Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Nutcracker

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky’s cherished score played live by the PNB Orchestra, with gorgeous new scenery and costumes by celebrated author and illustrator Ian Falconer (Olivia the Pig).

$33-$180

WinterFest: A Celebration of Winter in Music & Poetry

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music from England, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Israel, the United States, Norway, and Spain including Renaissance, Baroque, modern, a cappella, carols, and gospel works.

$10 ($5 youth/seniors)

Jeremy Denk in Recital

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists — an artist The New York Times hails as someone "you want to hear no matter what he performs.”

$25-$123

Ladies Musical Club: Expressions of Winter: Original Works by LMC Composers

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Original works for voice and piano by LMC member composers.

Free (Free)

Redmond Chorale: A Baroque Christmas

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Redmond Presbyterian Church, Redmond, WA, United States
Repertoire through the history of music including works by Bach, Handel, Hammerschmidt, and several seasonal favorites.

$16 / $13

Federal Way Symphony’s Holiday Pops with the Wanz

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
A holiday pops extravaganza with brilliant young emerging artist Young Park and a program of modern pops with Grammy® award-winning Michael “The Wanz” Wansley.

$10-$50

Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Presents Christmas in Sammamish

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Eastlake Performing Arts Center, Sammamish, WA, United States
Holiday favorites and favorite symphonic works that just may have you rethinking your holiday playlist.

$10-$20

Music Works NW Student Showcase

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Works Northwest, Bellevue, WA, United States
Come hear our talented students play a variety of works on various instruments.

Free (Free)

Symphony Tacoma: Sounds of the Season

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
The whole family will enjoy this magical and hopeful musical outpouring of joy, complete with a carol sing-along and plenty of Yuletide cheer!

$19-$82

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Christmas Concert: Mendelssohn, Maslanka, Coleman, Parry

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7
Maslanka – Quintet for Winds No. 2
Coleman – Umoja for Wind Quintet
Parry – Lady Radnor's Suite

$20 ($15 senior/student)

Vashon Island Chorale: Averitt & Honegger

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
The Vashon Island Chorale is joined by a children’s chorus, full concert organ, and 31-person orchestra on stage for a rousing evening of Christmas joy.

$5-$20

South Sound Classical Choir: Birth & Renewal

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Marine View Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
A Christmas concert featuring composers Handel, Lauridsen, Rutter, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, and others.

Free

Northwest Chamber Chorus: Mother & Child Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Three very different settings of the Magnificat by Mozart, Richard Nance, and Christine Donkin, spanning four centuries, plus new music by composers from Spain, Poland, Norway, Canada, Missouri, and Kennewick, WA.

$25 / $20 / Free to students through high school

Haller Lake Music Series: From Beethoven to Broadway

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for horn and piano, featuring works by famous composers of the past and 20th century American composers.

$20 / $5 freewill donation

Pacific MusicWorks Underground: ¡Feliz (Baroque) Navidad!

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A new program of music from the Cathedrals and Missions of 18th century Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala, and Bolivia.

$25

Seattle Festival Orchestra Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Greenlake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck's Prelude to Hansel and Gretel, Anderson's A Christmas Festival, and more, plus sing along to your favorite carols and take your photo with Santa!

$18 / $14 / $10

Gallery Concerts: The Virtuoso Clarinet

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet
Hummel – Clarinet Quintet
Backofen – Basset Horn Quintetto
Mozart – String quartet

$35 / $30 / $15

University of Washington: Intersections with pre-concert lecture by Michael Shapiro

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Granados – Two Goyescas
Toru Takemitsu – All in Twilight
Carpenter – Selected works
Rachmaninoff – Selected works
Debussy – l’Isle Joyeuse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite

Free (Free)

Epiphany Music Guild: Choral Evensong for the First Sunday of Advent

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Sung by the Epiphany Choristers.

Free (Free)

Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Nutcracker

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 5:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky’s cherished score played live by the PNB Orchestra, with gorgeous new scenery and costumes by celebrated author and illustrator Ian Falconer (Olivia the Pig).

$26-$170