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12/12/2025

The internationally acclaimed Columbus-based Diem String Quartet celebrates the season with ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas.’ The quartet will perform Mendelssohn’s passionate String Quartet No. 2 and a slew of merry-making holiday favorites. Concerts take place Saturday, Dec. 20 at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, and Sunday, Dec. 21 at Our Lady of Victory, Roxbury Road, Columbus. Tickets and more details at the link.

The 2025-26 Randolph A. Foster Seize The Music Series: Celebrating 20 Years of CDSQ Saturday, December 20 at 3 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus 93 W Weisheimer Rd Columbus, OH 43214

12/11/2025

The New Albany Symphony Orchestra and Chorus serve up a big helping of holiday spirit in Holiday Spectacular. Internationally acclaimed Irish tenor Emmet Cahill joins the orchestra and chorus in two concerts of holiday favorites from around the world. Performances take place Saturday, Dec. 20 and Sunday, Dec. 21 at 3 p.m. in the McCoy Center for the Arts, New Albany. Tickets and more details here - https://newalbanysymphony.com/

12/09/2025

Merry TubaChristmas has shared musical merriment with the Columbus community for more than 40 years.

What says Christmas better than a whole passel of tubas? Enjoy a command performance of a low-key holiday hit in anticipation of Merry TubaChristmas Columbus 2025.

12/01/2025

It’s a Columbus holiday tradition, and this year BalletMet shares the magic and wonder of The Nutcracker in more than 20 performances – including two sensory-friendly performances – Dec. 11-28 at Columbus' historic Ohio Theatre. Details and tickets at the link.

The Nutcracker, your holiday favorite, is back! Learn about the ballet, read a synopsis, and get tickets at BalletMet. Dec 11–28, 2025. Official Box Office.

11/29/2025

The Central Ohio Symphony brings holiday music and holiday merriment to you in two Sounds of the Season – in Delaware at Ohio Wesleyan University’s Gray Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 7, and in Marion at the Marion Palace Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 14.

Holidays in DelawareJoin us for our annual celebration of the winter holidays! Our concert starts at 2:00 on December 7. Keep your parking spot for Main Street Delaware's "Light the Night" parade at 6:00! Get tickets

11/28/2025

The Columbus Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the Columbus Children's Choir and guest vocalist Capathia Jenkins add some merriment to the holiday season with Holiday Pops. Festive music, a light show, photos with Santa and even pre-concert crafts make the holidays merry. Performances Dec. 5-7 at the Ohio Theatre. More details at this link.

The Columbus Symphony brings magic to the Ohio Theatre in December, transforming it with a show of lights, festive music, heavenly voices, and seasonal cheer! The Columbus Symphony Chorus, Columbus Children’s Choir and special guests join to present the most-loved holiday songs and carols!

11/28/2025

Experience magic, music and wonder this holiday season. Wonderment, Columbus Dance Theatre ’s signature seasonal work, returns Dec. 6 at the Lincoln Theatre. Watch this video from a rehearsal for the work’s world premiere, and find performance details at https://www.capa.com/productions/wonderment/

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Two children make a remarkable journey and encounter otherworldly beings in magical lands along the way. The Columbus Dance Theatre’s new holiday ballet, Won...

11/28/2025

Holiday classics, festive favorites, a sing-along and photos with Santa! The Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents Home for the Holidays, four family-friendly concerts, Dec. 5-8, featuring the local duo Starlit Ways with a mix of jazz hits, Broadway and modern tunes. More details at https://www.jazzartsgroup.org.

11/27/2025

In two upcoming concerts, a Columbus contemporary music ensemble will perform string quartet works that show us how to hear the world around us.

The Columbus-based contemporary music chamber ensemble Chamber Brews will perform inter/cepted, a program of works by American composers Mohammed Fairouz, Terry Riley, Zachery Meier and Pauline Oliveros, Dec. 2 and 14.

11/26/2025

On Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day, enjoy cooking, baking, gathering and feasting with wonderful American music for this most American holiday.

On Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day, enjoy cooking, baking, gathering and feasting with wonderful American music on Classical 101 for this most American holiday.

11/24/2025

ProArteOHIO’s annual holiday concerts are a beloved central Ohio tradition. This year the professional choir and organist Joshua Brodbeck will perform NOËL: Motets, Holiday Favorites and French Carols, a program of French music conducted by Stephen Caracciolo. Concerts take place Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4 p.m. in Lancaster, and Sunday, Dec. 14 at 4 p.m. in St. Mary Catholic Church, German Village. More details at the link.

The central Ohio professional choir ProArteOHIO's annual concert of holiday music features French music through the ages.

11/22/2025

Life can seem to be always on overdrive. But noted American composer Michael Torke's new work "Last" for solo violin and string orchestra offers a soundtrack to help listeners unwind and reflect in tumultuous times. The recording features central Ohio violinist Siwoo Kim as soloist with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).

Feeling the strain of tumultuous times? The recording of American composer Michael Torke's new work Last offers a soundtrack to help listeners unwind and reflect, and features central Ohio violinist Siwoo Kim as soloist with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra.