View as Webpage

OK, we're a little early

With the midweek placement of Christmas and New Year's this year, the earliest days of 2025 do not hold a lot of events. So we're wrapping up 2024 with a look at the next THREE weeks, and sending you the warmest of holiday wishes. We'll be back in January, with plenty to share!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

Vocal-related events in Southern California

December 20

7:30 pm

Angeles Chorale

Glendale

Holiday in Harmony: Handel's Messiah and More!

Start the holiday season off at The Alex Theater with the Angeles Chorale and the Burbank Philharmonic! Enjoy holiday classics including Handel's Messiah and Hallelujah Chorus, plus a delightful array of music celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and the Winter Season.

December 21

4:00 pm

3rd@First

Pasadena

Christmas Joy Concert

The First UMC choirs and instrumental ensembles team up for this annual celebration of seasonal music. Carols old and new will be performed by the Chancel Choir, handbells, pipe organ, piano ensemble and more. Enjoy a few “Sing-Alongs” for the whole audience!

December 22

4:00 pm

Inland Master Chorale

Redlands

A John Rutter Christmas

British composer John Rutter is among the most admired and prolific composers of choral music alive today. The concert features his setting of “Magnificat” presented with a chamber orchestra and Philip Hoch on organ. Vocal soloists are Trisha Rivera Owens, Gabi Ochoa, and Susan Meinders.

4:00 pm

Wagner Ensemble

Sherman Oaks

A German Christmas

The Wagner Ensemble, under the direction of Jeannine Wagner, presents A German Christmas, featuring Christmas Oratorio by Schütz, Bach Cantata BWV 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor, and a festive selection of German carols guaranteed to put some Gemütlichkeit in your holiday spirits.

December 24

3:00 pm

The Music Center

Downtown LA

65th Annual LA County Holiday Celebration

A Los Angeles holiday tradition since 1959, the two-time Emmy® award-winning L.A. County Holiday Celebration returns on Tuesday, December 24 to celebrate 65 years with a fresh look and feel to welcome a new generation of audiences.

Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and presented by The Music Center, the one-of-a-kind, free, three-hour spectacular provides Angelenos an opportunity to come together every year on Christmas Eve and experience the variety of rich, dynamic cultures that can be found throughout Los Angeles County. Audiences can choose to watch in person at The Music Center’s iconic Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, from the comfort of their own homes on TV at PBS SoCal, online at pbssocal.org and on the free PBS App.

8:00 pm

St. Francis Episcopal Church

Palos Verdes Estates

On Christmas Night All Christians Sing!

This delightful program of Christmas selections includes excerpts from Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, two settings of traditional English carols—The Lord at First and Coventry Carol by Ralph Vaughan Williams, a contemporary setting of the 15th century text Myn Lyking, a sublime and moving new work O Bethlehem by female composer, Christin Kieckhafer, a playful, joyous setting of the traditional English Sussex Carol, as well as Adolphe Adam's Cantique de Noël, all directed by Dr. Mark Bennett, Director of Music at St. Francis. The concert will be followed by a Christmas Eve worship service at 9pm.

December 25

Christmas

Hannukah begins at sundown

December 26

Kwanzaa begins

January 1

New Year's Day

...for more listings...

Click "Submit Event" at the top to submit your happening!

Events must be submitted by Wednesday evening of the appropriate newsletter week to be included on Friday's issue. Please do not submit auditions or deadlines to the calendar - contact us instead, and we'll help spread the word in other ways.

PLEASE NOTE: Things change, and we are not always notified.

Always check the presenter's own website or social media pages for availability, and get details and updates directly from the source.

Follow us