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Huntsville Holiday Performing Arts 2020

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WAH Holiday Guide Concerts

From Scrooge to the Sugarplum Fairy, be entertained by these holiday performances and concerts in Huntsville, AL!

CONCERTS

Huntsville Symphony Orchestra: From the Alps to the Appalachians

  • Dates: Nov. 13 @ 7:30 pm & Nov. 14 @ 11 am
  • Location: VBC Concert Hall
  • Tickets are FREE for subscribers and $25 for single tickets

Alpine tranquility pervades Austrian composer Josef Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D major, while Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring beautifully captures the essence of rustic early American life. Joined by acclaimed young pianist Aleksandra Kasman, the HSO brings an uplifting, outdoorsy program from the country hills to the concert hall for your enjoyment in the second of this season’s Fall Festival concerts.

The HSO is committed to offering live music in a safe environment. This concert will be approximately an hour-long without intermission, audience members and musicians will be socially distanced, and masks will be required.

Jim Brickman: Comfort & Joy at Home

  • Date: Tuesday, December 8, 7 – 9 pm
  • Von Braun Center: Virtual Concert
  • Tickets start at $40

Grammy-Nominated Songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will be taking the nation by storm this holiday season with the “Comfort & Joy at Home 2020” Virtual Tour. A portion of each ticket purchased to this LIVE event will benefit the Von Braun Center. Fans and their families can enjoy this unique virtual concert experience from the comfort of home while supporting the Von Braun Center during this challenging time.

Rocket City Trombone Christmas

  • Date: Dec. 12, 2:30 pm & 8 pm
  • Big Spring Park
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Grammy-Nominated Songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will be taking the nation by storm this holiday season with the “Comfort & Joy at Home 2020” Virtual Tour. A portion of each ticket purchased to this LIVE event will benefit the Von Braun Center. Fans and their families can enjoy this unique virtual concert experience from the comfort of home while supporting the Von Braun Center during this challenging time.

The Living Christmas Tree

The Living Christmas Tree this year will be a pre-produced video broadcast that incorporates new music from a virtual choir and orchestra, new music from the 2020 guest artists, plus highlights from the Tree archives – all of this woven together with engaging narrative and testimony. 

The broadcast will air via television, social media, and Livestream during the weekend before Christmas, December 17-20, times to be announced.

PERFORMING ARTS

A Christmas Carol 2020
A Family-Friendly Virtual Experience! 

  • Nov. 27, Dec. 4 – 6
  • $10
  • Event Information

Fantasy Playhouse presents the familiar Christmas story, with a shadowy new twist! 5 actors, 4 spirits, 3 bell tolls, 2 possible endings, and 1 night that will change Ebenezer Scrooge forever! Through shadows, puppetry, and live foley sounds, a cast of 5 actors play multiple roles to inventively recreate the classic Dickens tale. 

Developed especially for a virtual family experience, Fantasy Playhouse presents a new adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” to be enjoyed right from your living room! Join Scrooge on a tour led by ghostly visitors as he revisits his past and learns the fate of his future.

Huntsville Ballet Private Performances

Dates and times: October 21 – December 19
Wednesday: 11:30 am or 1:00 pm
Fridays: 6:00 pm or 8:00 pm
Saturdays: 5:00 pm or 7:00 pm
Call for reservations and prices – 256-539-0961

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Enjoy a private performance of excerpts from THE NUTCRACKER for your group of up to 15 people in the intimate setting of Studio 4 at Huntsville Ballet. This type of performance will allow you to see things you can’t normally view from concert hall seating. And while their movements may look effortless from far away, when you are seated this close, you’ll be able to appreciate the strength, precision and grace every single movement demands of our company dancers. It’s truly breathtaking.

IMPHuntsville’s All the World’s a Stage Cabaret

  • Date and time: Nov. 15, 5 – 7 pm
  • Location: 520 Green Cove Road
  • Cost: $17
  • Event Information

IMP Huntsville’s “All the World’s a Stage” drive-in cabaret takes you on a musical journey to destinations near and far! Enjoy the show as the talented cast presents a fun mix of musical theatre and popular songs about places around the world and how we get there. Social distancing for this event is encouraged, and can be practiced by staying in your car (the show will be broadcast to an FM channel on your car radio), tailgating, or sitting in chairs outside your vehicle. Our parking area is laid out with these options in mind, and there will be a designated seating area in front of the stage with socially distant spacing for those who want a closer look – but remember to bring your own chairs!

Huntsville Online Christmas Show of Original Music & Poetry

  • Dates and times: December 1
  • Location: Online virtual event
  • Cost:  Free
  • Event Information

Come watch as 15 (or so) local musicians perform their original music! Enjoy the show for free online. Cookies, milk, chestnuts are encouraged but optional. Carl Thomas and Dray LaBorde will host the holiday show. A splendid time is guaranteed for all!!! Artists include:

Sarah Johnson
Lowery Riethmaier
Charelle Hudgins
Jonathan Rosenblum
Sylvia Dean
Delaney Faulds
Jonathan Yarbrough
Amber Cavanaugh
Joe Cagle
Derrick Harris
Keyton Fike

The Nutcracker: A Yuletide Ballet presented by Alabama Youth Ballet

  • Dates and times: Dec. 11 – 13
  • Location: VBC Playhouse
  • Cost:  TBD
  • Event Information TBD

This traditional classical ballet will delight the entire family and with family. More information will be available soon.

Looking for even more Christmas fun? Visit our Huntsville Holiday Guide 2020!

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