Celebrate the holidays with Back Home Again, a holiday concert featuring modern and traditional Christmas carols, as well as some of John Denver's most memorable hits, including "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," "Grandma's Feather Bed" and, of course, "Back Home Again." Back Home Again is a nostalgic journey to a place where life is sweet and full of promise. Learn more...
Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert at the Lesher Center
Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut Creek, CA)
The Irish Tenors Sing Holiday Tunes at the Herbst Theatre
Herbst Theatre at the San Francisco War Memorial Building (San Francisco, CA)
San Francisco's Herbst Theatre welcomes the Irish Tenors. The trio of Finbar Wright, Anthony Kearns, and Karl Scully put their unique stamp on traditional Irish folk tunes, pop standards, and more. In this holiday concert, they'll perform with a 35-piece orchestra. Learn more...
BRAVO! Holidays, with the San Francisco Orchestra, Broadway Stars
Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
The San Francisco Symphony presents BRAVO! Holidays, an evening with Broadway stars Hugh Panaro, Debbie Gravitte, and Christine Noll, who will perform a program of traditional carols and some modern holiday songs while backed by the Symphony. Learn more...
Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago: Youth Choir in A Gospel Christmas
Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco, CA)
Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago perform in A Gospel Christmas. This program of spirituals, gospel songs, and holiday music, sung by this inspiring youth choir from Chicago which has entertained audiences here and abroad for over two decades, promises to raise the roof and bring crowds to their feet. Learn more...
The Soul of Morocco: Documentary Explores the Changing Face of African Country
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall) (San Francisco, CA)
Enter the complicated land of the kasbah, the eternal expanse of the Sahara and high-tech mosques with laser beams that point toward Mecca. Captured in stunning cinematography, Rick Ray's film takes viewers through Fez and Marrakech, inside humble mountain villages and deep into the forests of the Atlas mountains. Learn more...
The Coverlettes Cover Christmas: 1960s Girl Group-Style Music
Aurora Theatre (Berkeley, CA)
Aurora Theatre Company presents The Coverlettes Cover Christmas. This special holiday show features local singers Darby Gould, Katie Guthorn, and Carol Bozzio Littleton as the members of a fictional girl group in the tradition of the Ronettes and the Shangri-Las. They'll be singing classic tunes from the 1960s, holiday favorites, and more. Learn more...
The Sippy Cups Live - Rock for Kids and Their Parents
Fort Mason Center - Cowell Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Bay Area "kindie-rock" favorites The Sippy Cups will be joined by kid-folk-rocker Uncle Rock for two shows at The Cowell Theatre in Fort Mason Center. Dubbed "every parent's favorite kid rock band" by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Sippy Cups are an original Bay Area phenomenon that has gone nationwide. Learn more...
Spencer Day: Jazz/Pop Singer Performs at the Rrazz Room
Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Up-and-coming star Spencer Day blends jazz standards and pop music with style and honesty; he's been praised by critics across the nation, and his new album is expected to vault him into stardom. Learn more...
Spyro Gyra: Smooth Jazz Legends Present A Night Before Christmas at the Rrazz Room
Rrazz Room @ Hotel Nikko (San Francisco, CA)
Spyro Gyra present A Night Before Christmas at the Rrazz Room. One of the biggest names in contemporary jazz, the group has earned ten Grammy nominations. They'll be performing tunes from their upcoming holiday CD. Learn more...
Cantor Roslyn Barak: Lenny's Voice: Bernstein's Humor and Jewish Spirit
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall) (San Francisco, CA)
Cantor Roslyn Barak speaks on the Jewish roots of Leonard Bernstein's musical genius. Barak, a noted Bernstein scholar, demonstrates the humor of Bernstein's secular song repertoire and shares thoughts on the devotion to faith displayed in his sacred choral and orchestral works. Learn more...
The Great Broadway Sing-Along at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Kanbar Hall) (San Francisco, CA)
Producer Ellie Mednick presents The Great Broadway Sing-Along at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco's Kanbar Hall. Join a crowd of musical theater fans at this popular event, and sing along with classic tunes by Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, the Gershwins, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and more. Learn more...