5:30 – 7 pm Tree & Menorah Lighting Celebration at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Ages: 5 – 8Christmas Community Friends of Dag Hammarskjold PlazaManhattan
7:30 – 9:30 pm The New School Studio Orchestra Wishes You A Swinging Holiday Ages: AllChristmas Free Tishman Auditorium, The New SchoolManhattan
7:30 – 9 pm Ember Choral Arts Presents GLOW: Light & Miracles Ages: AllChristmas Holiday St. Malachy’s/Actors Chapel, Midtown ManhattanMidtown
10:30 – 11:15 am Nutcracker Notes: A Musical Adventure Ages: 12 and underChristmas Dance Greenwich House Music SchoolWest Village
11 am – noon Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!” Ages: 3 – 8Books & Readings Music Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea
11:30 am – 1:30 pm The Grandest Princess Ball Ever! Ages: 8 and underMusic Theater Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City
2:30 – 3 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
3 – 4 pm EVC Intergenerational Choir Ages: 5 and upClasses Community Union Theological SeminaryHarlem
4 – 4:30 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
5:30 – 6 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
7:30 – 9 pm The Nutcracker Ages: AllArt Attractions Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City
11 – 11:30 am Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
11 am – noon Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!” Ages: 3 – 8Books & Readings Music Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea
1 – 1:30 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
2:30 – 3 pm Peter & the Wolf: Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Ages: 5 – 8Art Music Works & Process at the GuggenheimMidtown
3 – 4:30 pm Annual Christmas Concert: Gloria! Ages: AllChristmas Holiday Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaUpper East Side
4 – 5 pm Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!” Ages: 3 – 8Books & Readings Music Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea
5:30 – 7 pm The Grandest Princess Ball Ever! Ages: 8 and underMusic Theater Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City
7:30 – 9 pm The Nutcracker Ages: AllArt Attractions Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City
6 – 7 pm Holiday Caroling at The Forum 2025 Ages: AllChristmas Community The Forum at Columbia UniversityManhattanville
6 – 7 pm 14Y’s Chanukah in Union Square Ages: 12 and underCommunity Craft & DIY Union Square Park, North PlazaUnion Square
7 pm YPC Performs at St. Patrick’s Cathedral’s Annual “A City Singing at Christmas” Concert Ages: AllFree Music St. Patrick’s CathedralManhattan
11 – 11:45 am Nutcracker Notes: A Musical Adventure Ages: 12 and underDance Holiday Brooklyn Chamber OrchestraBrooklyn
11 am – noon Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are In A Play!” Ages: 3 – 8Books & Readings Music Atlantic Stage 2Chelsea
11:30 am – 1:30 pm The Grandest Princess Ball Ever! Ages: 8 and underMusic Theater Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City
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