Out and About: Special Holiday Edition 2023
From Pentatonix's latest Christmas concert to Sacramento's annual Nutcracker, celebrate the season with 10 events sure to put you in the holiday spirit.
Courtesy of Thunder Valley Casino Resort
Pentatonix
Nov. 16 Pentatonix—aka “today’s most popular holiday act.” according to Billboard—comes to Thunder Valley on the heels of the release of its new album, The Greatest Christmas Hits. Hear the a cappella quintet put its vocal spin on classics like “Deck the Halls” and “12 Days of Christmas.” thundervalleyresort.com
Disney/Pixar’s Coco (Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures)
Coco Live-to-Film Concert
Nov. 17 The Mondavi Center celebrates November’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with this symphonic screening of Coco, Pixar’s ode to the Mexican holiday written by Rio Americano alum Matthew Aldrich and Grass Valley-raised Adrian Molina, who also co-directed the animated classic. The Orquesta Folclórico Nacional de México will perform the film’s score by Michael Giacchino (Up, Ratatouille) live during the movie showing. mondaviarts.org
Snow Fever: A Karaoke Christmas
Nov. 17 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow—until every one, including a DJ with a portable karaoke machine, is trapped at a bar in Montana during a winter storm, that is. This Christmassy comedy by Robert Caisley—who originally submitted it for B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival—holes up in the Sofia spinning everything from Broadway tunes to Dean Martin to Cyndi Lauper. bstreettheatre.org
Snow Fever (Courtesy of B Street Theatre)
Folsom Lake Symphony’s Happy Holidays
Dec. 9-10 Baritone Roberto Perlas Gómez, resident artist at the San Jose Opera, trades his signature Figaro for some “ho ho ho” when he joins dozens of young vocalists from the Northern California Children’s Chorus for Folsom Lake Symphony’s holiday concert at the Harris Center. Expect yuletide favorites, operatic arias and a narration of Twas the Night Before Christmas as rich and silky as a cup of eggnog. harriscenter.net
