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Holiday Concert—December 13, 2026
Make sure your holiday season starts with the best holiday event in Evanston!
Don’t miss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities with your family and friends … and you can take advantage of our special rates for a package of 2 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets.
The award-winning Evanston Symphony Orchestra is joined by:
North Shore Choral Society [learn more]
Evanston Dance Ensemble [learn more]
Evanston Children's Choir [learn more]
Dance Center Evanston [learn more]
Chicago Ballet Arts [learn more]
TJC Choral Group Gospel Choir
and a …
BIG bonus for all kids from 1 to 101 — a visit from Santa and his elves!
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
1600 Dodge Avenue, Evanston
See map.
Buy your tickets today.
Single Tickets
Advance Tickets:
Adults $30
Children under 18 years old $15
At-the-door Admission:
Adults $35
Children under 18 years old $20
Preferred Seating Area*:
Available through 12/13/2025
Adults $45
Children under 18 years old $20
Family Package
Advance Tickets:
Save $10
2 adults and 3 children only $90
At-the-door Admission:
Save $45
2 adults and 3 children only $95
Preferred Seating Area:*
Available through 12/13/2025
2 adults and 3 children only $130
*Preferred seating tickets only available for advance sale
EVANSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Lawrence Eckerling, Music Director
NORTH SHORE CHORAL SOCIETY
Julia Davids, Music Director
Tierra Whetstone, Assistant Conductor
EVANSTON DANCE ENSEMBLE
Enid Smith, Artistic Director, EDE
Rachel Molinaro, Artistic Director, ede2
Olivia Lemmenes, Assistant Director, ede2
EVANSTON CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Gary Geiger, Artistic Director
DANCE CENTER EVANSTON
Béa Rashid, Director
Calyn Carbery, Managing Director
CHICAGO BALLET ARTS
Maliwan Diemer, Artistic & Executive Director
TJC CHORAL GROUP GOSPEL CHOIR
Tina Jenkins Crawley, Founder/Director
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2026 3:00 PM
EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL
PROGRAM
Deck The Halls
Mannheim Steamroller
Sleigh Ride
Anderson
Walking In The Air from “The Snowman”
Blake/arr. Leavitt
Evanston Children’s Choir
On Christmas Day
Steven Amundson
Nutcracker Suite
I. Overture
II. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
V. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
Ellington/Strayhorn/Tchaikovsky
Little Bolero Boy
Wendel
Rejoice
Smallwood/orch. Matta
TJC Choral Group Gospel Choir
INTERMISSION
A Christmas Festival
Anderson
Chicago Ballet Arts
It’s Christmastime
Arr. Custer
A Holiday Hoedown
Kallman
Chicago Ballet Arts
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Thomas W. Jefferson
North Shore Choral Society
Hanukkah Medley
Lucas Richman
North Shore Choral Society
“Hallelujah” from Messiah
Handel
North Shore Choral Society
Hallelujah from Quincy Jones’
Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
Handel/Warren/Jackson/Kibble/Higgens/Schiff
TJC Choral Group Gospel Choir
North Shore Choral Society
Evanston Children’s Choir
Video
Get a glimpse of what our festive Holiday Concerts sound and look like.
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride.
Quincy Jones’s Hallelujah, from Handel’s Messiah: A Soulful Celebration
with North Shore Choral Society, Evanston Children’s Choir, and Evanston Symphony’s Gospel Choir, led by Rev. Ken Cherry. December 2017
Skater's Waltz
with the Chicago Ballet Arts. December 2022
Photos from previous years
The Holiday Concert being visited by Father Christmas himself, Santa!
(Photo by Laura Bennett)
Dancers from Chicago Ballet Arts performing in selections from The Nutcracker.
(By Laura Bennett)
See more of these photos in our Holiday album