Holiday Shows in Kansas City
2019 Edition
From holiday classics to new productions, this is your guide to concerts, plays and shows in KC.
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
Nov. 5 - Dec. 29: The animated classic will come to life on The Coterie stage - and a live jazz trio will play the original Vince Guaraldi arrangements!
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Elf the Musical
Based on the beloved, hilarious film, Elf The Musical is an amazing way to celebrate the holidays! Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.
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A Christmas Carol with Gerald Dickens, A Special Engagement
Nov. 10 - 12: The great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens is returning to MCPL for a special engagement. A professional actor in England, the energetic Gerald Dickens leaps, laughs, and sobs as he portrays the voices of A Christmas Carol
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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MUSICAL
The beloved TV classic soars off the screen and onto the stage this holiday season! Come see all of your favorite characters from the special, including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Corn...
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Journey to Judea
Nov. 22-24, Dec. 6-8: Journey to Judea is an interactive Christmas experience that allows you to walk through the narrative of the Bible, learning the twists and turns that lead us to the birth of Christ and reveal the true significance of His coming
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WinterFest at Worlds of Fun
Weekends Nov. 23 - Dec. 31: Holiday cheer rings out at Worlds of Fun during the annual WinterFest holiday celebration. Thousands of sparkling lights transform the park with an inviting glow that warms the heart and lifts the spirit.
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A Christmas Carol
Nov 22 - Dec 29 at Spencer Theatre: Kansas City’s beloved holiday tradition returns with all the heart and spectacle you’ve come to love.
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Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Nov. 23- Dec. 28: The Herdman kids are a rough and tumble bunch who create mayhem wherever they go. Cast in the church’s annual Christmas pageant, they bring their own unique interpretation to the familiar events.
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Holiday Choirs
Dec. 2- 22: Beautiful music fills the halls of Crown Center, as more than 120 area school, church and community choirs perform every day through December 22.
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The Nutcracker
Dec. 5-24: Kansas City Ballet’s annual tradition, The Nutcracke is a magical theatrical experience wrapped with exquisite costumes, grand sets and captivating choreography.
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A Kansas City Christmas
Join us this year for a Kansas City Christmas! Kansas City Christmas is our yearly Christmas program featuring the LBC Worship Choir and Orchestra. This event is FREE to everyone, and will be followed by a Dessert Buffet! #lbckcc Dates an...
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Tuba Christmas
Dec. 2 & 6: A Free Christmas Concert featuring hundreds of local tuba players.
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Together for Christmas: Lynda Randle & Michael Tait
Enjoy an unforgettable celebration of Christmas, including beautiful carols and Lynda Randle Tait & Michael Tait in Concert for Christmas.
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A Kansas City Christmas
Join us this year for a Kansas City Christmas! Kansas City Christmas is our yearly Christmas program featuring the LBC Worship Choir and Orchestra. This event is FREE to everyone, and will be followed by a Dessert Buffet! #lbckcc Dates an...
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Jim "Two Crows" Wallen Presents: A Visit with Santa Claus
Get in the Christmas spirit with a story from Santa, and make a simple craft to take home. Parents and grandparents, don't forget your cameras. An adult must accompany each child.
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Lee's Summit West High School Presents Elf the Musical
Nov. 9 - 17: Elf the musical is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. Buddy is raised unaware that he is actually a human.
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A Spectacular Christmas Show
Dec. 5-23: A jam-packed Holiday treat sure to fill you with the Christmas spirit. There’s nothing better than Crown Center during the Holidays!
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Liberty Light Show!
Dec. 6-8 & Dec. 13-15: Pack up the car and bring the family out for the largest drive-in Christmas light show in the Northland! With live musicians, synchronized lights, and a message of hope, the Liberty Light Show is a can’t-miss holiday tradition!
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BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER presented by TCH
Dec. 6-15: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the outrageous shenanigans of the Herdman siblings, or “the worst kids in the history of the world.”
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Frozen Jr
Dec. 6-15: A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, the story expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond.
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Living Windows
Join us for an evening of holiday wonder as our windows come to life. For one night only, musicians, performers, artists, etc. will bring familiar holiday scenes to a magical level.
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The Nativity
Dec. 6-8: This celebrated annual spectacle comes alive again this December! A cast of more than 40 puppets, including beautiful seven-foot puppets, live music and a choral accompiment grace the stage for this biblical enactment.
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Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge
Dec. 6-15: With a dénouement that is two parts Touched by an Angel and one part The Queen of Mean, Scrooge’s tale of redemption and gentle grace is placed squarely on its head.
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Sugar Plum Fairy Children's Ball
Children will delight in having their complimentary picture taken with the Sugar Plum Fairy, watching traveling magicians, and interacting with costumed characters. Parents will enjoy shopping at our fantastic silent auction.
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The Nutcracker Ballet
Dec. 7-8: All the Magic of the season, at a magical price! Ibsen Dance Theatre ballet students and members of Ibsen Ballet Theatre Youth Company proudly present the holiday classic “The Nutcracker Ballet” benefiting The Northland Christmas Store.
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COMING UP CHRISTMAS
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Winterlude – Ensemble Ibérica Siento y Vivo (I Feel and Live)
A celebration of flamenco music performed by Kansas City musicians.
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Festival of Christmas Choir Concert
Enjoy an unforgettable celebration of Christmas, including beautiful carols and favorite movements from Messiah, featuring the MNU Choirs, community and alumni singers, and orchestra.
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Jingle Jamboree
Dec. 11-28: Chipper chipmunk Randall P. Nutbutter is preparing for the biggest Christmas party ever...the Jingle Jamboree! Yet his holiday decorations, cookies and presents keep going missing.
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TENTH AVENUE NORTH: DECADE THE HALL TOUR
Heralded as “a Christmas experience unlike any other,” the Decade The Halls Tour brings a whole new meaning to the timelessness of Christmas.
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Fountain City Brass Band Christmas Concert
The Fountain City Brass Band’s annual Christmas show is a Kansas City tradition. Hear the songs and sounds of the season with the awesome power that only brass and percussion can bring.
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Central Standard presents Holiday Harmonies
Join us for a night of a capella holiday hits performed by the award-winning Central Standard Barbershop Style choir!
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Bandstand
After World War II, soldiers came home to a new America and made music that inspired the nation.
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2nd Annual Holiday Concert featuring Lee's Summit Jazz Orchestra
The Lee's Summit Jazz Orchestra is back for their holiday concert.
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Christmas with the Cool Cats
Terry Bell and his band, the Cool Cats, squeeze the most out of all those holiday favorites in this fun-loving holiday accordion concert.
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A Crooner Christmas
The award winning Crooner, Les Lankhorst, brings his HIT Christmas Show to MTH this December! Lankhorst has made a career of personifying Frank Sinatra on stages all over the world. Now he brings that voice and swagger to MTH, along with his Swingin’
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Holiday Spectacular
Enjoy a festive holiday performance by the Lee's Summit Symphony.
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Clara's Dream
Dec. 21 & 22: Enjoy this annual holiday tradition brought to you by Miller Marley Youth Ballet as you enjoy Clara's Dream and Holiday Musical Revue.
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A Trip on the Polar Express - Ice Skating Show
Come watch amazing local figure & hockey skaters perform "A Trip on the Polar Express". Skaters from ages 4 through 16 will be jumping and spinning through the show. It will be a fun family show for all ages.