Updated for 2024
One way to celebrate the holiday season is to attend a Holiday show. Here in Southern California, the Entertainment Capitol of the World, you can be sure there are lots of musicals, stage productions, vocal performances, and more, happening throughout the rest of the year – that are guaranteed to leave you full of holiday spirit! Enjoy this list of Christmas and Holiday Shows in Los Angeles!
From A Christmas Carol to The Nutcracker Ballet, and everything between and beyond, Los Angeles serves up terrific Holiday Shows for the whole family. With our world-class theater companies and creative talent, you’re sure to find something that will get you in the mood for celebrating this wonderful holiday season.
Featured Holiday Shows 2024
Holiday Sing-Along – Sat., Dec 14 at 11:30 am & 2:30 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall – 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ring in the season at Walt Disney Concert Hall! Join in song with hundreds of fellow revelers—plus a jazz combo, a choir, and the pipe organ—for this joyous annual tradition. A jolly good time for the whole family! Come to Winter Wonderland in BP Hall to warm up your vocal cords with complimentary hot cocoa, create your own holiday craft, and take a picture with Santa Claus before our Holiday Sing-Along shows!
Chanticleer – Tues., Dec 17 at 8 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall – 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
From the candlelit chant procession to the triumphant gospel finale, Chanticleer presents a cappella arrangements of some of the greatest and most moving Christmas music from throughout the centuries. It’s a holiday tradition—and an unforgettable night—when the Grammy-winning “orchestra of voices” comes to town.
Home Alone in Concert – Sat., Dec 21 at 2 pm & 8 pm / Sun., Dec 22 at 2 pm & 8 pm
Walt Disney Concert Hall – 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture, conducted by David Newman. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family! Arrive early and dressed to impress in your best ugly holiday sweater for Home Alone in Concert and test your knowledge with Home Alone trivia in BP Hall, presented by Scum & Villainy.
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Festive Holiday Shows in Los Angeles 2024
Kalani Pe’a Festive Hawaiian Christmas Tour 2024
Downey Theatre, 8435 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 90241
Three-time GRAMMY Winner Kalani Pe’a brings his Hawaiian Christmas Tour 2024 to the Downey Theatre on Saturday, December 14 at 7 pm, bringing the best in Hawaiian music to Los Angeles. Special guests Kumu Hula Chase Keoki Wang and Halau Na Mamo O Pana’ewa join Kalani Pe’a for a memorable Hawaiian Christmas show. Spend an evening enjoying the musical spirit of the Hawaiian Islands and its welcoming aloha culture, celebrating the warmth and special ‘aloha’ of the season, and sharing much-loved songs from both Western and Hawaiian roots.
A Christmas Carol at A Noise Within
3352 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107
A Noise Within, California’s acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, is proud to announce the return of Los Angeles’ longest-running production of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, running Nov 30 through Dec. 24, for the holiday season at ANW.
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The Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration
The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Families are invited to what is described as the “largest multicultural holiday celebration” in Los Angeles always held on December 24th at 3 pm. This year advance tickets will be required for admittance. Tickets are available now! Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.; there will also be a standby line for anyone interested in attending, but who may not have a ticket. Entry without a reserved ticket is not guaranteed. Ticket holders arriving after 3:30 p.m. will relinquish their reserved seats and be directed to the standby line.The three-hour live production includes instrumental music, choral music, and dance performances. (The show is also broadcast live on PBS SoCal and re-broadcast the next day.)
Returning audience favorites include two-time GRAMMY® award-winning Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea; 10-piece Latin jazz band Gabrielito y La Verdad; the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles; Jewish culture revival band Mostly Kosher; high energy JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble; and internationally renowned Japanese drummers TAIKOPROJECT in a collaboration with Indian-inspired Blue13 Dance Company.
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Disney On Ice – Magic in the Stars
Various locations in SoCal
- Disney on Ice – in Los Angeles – December 19-22 at Crypto.com Arena – 1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
- Disney on Ice – in Anaheim – December 12-16th at Honda Center – 2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92806
- Disney on Ice – in Ontario – December 26-30 at Toyota Arena – 4000 Ontario Center Parkway, Ontario, CA 91764
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Holidays at The Music Center
135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
- Leslie Odom, Jr.: The Christmas Tour
- Kristen Chenoweth Holiday Concert
- Handel-Mozart Messiah
- Carols on the Plaza
- Messiah Sing-Along
- Jennifer Hudson: Gift of Love
- Festival of Carols
Check their website to get tickets and more information on each of the shows.
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Angel City Chorale’s “Bling on the Holidays” Concert
Royce Hall, UCLA Campus, 10745 Dickson Ct., Los Angeles, CA 90095
America’s Got Talent’s Golden Buzzer-winning vocal sensation and Los Angeles’ premier community choir Angel City Chorale (ACC), led by Sue Fink, Artistic Director, will be putting on their Holiday Homecoming concert on Saturday, December 7th and Sunday, December 8th at UCLA’s famed Royce Hall.
ACC is overjoyed to bring people together again to feel the community spirit of the holidays. For guests that are not able to attend in person, ACC will also livestream the Sunday concert. The merry festivities will feature a selection of old and new seasonal songs that capture the joyful spirit of the yuletide as the chorale continues to celebrate their 31st year.
Holiday Concert on the Pier
Redondo Pier, 100 Fisherman’s Wharf, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Redondo Beach invites families to a free special holiday concert on Saturday, December 14th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This free event features live holiday music and you may even see Santa arriving on his surfboard! A free holiday activity book will be presented to the first 150 children in attendance. And don’t forget to bring a new, unwrapped toy (valued at $5 or more).
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Segerstrom Center for the Arts
300 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
There will be many Holiday performances to choose from at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts this season. Please check their website for more information and to get tickets before they sell out.
- Nutcracker for Kids
December 7th - Handel’s Messiah
December 8th - Hear the Angel Voices
December 10th - American Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker
December 12-22 - Holidays Around the World
December 14th - Fiesta Navidad
December 14 - Take 6 Christmas
December 15 - Holiday Organ Spectacular
December 17 - And much more!
The Soraya
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330
Enjoy these wonderful holiday shows at the Soraya this season. Please check their website for more information and to get tickets.
- Nochebuena: a Christmas Spectacular
December 7-8 - Glenn Miller Orchestra
December 14 - Lea Salonga: The Sounding Joy
December 19 - Sweet Honey in the Rock Celebrating HolyDays
December 19th - And more!
Once Upon a Mattress
Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
You and your family can enjoy the musical fairytale of Once Upon a Mattress from December 10th – January 5th, 2025. There will be catchy melodies and new delights in this uproarious update of Hans Christian Anderson’s, The Princess and the Pea.
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Starting November 22nd and running until January 5th, 2025, watch Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog who have started a club to teach baby frogs how to make their own comics. However, the frogs’ bickering and outrageous imaginations threaten to send their comics off the rails. Will they ever learn to get along? Watch and find out!
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