'Tis the Season: Holiday Performing Arts in Denver
 

Don’t miss these wonderful, family friendly performances in Denver during the holiday season! Come to the Mile High City and make a night of it, taking advantage of dozens of incredible Mile High Holiday hotel deals. Learn more at www.MileHighHolidays.com.

Holiday Performing Arts, Theatre & Dance

The Nutcracker
Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver Performing Arts Complex
November 30 – December 28
The holidays are not complete until you join us for The Nutcracker, featuring unforgettable characters, dazzling costumes, classic choreography and Tchaikovsky's extraordinary arrangement performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra. This dazzling spectacle of glittering snowflakes and shimmering sugarplums will transport audiences to the Land of Sweets. Bring the whole family to Colorado's favorite holiday tradition.

A Christmas Carol
Stage Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 – December 29
Based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, this joyous and opulent musical adaptation traces money-hoarding skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption. A Christmas Carol illuminates the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.

The SantaLand Diaries
Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
November 29 – December 24
Local favorite Matt Zambrano dons the candy-cane tights, bringing to life David Sedaris' hilarious real-life story of working as an "elf" in Macy's SantaLand. Filled with holiday hijinks and biting insights into the absurdities of the holiday season.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
Buell Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
November 30 – December 1
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis has been America’s favorite holiday celebration for more than 25 years. Grammy Award winner Chip Davis has created a show that features the beloved Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller Christmas along with dazzling multimedia effects performed in an intimate setting.

Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Buell Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
December 10-22
A truly magical holiday experience. See an international cast of more than 30 multi-talented and brilliantly costumed artists come perform astonishing feats of disbelief. Gingerbread men flip mid air, toy soldiers march on thin wires, snowmen daringly balance, icemen powerfully sculpt, penguins spin, puppets dance and reindeer soar high above a landscape of holiday wonderment. An original music score and some seasonal favorites accompany hundreds of spectacular costumes and holiday dreams in a setting of gigantic gifts, colossal candy canes and 30-foot towering soldiers.

Stories On Stage: Making Merry
Seawell Ballroom, Denver Center for the Performing Arts
December 15
A variety of holiday stories read live on stage at the Denver Performing Arts Complex have made Making Merry a new Denver holiday tradition.

Holiday Concerts

A Broadway Christmas With Brian Stokes Mitchell
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 6
Enjoy a night of Holiday classics, Broadway-style. Dubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times, Tony® Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a spectacular career that spans four decades of Broadway (Ragtime, Kiss Me, Kate), television (Frasier, Glee), film (The Prince of Egypt, Jumping the Broom) and appearances in the great American concert halls. Stokes has performed in concert from the Hollywood Bowl to Carnegie Hall and the White House.

Handel's Messiah
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 13-15
Experience the full majesty of Handel’s masterpiece -- one of the most revered oratorios of all time – when the Colorado Symphony and Chorus exalt Messiah to new heights. Douglas Boyd, a favorite of both audiences and musicians, returns to Boettcher Concert Hall to conduct a fully orchestrated rendition of this holiday classic.

Christmas with the Children’s Chorale
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 14-15
Come hear the angels sing (and see Santa dance!) at this uplifting holiday tradition featuring Samuel Lancaster’s iconic Christmas in Colorado and Children, go! Experience sacred music of the season, sing along to holiday favorites and see what Santa has planned for us this Christmas.

Colorado Christmas
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 20-22
Colorado Christmas continues to ring in the Holiday spirit in grand orchestral style. Join the Colorado Symphony, Chorus, Colorado Children’s Chorale, vocalists and dancers in a program of your favorite traditional Christmas carols and songs. Special mood lighting and a few magical guests from the North Pole make this Holiday classic the perfect way to celebrate the season.

Holiday Brass
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 8
Audiences will literally be surrounded by the celebratory and powerful sounds of brass and percussion in what has quickly become one of the premier holiday brass events in Colorado.

TubaChristmas
Skyline Park (Arapahoe and 16th)
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Tap your toes to your favorite holiday tunes at the Annual TubaChristmas Concert at Skyline Park, featuring 300 tuba players from all over the region. 1 p.m.-2 p.m.

Rocky Mountain Christmas
Newman Center
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All along the Rockies you can feel it in the air, a Colorado Christmas resounding everywhere.Cozy up with The Denver Brass and guest artists Dave LeMieux and House of Soul for an evening of inspiring seasonal harmonies, warmth and good cheer. It’s the premier brass event of the season!

Too Hot To Handel
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 28-29
This R&B, jazz, and gospel reworking of Handel’s “Messiah” has audiences rocking in the aisles. Join Marin Alsop, the Colorado Symphony, mass chorus and special guest vocalists for the 14th annual jazzy retelling of Handel’s great classic.

A Night In Vienna
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex
December 31
Start New Year’s Eve off early with a Viennese style concert of Polkas, Waltzes and Marches with the Colorado Symphony. Afterwards, stroll down to the 16th Street Mall for fireworks and still get home long before the clock strikes midnight.