2025-12-19📍 Rittenhouse
The Seasons
You could say Vivaldi had a kind of synesthesia when writing The Four Seasons . What does being cold feel and sound like? MacArthur Award-winning playwright and librettist Sarah Ruhl joins Anthony Roth Costanzo to co-conceive a tapestry of Vivaldi’s music, telling an original story about a world in which the seasons are completely out of order. Tony Award-winning set designer Mimi Lien collaborates with M.I.T. materials technologist Jack Forman to fuse art and science, bringing atmospheric events to the stage. Celebrated choreographer Pam Tanowitz creates a maelstrom of dance, director Zack Winokur helms the production, and Corrado Rovaris conducts the rapturous piece, which stars Costanzo. All tickets are Pick Your Price , starting at $11. Any amount above $11 helps support other operagoers and the work Opera Philadelphia presents on stage.
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2025-12-20📍 Rittenhouse
Children's Holiday Spectacular
Join us for a joyful holiday celebration filled with sing-alongs, your favorite sounds of the season, and special guests! Delight in the warmth of the holiday season right here in the Kimmel Center and create cherished memories with the whole family at this heartwarming event that is perfect for all ages. Plus, you might want to listen closely for sleigh bells—you never know who might pay a special visit all the way from the North Pole!
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2025-12-21📍 Rittenhouse
Tuba Christmas
Enjoy two free performances and experience the magic of the season surrounded by music and community spirit. Tuba Christmas began in 1974 at Rockefeller Plaza as a tribute to legendary tubist William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day in 1902. Today, it takes place in more than 200 cities around the world, bringing thousands of musicians together to celebrate the holidays in harmony.
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2025-12-23📍 Rittenhouse
Cirque Dreams Holidaze
Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles with a brilliantly breathtaking holiday spectacular for the whole family. As the original cirque holiday theatrical event, this annual tradition wraps a Broadway-style production around awe-inspiring contemporary circus arts. Guests will be on the egde of their seats as a cast of holiday characters come to life, captivating audiences while defying gravity. Broadway World exclaims "Lose yourself for 90 minutes and go back to those wonderful dreams you had as a kid." Enchanting and fun for children to seniors and everyone in between, Cirque Dreams Holidaze features a world-renowned cast of performers including an ensemble of aerial circus arts, sleight-of-hand jugglers, fun-loving skippers, eye-popping acrobatics, and much more. Singers, dancers, toy soldiers, and reindeer invoke the dreams behind a child's eye on the most magical of nights. Reimagined for 2025, Cirque Dreams Holidaze features original music, fresh twists on beloved holiday favorites sung live, new sets, dazzling scenery, and stunning costumes - making it the ultimate holiday gift! Family Discovery Series Packages
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2025-12-31📍 Rittenhouse
New Year’s Eve Celebration
A red carpet-ready sendoff for 2025! Musical fireworks light up your New Year's Eve celebration when "Hollywood's go-to conductor" ( Billboard ) leads spectacular music from classic film scores. Guest conductor Anthony Parnther is famed for his soaring readings of hit movie scores including the Oscar-winning score for Oppenheimer , GRAMMY-winning Encanto , Emmy-winning The Mandalorian , and many more. The New York Times dubbed Parnther “A conductor for the future at home with Black Panther and Prokofiev.” Join this dynamic music-maker and the GRAMMY-winning Philadelphia Orchestra in a goosebump-inducing performance of great music from such iconic films as Sunset Boulevard, Psycho, Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and more. Enjoy a complimentary champagne toast, grab a selfie on the red carpet, and add this celebration to your best memories of 2025.
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Every Thursday in Philly

Recurring weekly events happening every Thursday

2025-12-25📍 Northern Liberties
Coffee, Conversation and Community at Trunc
Weekly gathering celebrating veterans and seniors with coffee, conversation, and 10% off all day every Thursday at Trunc in Northern Liberties.
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2025-12-25📍 Hawthorne
Jazz at the Lodge by Two Robbers
Enjoy live jazz every Thursday night at Two Robbers Lodge. Grab a drink, relax, and soak in the smooth sounds from 6:30–9:30 p.m.
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