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A Christmas Carol
Nov 22 - Dec 27
Sat, Nov 22 @ 8:00 pm
Sun, Nov 23 @ 7:00 pm
Tue, Nov 25 @ 7:00 pm
Wed, Nov 26 @ 7:00 pm
Fri, Nov 28 @ 2:00 pm
Fri, Nov 28 @ 8:00 pm
Sat, Nov 29 @ 2:00 pm
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Kansas City Ballet Presents “The Nutcracker”
Nov 29 - Dec 24
Sat, Nov 29 @ 2:00 pm
Sat, Nov 29 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Nov 30 @ 1:00 pm
Sun, Nov 30 @ 5:30 pm
Thu, Dec 4 @ 6:00 pm
Fri, Dec 5 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 6 @ 2:00 pm
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Tue, Dec 2 @ 7:00 pm
Ebeneezer Scrooge's Big KC MO Christmas Show
Dec 03 - Dec 28
Wed, Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm
Thu, Dec 4 @ 7:30 pm
Fri, Dec 5 @ 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 6 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Dec 7 @ 2:00 pm
Mon, Dec 8 @ 6:30 pm
Wed, Dec 10 @ 7:30 pm
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Fri, Dec 5 @ 10:00 am
Fri, Dec 5 @ 12:30 pm
Sat, Dec 6 @ 6:00 pm
Sat, Dec 6 @ 10:30 am
Sun, Dec 7 @ 11:00 am
Sun, Dec 7 @ 4:00 pm
Fri, Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Dec 13 @ 10:00 am
Sat, Dec 20 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, Dec 21 @ 3:00 pm
Thu, Jan 1 @ 2:00 pm
Mon, Jan 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sat, Jan 24 @ 10:00 am
Nov 15, 2025
Soweto Gospel Choir – PEACE
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
With their concert entitled “PEACE,” the multi-GRAMMY® and Emmy Award®-winning Soweto Gospel Choir returns to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some treasured classics. The inspirational concert will also feature the spirited music of Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen and more! Formed in 2002, the Choir was created to celebrate the unique power of African gospel music and quickly established itself as a group that is “undeniably synchronized, appears unshakable, and simultaneously expresses universality and individuality” (San Francisco Classical Voice). The career achievements of Soweto Gospel Choir are nothing less than phenomenal. The Choir has performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Royal Festival Hall London and the Nelson Mandela Theatre. They have collaborated with musical superstars Peter Gabriel, U2, John Legend, Robert Plant, Chance the Rapper and Ben Harper. They have performed on stage with Celine Dion, Bono, Diana Ross, and Pharrell Williams to name just a few. They have performed in programs alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira, Angelique Kidjo, Jimmy Cliff, Youssou N’Dour, Ziggy Marley, and more! Heralded by Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey, Soweto Gospel Choir excites audiences worldwide, uplifting the soul and spreading joy through its earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, brilliant costumes, and infectious spirit. It’s a night of music perfect for the entire family!
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Nov 16, 2025
Stile Antico
Presented by Friends of Chamber Music at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Kansas City, MO
In this vibrant and highly contrasted program, Stile Antico selects one piece from each of its sixteen award-winning albums to create a thrilling journey through some of the greatest music of the Renaissance. Exuberant works by composers such as Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins and Praetorius rub shoulders with tranquil motets by Taverner, Clemens non Papa and Tallis, and the alluring sounds of Huw Watkins’ virtuosic The Phoenix and the Turtle, written especially for the ensemble. Our voyage concludes with Allegri’s timeless Miserere — a work of enduring beauty and mystery.
Learn More Nov 22, 2025 - Dec 27, 2025
A Christmas Carol
Presented by Kansas City Repertory Theatre at Spencer Theater Kansas City, MO
The 2025 production of A Christmas Carol will be Gary Neal Johnson's last in the Ebenezer Scrooge role. Create Christmas memories that will last for many seasons to come, and celebrate Gary Neal Johnson’s incredible legacy! Join Ebenezer Scrooge on his redemptive journey with Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and rediscover the true meaning of the holidays. You’ll meet the Cratchits, Tiny Tim, and the irresistible Fezziwigs, and hear the haunting and joyous Candlelight Carol — all this and more, to kindle your Christmas spirit. Share the season with the people you love at A Christmas Carol.
