Music is integral to the holiday season with traditional carols, symphonic melodies and voices to warm your hearts. The South Sound area has an eclectic array of possibilities.
Tacoma
Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings brings the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Friday, December 19 at 7 pm, Temple Theater
All Shall Be Well, A PLU Christmas Concert with the Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra. Feel inspired and transformed by the themes of hope, joy, peace, and love in works that celebrate the spirit of the Christmas season.
December 5, 6, and 7 at PLU
Monday, December 8 at 7:30pm, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall
Tacoma Musical Playhouse offers The New Swing Reunion Orchestra featuring Melanie Vail. It is an annual tradition with holiday classics you know so well with a big, swinging jazz band. Monday, December 8 at 7:30pm.
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Celebrate the holidays with Tacoma Concert Band at the City of Tacoma’s Annual Tree Lighting Celebration. This year’s event features soprano Elizabeth Galafa Ylaya and select local student musicians performing as part of TCB’s Side-by-Side Program. The program includes a heartwarming mix of holiday music that captures the spirit of the most wonderful time of the year.
Saturday, November 29 at 3pm, Pantages Theater
Olympia
Music & Magic with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra. Guest conductor Sunny Xia leads Howard Blake’s beloved score to The Snowman, performed live with the animated film. This festive program also features Anthony Kim, the 2025 Young Artists Competition Junior Division Winner, as he performs Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major.
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm, Capitol Theater
DANCE: The Masquerade Ball: Your New Year’s Eve starts with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra. Step into the spotlight at the symphonic masquerade featuring waltzes, tangos, and iconic hits from Strauss to Lady Gaga. With a live orchestra, a glam photo booth, and a night full of rhythm and revelry, it’s the ultimate pre-party. Get your mask in place at the door and start your night in style. Wednesday,
December 31 at 5pm, Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw: Christmas Tour 2025 Experience the magic of the season with two of music’s most beloved voices in an unforgettable evening of holiday favorites and charttopping hits. Friday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Free Community Messiah Sing-Along with SOGO (Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia)
December 22 at 7 pm, 1629 22nd Ave SE. Olympia
SOGO will also present the Ho Ho Holiday Brass Choir Show performing traditional and not-so-traditional holiday songs.
Details TBA
Federal Way
Celebrating the Holidays Join the Federal Way Symphony for its annual holiday celebration featuring the Federal Way Chorale and a young Emerging Artist. The Federal Way City tree lighting ceremony will immediately follow the concert in Town Square Park.
December 6, 2:30 pm, Federal Way Performing Arts Center
For Additional Information
templeconcerts.com
calendar.plu.edu
tmp.org
tacomacitytheaters.org
olympiasymphony.org
washingtoncenter.org
studentorchestras.org
fwpaec.org