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12.17.2025 News

Curtain rises on The Jazz Loft at historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

The sounds of a bluesy bass, swinging trombone and syncopated drums echoed through the once vacant Vail-Leavitt Music Hall on Tuesday as The Jazz Loft officially signed a $150,000...

11.20.2025 News

The Jazz Loft takes major step in acquiring historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

The Riverhead Town Board approved The Jazz Loft as the qualified and eligible operator of the historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall on Tuesday night, setting the stage for the 144-year-old...

10.29.2025 Business

The Jazz Loft eyes summer 2026 opening in the Vail-Leavitt Theater

Founder Tom Manuel and other colleagues made their case for The Jazz Loft in a qualified and eligible hearing on Oct. 16, where they proved to the Riverhead Town...

04.17.2025 News

Town Board authorizes potential sale of Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

It has been almost two years since Riverhead Town repossessed Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, and the historic space has remained unoccupied ever since. However, after two potential buyers recently presented...

A picture of the outside of the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead. The building is brick, and the storefront itself to the entrance of the Vail-Leavitt is painted a muted green with cream trim. All of the windows are obscured with curtains.

11.27.2023 The Arts

Town appoints interim board of directors Vail-Leavitt Music Hall

The more than 140-year-old Vail-Leavitt Music Hall in Riverhead will soon be led by a new board of directors. All five former members of the Council of the Vail-Leavitt...

10.20.2023 News

Vail-Leavitt Music Hall back in the hands of Riverhead

A dispute between the Council for the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall and the Town of Riverhead has reached its conclusion after three decades. The council has ceded the over 140-year-old...

11.13.2022 Featured Story

Efforts underway to ‘Save the Vail’ as Riverhead’s historic theater plans restoration

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020 and forced businesses and theaters to shut down, Riverhead’s historic Vail-Leavitt Music Hall was no exception. “Once I saw the way that...

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