Upcoming Events
OSSCS: Messiah
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
$10-$25, youth free
Ladies Musical Club Salutes Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
In celebration of the 185th anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth, a recital of songs setting Dickinson's poetry to music, as well as solo piano compositions by her contemporaries.
Free
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Season of Wonder
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Prospect Congregational UCC, Seattle, WA, United States
Brighten your seasonal celebrations with wondrous sacred and secular music for winter and the holidays.
$5-$20
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Alphonsus Church (Ballard), Seattle, 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.
$16-$28
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.
$20+
Trio Pardalote & Friends
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hans Krása – Passacaglia and Fugue
Jean Cras – String Trio
Mozart – Quartet in F major for oboe and strings, K. 370
Jean Cras – String Trio
Mozart – Quartet in F major for oboe and strings, K. 370
$5-$14
Racer Sessions: TBA
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Monday, December 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.
$20+
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Monday, December 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, 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
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Tuesday, December 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The story of the Nativity told through reading, choral setting and audience carols. A heart-warming evening of music perfect for the whole family.
$20-$80
Crosstalk Series: Sonare Trio plays Brahms & Smetana
Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Piano Trio in B major Op. 8
Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15
Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15
$17-$25
Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook
Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")
$10-$42
Racer Sessions: Vader Tots
Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Monday, December 28, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Eastsound, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.
$20+
Groupmuse House Concert: Michael Partington
Monday, December 28, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Mertz – Elegie
Piazzolla – Otono Porteno, Invierno Porteno, Verano Porteno
Coste – Rondeau de Concert
Albéniz – Cadiz and Mallorca
Johanson – La Folia Folio
Piazzolla – Otono Porteno, Invierno Porteno, Verano Porteno
Coste – Rondeau de Concert
Albéniz – Cadiz and Mallorca
Johanson – La Folia Folio
$10 donation, RSVP for location
Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas
Tuesday, December 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.
$20+
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, December 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
New Year's Eve with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Follow Beethoven's Ninth with an after-concert party that includes a glass of champagne, a live band, and dancing all the way to the midnight countdown and beyond!
$50-$153
Seattle Rock Orchestra at First Night
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 10:15pm – 11:15pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Seattle Rock Orchestra returns to Tacoma to ring in the new year, performing a dance party for the ages!
$14 ($10 adv)
Music at St. James: New Year's Eve Concert
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 11:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Ring in the New Year with festive music by Bach, Handel, and Rheinberger, including Bach’s 1723 version of the famed Magnificat.
$30 suggested donation