Christmas entertainment with a sparkle
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- Christmas Entertainment With A Sparkle
Get ready to fill your festive entertainment calendar
Going to a festive show, concert or pantomime is a lovely way to bring the whole family together or to spend time with friends at this time of the year.
Enjoy an evening listening to a Christmas concert featuring all your favourite festive tunes in beautifully decorated surroundings. Or take the family to a panto at one of the many theatres in North Yorkshire where laughs and fun are guaranteed.
Jack and the Beanstalk at Harrogate Theatre
Family fun at the panto is a must during the festive season. Children young and old, and those who are young at heart, can enjoy a performance filled with laughs, songs and colourful characters.
The panto at Harrogate Theatre is a firm favourite in many people’s calendars and will have you rolling in the aisles. Follow the adventures of Jack, his mother, Dame Trott and some magic beans!
The panto runs until 18 January, so this is a great post-Christmas treat for all the family, too.
Stockeld Theatre: How Jack Frost Stole Christmas!
As part of Stockeld Park at Christmas, Talegate Theatre presents a performance crammed full of songs, jokes and great entertainment. Watch magic tricks, join in with sing-along songs and be ready to shout ‘He’s behind you’ as loudly as you can.
As Cookie and Crumble, the Christmas elves, finish preparing for Christmas, they are unaware of the intentions of the naughty Jack Frost and his plans to steal Christmas. Your task is to help the elves save Christmas.
Cinderella at the Georgian Theatre Royal
Head to Richmond in the Yorkshire Dales and see Cinderella at the Georgian Theatre Royal.
Children of all ages (and adults) will be enchanted by this performance of the beloved magical fairytale. The panto is full of comedy and songs, as well as the theatre’s famous panto knitting!
Book your tickets early for this popular event.
Panto returns to the Scarborough Spa this Christmas and this year’s production of Beauty and the Beast promises to be a magical spectacular that will wow audiences young and old.
Immerse yourself in the tale of beautiful Belle, her father Maurice, the Beast and a castle full of magic. Can Belle break the curse, and will there be a happy ending? Cheer for Belle and boo the evil Gaston. With a cast of well-known TV personalities, stunning costumes, magical sets and songs, this is a great day out for all the family.
Festive concerts full of Christmas cheer
Enjoy an evening of Christmas magic with Christmas, A Candlelight Concert in the stunning surroundings of Selby Abbey aglow with candlelight. The singers with their rich vocals and the accompanying live band will certainly get you in the festive mood. Let the music fill you with yuletide cheer as you listen to Christmas classics such as ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ and ‘White Christmas’.
An evening of classical pieces that are perfect for the festive season await you at the Viennese Christmas Spectacular by Candlelight held in the candlelit surroundings of Ripon Cathedral. Listen to a programme of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and the Waltz from Sleeping Beauty, Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No.5 and Strauss II’s Polish March from the Trisch-Trasch Polka and the Blue Danube Waltz.
Nothing says Christmas more than listening to festive songs and carols performed by a brass band. This festive season, the world-famous Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band bring their Christmas concert to Skipton Town Hall. Listen to traditional Christmas music plus well-known carols. Choose the afternoon or evening performance for a show guaranteed to leave you feeling festive.
Swing Into Christmas with The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at The Royal Hall in Harrogate this December. The Down for the Count Orchestra brings some festive swing as the thirty-piece big band convey the sounds of Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra with a jammed-packed show. Listen to ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’, ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’ plus many other songs made famous by these iconic voices.
Join the Northallerton Male Voice Choir for their popular Christmas concert at The Forum in Northallerton. Listen to the many Christmas songs on the programme as the choir are joined by the Easington Colliery Band.
Find out more about all the great festive shows, concerts and pantos taking place in North Yorkshire on our Christmas events page and start filling your yuletide entertainment calendar.
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