, Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda (3/16 Wurlitzer)
Lunch: Wurlitzer Factory, Lunch
Afternoon: Aaron Hawthorne, Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda (3/16 Wurlitzer)
Dinner/Awards Banquet: Classics V, Amherst, NY
Evening: Richard Hills, Shea’s Buffalo Theatre, Buffalo (4/28 Wurlitzer)
Late Night: Allen Lounge (Hotel)

Thursday, July 9 – Closing Day

Technical Workshop Panel, UNIFLEX Q & A, Hotel Ballroom
Lunch: On you own (Area Eateries)
Afternoon Concert: Mark Herman, West Herr Auditorium Theatre, (4/23 Wurlitzer)
Dinner: On your own (Area Eateries)
Evening: Donnie Rankin, West Herr Auditorium Theatre, (4/23 Wurlitzer)
Late Night: Allen Lounge (Hotel)

Friday, July 10 – Daytime After-glow

Optional – After-glow

Morning: “That’s My Daddy” (1928) David Peckham, Capitol Theatre, Rome NY, (3/7 Moller)
Lunch: Barbagallo’s, Syracuse, NY
Afternoon: David Marsh, ESMIM, State Fair Ground, Syracuse, NY (3/11 Wurlitzer)
Late Night: Allen Lounge (Hotel)