Entertainment: 2022 Orlando Holiday Concerts
Central Florida-based Violectric brings its visually stunning show home to Lake Eola Park for an electric holiday celebration. (PHOTO COURTESY OF VIOLETRIC)
10th Annual Violectric Holiday Show
Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park, Orlando
As a violinist and the founder of Violectric, Michelle Jones has shared stages with major acts such as The Killers, Katy Perry, and John Legend. But she says her acoustic and electric string ensemble’s annual free holiday concert at Lake Eola is “the one show I always look forward to attending. It’s like a homecoming.”
The Central Florida-based band’s visually stunning, high-energy set mashes up rock hits with holiday classics, so if you’ve ever wondered what Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” would sound like blended with “Jingle Bells,” this is the show to see.
Free and open to the public, the 90-minute live concert, presented by the City of Orlando Department of Families, Parks and Recreation, features holiday classics in an energetic holiday show.
Community-minded Violectric has again invited the Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando to the pet-friendly party and encourages all to donate to the rescue organization. Opening the show will be student musicians from Edgewater High School in Orlando, who we are told will stick around to perform an encore with the band. Dec. 10. 7 p.m. Walt Disney Amphitheater at Lake Eola Park. violectric.net MC
A Voctave Christmas
Bach Festival Orchestra & VoctAve
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando
“There’s something about holiday music that goes directly to the heart,” says John V. Sinclair, artistic director and conductor of the Bach Festival Society in Winter Park.
The Bach Festival Orchestra is partnering with the 11-member a cappella ensemble Voctave, a group that usually goes it alone, for one of the Society’s four holiday-season performances.
The orchestra will accompany Voctave for a portion of the evening, with the vocal group also taking the stage alone to serenade the audience with their hauntingly beautiful a cappella talent.
The internationally known ensemble was founded in 2015 in Central Florida by Rollins College music professor Jamey Ray. Their videos have been viewed over 150 million times on YouTube, and they have performed with Grammy, Dove, and American Music Award winners.
The concert in Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is a homecoming for Voctave’s members, as it is the final stop of a three-week national holiday tour. Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m. For tickets, visit drphillipscenter.org MC
HOLIDAY CONCERTS
44th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS IN THE PARK
Dec. 1, morsemuseum.org
A BIG BAND CHRISTMAS!
Dec. 2-3, cfcarts.com
BBCF CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Dec. 2-3, sllcs.org
UCF CHOIR SEASON OF JOY
Dec. 3, drphillipscenter.org.events.ucf.edu
STETSON BANDS HOLIDAY CONCERT
Dec. 4, stetson.edu
HOLIDAY BRASS & PERCUSSION
Dec. 5, orlandophil.org
CHRISTMAS JAZZ AT HOWEY
Dec. 7, howeymusicseries.org
MESSIAH 50
Dec. 8, orlandophil.org
HOLIDAY PUNCH STARRING LAURA HODOS
Dec. 8-24, orlandoshakes.org
FOR KING + COUNTRY—A DRUMMER BOY CHRISTMAS
Dec. 10, amwaycenter.com
GLORIA! A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
Dec. 10, kingcenter.com
HOLIDAY POPS WITH ORLANDO PHIL
Dec. 10, apopka.gov
BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA
Dec. 10-11, bachfestivalflorida.org
HOLLY JOLLY SOUNDS OF THE SEASON
Dec. 10-11, orlandophil.org
A HOLI-GAY SPECTACULAR
Dec. 14, ritztheatersanford.com
KALINKA KLEZMER’S HANUKKAH CELEBRATIONS
Dec. 14, bluebambooartcenter.com
A HEAVY METAL XMAS PARTY
Dec. 17, thehavenrocks.com
A ROCKAPELLA CHRISTMAS
Dec. 17, kingcenter.com
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
Dec. 17, amwaycenter.com
HO HO HO HOLIDAY SWING
Dec. 18, ritztheatersanford.com
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
Dec. 27, drphillipscenter.org
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