Concert – Upcoming Concerts
Music at St. James: A Service of Readings & Carols
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Stacey Sunde directs the Cathedral's youth choirs in the traditional candlelight service of readings and carols. Readings are juxtaposed with choral works and congregational carol singing.
Free
Cascade Symphony Orchestra performs Holiday Pops
Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Herbert – March from Babes in Toyland
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
$10-$27
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Alleluia
Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A beautiful Christmas concert that celebrates the reason for the season.
$16-$36
LMC at University House Wallingford
Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Sonata in C minor
Handel – Sonata in G minor
Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37 (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)
Handel – Sonata in G minor
Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37 (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)
Free
Opera on Tap: The 12 Arias of Christmas
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
On the first day of Christmas, Puccini gave to me...
$5 cover
Brass Band Northwest: Unto Us a Child is Born
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
G. F. Handel – Unto Us a Child is Born
O. Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
O. Gjeilo – Magnum Mysterium
Trad. – Go Tell it on the Mountain
G. F. Handel – Alleluia
A. DiLorenzo – Christmas Toons
O. Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
O. Gjeilo – Magnum Mysterium
Trad. – Go Tell it on the Mountain
G. F. Handel – Alleluia
A. DiLorenzo – Christmas Toons
$10 ($5 youth/senior)
Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Alleluia
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A beautiful Christmas concert that celebrates the reason for the season.
$16-$36
Academy Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert
Wednesday, December 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Bizet – Symphony in C major
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams – Suite for Viola
David Forman – Christmas Dance
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams – Suite for Viola
David Forman – Christmas Dance
Free
Roosevelt Orchestra Hollyberry Concert
Thursday, December 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Troika from Lt. Kije
J. Strauss Jr. – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Mozart – Eine kleine nachtmusik
Balmalges – Ice Sculptures
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso in D minor
Mendelssohn – Da Nobis Pacem
J. Strauss Jr. – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Mozart – Eine kleine nachtmusik
Balmalges – Ice Sculptures
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso in D minor
Mendelssohn – Da Nobis Pacem
Free
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
Thursday, December 17, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$25-$45
Wayward Music Series: Nineteen Crimes, Bad Luck, All Region Player
Thursday, December 17, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The latest manifestation of all the images and sounds that swirl in Jen Gilleran's head and in her garage.
$7
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 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
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: Messiah
Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Charles Borromeo Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah
$25-$45
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah
Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.
$25-$88
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using only unprocessed field recordings, the Seattle Phonographers Union explores the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map and navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 1:00pm – 3:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.
$25-$88
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, 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.
SOLD OUT
Sam Rotman at Stage 7 Pianos
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
A performance by concert pianist Sam Rotman.
Free (Free)
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Saturday, December 19, 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