Learn More Nov 29, 2025 - Dec 24, 2025
Kansas City Ballet Presents “The Nutcracker”
Presented by Kansas City Ballet at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
A cherished Kansas City holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, returns to fill the stage with magic and enchantment. Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s timeless tale, this Victorian-era classic follows Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, Dr. Drosselmeier, and the Sugar Plum Fairy on a captivating journey filled with fantasy and delight. With dazzling costumes, breathtaking scenery, and mesmerizing choreography, this performance will transport you to a world of imagination. Come celebrate the joy of the season and rediscover the magic of childhood! Choreography: Devon Carney Music: Peter I. Tchaikovsky Live music: Performed by Kansas City Symphony
Learn More Dec 02, 2025
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT: YO-YO MA, cello in solo recital
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is a testament to his belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works for cello, bringing communities together to explore culture’s role in society, or engaging unexpected musical forms, Yo-Yo strives to foster connections that stimulate the imagination and reinforce our humanity. Most recently, Yo-Yo began Our Common Nature, a cultural journey to celebrate the ways that nature can reunite us in pursuit of a shared future. Our Common Nature follows the Bach Project, a 36-community, six-continent tour of J. S. Bach’s cello suites paired with local cultural programming. Both endeavors reflect Yo-Yo’s lifelong commitment to stretching the boundaries of genre and tradition to understand how music helps us to imagine and build a stronger society.
Learn More Dec 03, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025
Ebeneezer Scrooge's Big KC MO Christmas Show
Presented by Unicorn Theatre at Unicorn Theatre Kansas City, MO
Back by popular demand! The ‘Sons of Pitches’ return to play dozens of roles in this hilariously fast paced and imaginative retelling of the world’s most famous holiday story! This Kansas City based Dickens tale is wacky fun for the entire family. featuring Ron Megee and the 2024 original cast.
Learn More Dec 05, 2025
American Wild Ensemble presents 'Owl at Home'
Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS
Enjoy charming Owl for his quirky domestic adventures, all set to colorful and enchanting music and narrated by the composer himself. The program begins with instrument demonstrations, followed by the performance of “Owl at Home,” and concludes with a Q&A with the composer and performers. The American Wild Ensemble celebrates the people, places, and stories that shape American history and culture through the commission and performance of thematic new music. Since 2016, the ensemble has commissioned more than 30 new works for two to seven performers – with the support of organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, Chamber Music America, and Mid-America Arts Alliance – for performances in both traditional and nontraditional venues across the country. American Wild Ensemble emphasizes audience engagement through performance format and programming, aiming to offer a cohesive experience that connects listeners to the spaces around them. “Owl at Home,” with music by John Liberatore, is a part of American Wild Ensemble's program, “Wild Imagination: The Magic of Musical Storytelling.” This collection of colorful commissions for flute, clarinet, and cello features new and classic children’s literature and poetry brought to life through musical adaptation. The program also includes Daniel Pesca’s setting of Leo Lionni’s “Pezzettino,” Kim Osberg’s setting of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s “My Father’s Dragon,” and Ingrid Stölzel’s setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s classic poem “The Arrow and the Song.”
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Dec 06, 2025
'Christmas in Killarney'
Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS
Set in Ireland in the late 1920s, “Christmas in Killarney” shows what it means to celebrate Christmas the “Irish” way, where many of our own Christmas traditions originated. From the producers of “Rockin' Road to Dublin” comes the new sensational Christmas musical, “Christmas in Killarney, An Irish Christmas Celebration,” just in time for the holiday season. Created by the 2009 World Champion of Irish Dance Scott Doherty and worldwide-touring Irish musician Chris Smith, “Christmas in Killarney” combines the excitement of Irish dance with the harmonies of traditional Christmas classics.
