29 Christmas and Holiday Family Shows in Los Angeles

Updated for 2025

One way to celebrate the holiday season is to attend a Holiday show. Here in Southern California, the Entertainment Capital 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.

Festive Holiday Shows in Los Angeles 2025

Disney On Ice — Let’s Dance!
Multiple locations in SoCal, including:

• Disney on Ice — in Los Angeles: December 18^th – 21^st at Crypto.com Arena – 1111 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90015
• Disney on Ice — in Anaheim: December 11^th – 15^th at Honda Center – 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806
• Disney on Ice — in Long Beach: January 1^st – 4^th, 2026 at Long Beach Arena – 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802

Get ready to turn up the fun when Disney On Ice presents Let’s Dance! makes its SoCal debut. Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy have become DJs, remixing Disney tunes into colorful stories at this all-new state-of-the-art ice show. Playing Anaheim, Los Angeles, Ontario, and Long Beach — with the new festive holiday pre-show experience happening at all SoCal performances. Check the website for ticket and showtime information.

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA 90278

Hot Chocolate Nutcracker tickets are on sale now for the performances that will take place over a two-week period, from December 4^th through December 14^th. The Debbie Allen Dance Academy will use dance, theater, and performance to enrich and inspire as they present their musical adaptation of the Nutcracker ballet. Check the website for additional details and to buy tickets.

Angel City Chorale’s “Blockbuster Holiday” 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 its Holiday Homecoming concert on Saturday, December 6^th, and Sunday, December 7^th at UCLA’s famed Royce Hall.

ACC is overjoyed to bring people together again to feel the community spirit of the holidays. For guests who are unable to attend in person, ACC will also livestream the Sunday concert at 3:00 pm. 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 its 32^nd year.

Mariachi Divas “Swingin’ Navidad”
Downey Theatre, 8435 Firestone Blvd., Downey, CA 90241

“Led by Multi-GRAMMY-Winning founder, Cindy Shea, the Divas blend mariachi classics with jazz, swing, and pop in a festive celebration that’s become a Downy holiday favorite. With special guest performers and dazzling seasonal flair, this is a holiday experience you won’t want to miss!” This performance will be held on Sunday, December 14^th at 5:00 pm and includes a catered holiday dinner, photo ops with the Mariachi Divas and Santa Claus, take-home keepsakes and sweet treats, live holiday music, and more.

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’ A Christmas Carol, running Nov 29^th through Dec. 24^th, 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 the 66^th annual LA County Holiday Celebration, which is described as the “largest multicultural holiday celebration” in Los Angeles, and is always held on December 24^th at 3:00 pm. Advance tickets will be required for admittance and 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.

Note: The show is also broadcast live on PBS SoCal and rebroadcast the next day.

Fun Fact: There are dozens of Nutcracker performances in SoCal this year!

Holidays at The Music Center
135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012 

• Home Alone in Concert
• Ben Platt
• Holiday Sing-Along
• English Cathedral Christmas
• Chanticleer
• Holiday Brass: Chamber Music
• Ellington’s Nutcracker & Tchaikovsky’s Winter Daydreams
• Carols for Kids
• Festival of Carols
• Handel’s Messiah
• Messiah Sing-Along
• Arturo Sandoval Swinging Holiday

Check their website to get tickets and more information on each of the shows.

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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 13^th 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! There will be holiday arts & crafts followed by holiday gift wrapping (while supplies last). Check the website as more information becomes available for this event.

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Segerstrom Center for the Arts
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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.

• Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
  December 4^th –6^th
• Nutcracker for Kids
  December 6^th
• Handel’s Messiah
  December 7^th
• Holiday Organ Spectacular
  December 9^th
• The Holidays with Canadian Brass
  December 10^th
• American Ballet Theater’s The Nutcracker
  December 11^th–21^st
• Emanuel! A Concorida Christmas
  December 13^th
• Silent Night
  December 15^th
• ‘Tis the Season!
  December 21^st
• 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.

• Gregory Porter Christmas Wish
  December 6^th
• The Klezmatics Happy Joyous Hanukkah
  December 7^th
• Christmas Sands Quartet
  December 12^th–13^th
• Nochebuena: A Christmas Spectacular
  December 20^th–22^nd
• And more!

Ben Platt: Live at the Ahmanson
Ahmanson Theatre, 135 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012

You and your family can enjoy the music of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt for “an electric, new two-week residency at the Ahmanson Theatre!” Ben and a “star-studded set of special guests” will perform some of his greatest hits as well as Broadway favorites.

The Enormous Crocodile
Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232

Starting December 5^th and running until January 4^th, 2026, watch The Enormous Crocodile. He’s “weaving his way through the jungle of Los Angeles”. This mischievous musical is based on Roald Dahl’s book and has both tunes and puppets. Get your tickets to this fun musical that’s family-friendly.

Children of the Winter Kingdom
The Actors’ Gang Theater, 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232

The Actors’ Gang Theater will present the Children of the Winter Kingdom beginning December 4^th through the 20^th on Thursdays (pay what you can at the door on Thursdays only), Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 pm. This production is described as “the bonkers adventures of Holly and Spruce”, and transports you to a magical wintery world where orphan twins escape from a circus and stumble into an enchanted forest with dragons, sorcery, and mischief.

Note: This production may not be appropriate for younger children.

The Big Fat Broadway Christmas Show
El Portal Theater, 5269 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601

The Big Fat Broadway Christmas Show is celebrating 10 years and will show on one night only, Friday, December 5^th at 8:00 pm (VIP tickets can come at 7:00 for a pre-show gala in the Monroe Forum). An elite group of professional Broadway performers will come together for this festive show with singing and dancing. The performers at this show are using their talents to fundraise for Hope the Mission, which is working to prevent, reduce, and, when possible, eliminate poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

Jingle & Mingle Holiday Celebration
Pasadena Playhouse, 39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

On December 13^th, enjoy a family-friendly performance of music, storytelling, and guest appearances at 1:00 pm or 5:00 pm, along with crafts, sing-alongs, behind-the-scenes tours, and family photos under the Christmas tree.

All About Santa
Santa Monica Playhouse, 1211 4^th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Santa Monica Playhouse Family Theatre Musical Matinee series presents the return of All About Santa, a heart-warming tale of love and generosity, togetherness and friendship, with enough goodwill and cheer for all. The perfect way for families to usher in the holiday season, this zany Rudie-DeCarlo musical is chock full of classic holiday fun with perky elves, madcap inventors, toys that come alive, and a gorgeously detailed Christmas toyshop set. This delightful holiday event for audiences between the ages of 2 and 102 plays Saturdays at 2:00 pm and Sundays at 12:30 pm, December 6^th through December 14^th, 2025.

Admission is $15.00 for children 12 and under; $17.50 for adults. Birthday Parties, hosted by one of the gaily costumed Playhouse actors, are available in conjunction with the play for every performance.  Reservations are highly recommended.

Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland
1101 Stadium Dr., Inglewood, CA 90305

Watch “awe-inspiring acrobatics, gravity-defying aerial feats, and live holiday music” at the Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland on December 17^th at 8:00 pm. It promises to be a breathtaking, unforgettable holiday show for the whole family. Both regular tickets and VIP tickets are available online (VIP tickets provide extra perks like a backstage pass to meet performers and get photos).

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