While Santa may still be working with his elves to load up his sleigh, you can relax and enjoy a Christmas Eve celebration at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Gather up your friends and family and go hear L.A.’s biggest holiday show, now in its 65th year, which features more than 20 choirs, music ensembles and dance troupes from all over the city. This year’s lineup includes the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Grammy winner Daniel Ho and Urban Voices Project, a choir made up of men and women from Skid Row. New this time around are a circus act and a puppet performance by Bob Baker Marionette Theater. The free three-hour show celebrates L.A.’s multicultural observation of the holidays and has hosted everything from an all-women soul ensemble to Hawaiian music to Indian dance.
The performance runs from 3 to 6pm. Note: Advance reservations and (free) tickets are required for this year’s show; parking at the Dorothy Chandler is also free. Those who still have last-minute holiday responsibilities to attend to can listen to a livestream of the concert on pbssocal.org or watch it on PBS SoCal.