Upcoming Events
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
$12-$35
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$11-$28
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Our Dancing Day Christmas Concert
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Enjoy this concert with Mark Kloepper and the Northwest Chamber Chorus as they're joined by a guest string quartet, flute and percussion in songs of the season and a carol sing-along.
$18-$23 (18 and under free)
Flute Choir Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:45pm – 8:45pm (PST)
The Lights of Christmas, Stanwood, WA, United States
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir holiday concert at the Lights of Christmas festival.
Free
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Inspirations
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Glass – Suite from The Hours
Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Respighi – Three Botticelli Pictures
Arensky – Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Respighi – Three Botticelli Pictures
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Symphony: Holiday Pops
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-new Holiday Pops program featuring Broadway star Capathia Jenkins and the renowned Tony DeSare.
$35-$95
The Esoterics present Sviridov: Georgy Sviridov Centennial
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of luxurious and majestic music inspired by folksong, poetry of the Silver Age, and the Russian Orthodox liturgy, celebrating the life and music of the neo-Romantic Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.
$22-$25
Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.
$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Seattle Choral Company presents Cathedral Christmas: Peace On Earth
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the realm of inner peace with choir, string orchestra and organ.
$5-$25 (age 9 & under free)
A Christmas Invitation
Choir of the West,
Pacific Lutheran University Chorale, and
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
J.A.C. Redford – A Christmas Invitation
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Neal Kosaly-Meyer: Finnegans Wake
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Neal Kosaly-Meyer performs Finnegans Wake (Part I, Chapter 2) by James Joyce from memory, with acute attention to musical detail.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Bellevue School of Music Student Recital
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Students age 5 through adult perform beginning to advanced piano, violin, voice and guitar.
$8.50
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: The Magnificat & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
J.S. Bach & C.P.E Bach – Magnificat
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Finale
Vaughan Williams – Benedicite
Knauer – New Work TBA
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Holiday favorites
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Finale
Vaughan Williams – Benedicite
Knauer – New Work TBA
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Holiday favorites
$8-$26
Seattle Symphony: Holiday Pops
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-new Holiday Pops program featuring Broadway star Capathia Jenkins and the renowned Tony DeSare.
$35-$95
Maximilian Dimoff Bass Recital
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Principal bassist of the Cleveland Orchestra Maximilian Dimoff performs a free bass recital.
Free (Free)
Lyric Opera Northwest presents: Rigoletto
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Fully staged opera with local singers and guest artists from China. Full orchestra includes players from Federal Way Symphony and Seattle Opera.
$32.50
Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.
$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Cambini, Vaughan Williams, Fine, Mendelssohn
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Cambini – Wind Quintet No. 1 in B-flat major
Vaughan Williams – Charterhouse Suite for Strings
Fine – Partita for Wind Quintet
Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 6
Vaughan Williams – Charterhouse Suite for Strings
Fine – Partita for Wind Quintet
Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 6
$20 ($15 student/senior)
South Sound Classical Choir
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Program will include works from Handel, Mozart, Lauridsen, Rutter, Biebl, and others.
Free
Northwest Girlchoir: Somewhere in My Memory
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the entire 250 voices of Northwest Girlchoir, ages 6-18. Repertoire will include charming carol settings, lively sing-along songs, and finely-crafted original compositions.
$18 ($8 youth/senior)