Learn More Dec 06, 2025
Kansas City Ballet Guild Presents “Nutcracker Ball”
Presented by Kansas City Ballet at Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center Kansas City, MO
Step inside Drosselmeier’s enchanted realm at Kansas City Ballet Guild’s 58th annual gala, the Nutcracker Ball, at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. The Sheraton Grand Ballroom will be exquisitely decorated in holiday splendor for the gala, which will include a cocktail reception, followed by a luscious dinner and a delightful dance performance. Then, attendees can take to the ballroom floor and celebrate with the Diamond Empire Band! All proceeds from the Nutcracker Ball support Kansas City Ballet, our nationally recognized ballet company. Your tax-deductible gift allows Kansas City Ballet to provide outstanding classical ballets; world premieres and works from gifted international choreographers. Your gift also supports scholarships for students at our award-winning Kansas City Ballet School and enables ongoing ballet engagement in the community. For more information or sponsorship opportunities, contact Ball Chairman Michele Hamlett-Weith, balletball@kcballet.org
Learn More Dec 06, 2025
Kansas City Ballet Presents the “Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball”
Presented by Kansas City Ballet at Muehlebach Tower of the Kansas City Marriott Downtown Kansas City, MO
An enchanting experience awaits you at Kansas City Ballet’s Sugar Plum Fairy Children’s Ball! A delicious three course luncheon, face painting and a photo with the Sugar Plum Fairy are all part of the guest experience at the Children’s Ball. You are sure to feel the magic of the holidays as the Sugar Plum Fairy leads you on an adventure filled with lobby entertainment, activities and a performance by the Kansas City Youth Ballet. Following the event, guests are whisked away to attend the matinee performance of Kansas City Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Learn More Dec 07, 2025
The Jewish Nutcracker - Short & Suite
Presented by The White Theatre at The White Theatre Leawood, KS
2025-2026 Special Engagement “The Jewish Nutcracker” returns for its fifth year and follows Rebecca and the Nutcracker on their magical journey from Bubbe’s house to the Land of Nosh, encountering everything from mice to dancing dreidels! Featuring our Encore students, this is a tradition not to be missed! Enjoy a pre-event tea party followed by a streamlined performance on Sunday, Dec. 7. Recommended for ages 6+
Learn More Dec 12, 2025
Trinity Irish Dance Company – A Very Irish Christmas
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) has significantly changed the direction and scope of Irish dance, re-introducing the art form as the phenomenon it is today. Founded in 1990, this innovative, nonprofit, repertory company was created to celebrate the pioneering work of Founding Artistic Director Mark Howard. Howard’s uniquely Irish-American company was the birthplace of progressive Irish dance, an innovative movement genre which “ushered in a new era for Irish step dance” (Chicago Tribune), opening new avenues of artistic freedom that led directly to commercial productions such as “Riverdance.” By using Irish dance as an instrument and a metaphor, TIDC redefines the medium with passion, flair, and precision. Through a unique blend of uncompromising power and grace, TIDC sends a consistent message of female empowerment with a repertory that has elevated the art form for over three decades. TIDC holds an important place in the dance world, offering both a highly skilled presentation of traditional Irish step dance and a brilliantly engaging interpretation of contemporary world vision. We’re excited to welcome this innovative dance company to Kansas City where they’ll make their Series debut at the Folly Theater for a very special holiday program!
Learn More Dec 13, 2025
MTC Kids Jam - Dan + Claudia Zanes Holiday Sing Along featuring Elena Moon Park
Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS
This unique holiday show is a musical celebration inspired by the Christmas sing-alongs that Grammy Award-winner Dan Zanes and jazz vocalist/music therapist Claudia Zanes experienced every year while growing up in New Hampshire. That was then, and the theme was Christmas. This is now and the 21st century version of these legendary parties includes Christmas classics, of course, but there’s so much more. The Holiday Sing Along includes seasonal numbers from a variety of traditions, languages, and locations. Songs from Puerto Rico, Korea, Wales, Tunisia, Haiti, and Washington D.C. are represented alongside reimagined versions of the ones we all know and love, such as “Let it Snow,” “Silent Night,” and “Deck the Halls.” Hannukah, Korean New Year, Kwanzaa, and winter solstice are also celebrated. For this show, Smithsonian Folkways recording artists Dan + Claudia have taken their electric folk sound to a fresh place with multi-instrumentalist and children’s music star Elena Moon Park. The result is an inviting blend of three voices with guitar, violin, trumpet, harmonica, flute, spoons, percussion, and mandolin that artfully brings the intimate feeling of the living room to the big stage. This trio embodies the festive far-reaching spirit of the season and the legacy of intergenerational communal music making. It’s in these songs that we can renew our connections to each other and imagine the best of life’s possibilities for the year ahead.
Learn More Dec 20, 2025 - Dec 21, 2025
Dragapella presents: Oy Vey in a Manger, Staring The Kinsey Sicks
Presented by The White Theatre at The White Theatre Leawood, KS
2025-2026 Concert Series In Oy Vey in a Manger, Angel, Winnie, Trixie, and Trampolina are trying to sell off their manger – yes, that manger – before it's foreclosed upon. Crises arise, secrets are revealed, Jewish-Gentile tensions surface, and mayhem ensues – all in glorious four-part harmony. Oy Vey boasts The Kinsey Sicks' reinterpretations of holiday classics, such as "Vanna White Christmas," "Anchor Baby," and "Lusty the Snowman." PLUS, indulge in hilarious Jewish satiric fare, including "Don't Be Happy, Worry," the Chanukah spa classic "I Had a Little Facial" and, of course, the requisite and new Christmas cuisine standard, "Soylent Night."
Learn More Jan 01, 2026
Kinnor Philharmonic New Year's Day Concert
Presented by The White Theatre at The White Theatre Leawood, KS
2025-2026 Concert Series A New Year’s tradition like no other! Our artists-in-residence, Kinnor Philharmonic, present a symphonic concert that will kick start your year. Stay for a champagne reception afterward! The 13th annual performance is meant to emulate the New Year’s Day concert performed by the Vienna Philharmonic in Austria, and each year, conductor Chris Kelts brings a new theme that is music to listener’s ears.
Learn More Jan 19, 2026
Minería Symphony Orchestra of Mexico with Pacho Flores, trumpet
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Kansas City, MO
Widely regarded as a leading ensemble and musical institution in Mexico, the Minería Symphony Orchestra of Mexico remains at the musical forefront through eclectic programming, collaborations with renowned soloists and composers, and staunch advocacy of community and educational development. Founded in the 1970s, the Minería Symphony Orchestra boasts a legacy of excellence that attracts leading international conductors and artists. Carlos Miguel Prieto—recognized as the leading Mexican conductor of his generation—is characterized by his dynamism and the expressivity of his interpretations. A graduate of Princeton and Harvard universities, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Musical America’s 2019 Conductor of the Year, has an extensive discography that includes releases on the Naxos and Sony labels. A passionate supporter of music education, Mr. Prieto serves as Music Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, a world-class symphony orchestra of one hundred musical leaders, ages eighteen to thirty, representing twenty-five countries of the Western Hemisphere. Prieto also serves as the Music Director of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra since 2006, aiding in the cultural renewal of New Orleans following hurricane Katrina. In 2021, Prieto was appointed as Artistic Advisor for the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra. Pacho Flores was awarded First Prize in the “Maurice André” International Contest, the most renowned trumpet Contest in the world, as well as First Prize in the “Philip Jones” International Contest and First Prize in the “Cittá di Porcia” International contest. Trained in the marvelous Orchestra System for Youth and Children in Venezuela, he received top recognition for his performances, recitals, and…
Learn More Jan 24, 2026
MTC Kids Jam - Mr. Stinky Feet and the Hi-Tops
Presented by Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College at Midwest Trust Center at Johnson County Community College Overland Park, KS
Award-winning kid-rockers Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove and the Hi-Tops have been delighting families for nearly three decades. With more than 5,000 performances in 31 states and six countries, their energetic brand of family-folk-rock and interactive shows have become a beloved audience favorite. Cosgrove’s 10 family albums have earned a dozen national parenting awards, and his songs and videos have been streamed millions of times. As the author of three books for children and two books for grown-ups, he was voted “Best Local Author” by Kansas City Magazine in 2024.
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Jan 24, 2026
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, piano duo
Presented by Harriman-Jewell Series at The Folly Theater Kansas City, MO
Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen have conquered the classical music scene with personality, charm, and exciting programs showcasing the unbreakable bond of their duets, whether on one piano or two. The dynamic and charismatic brothers make their Kansas City and Harriman-Jewell Series debuts and demonstrate why Pianist magazine called them “a photogenic pair of musical wizards.” The Jussen brothers have performed with orchestras such as the Boston Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestras, Concertgebouworkest, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, as well as Montréal, Sydney, Singapore and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras. They collaborate with renowned conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Valery Gergiev, Sir Neville Marriner, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Jaap van Zweden. Lucas and Arthur Jussen are among the most sought-after piano duos of our time. Their illustrious international career has showcased the Jussen brothers to be the Netherland’s preeminent ambassadors for classical music. With their energetic, almost symbiotic playing, their great refinement of sound and gripping interpretations, they are praised vigorously by press and audiences alike. ‘It is like driving a pair of BMWs’, exclaimed conductor Michael Schønwandt about the two pianists after directing them in concert. Despite their young ages, they have been part of the international concert world for years and are praised vigorously by both press and audiences alike.
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