December 19th-21st
The holiday season is in full swing in Harvard Square! With festive twinkling lights, craft fairs, concerts, unique shopping, and a plethora of dining options, there is no better destination than historic Harvard Square to revel in some Yuletide cheer! When you’ve shopped and eaten your way through the Square, take some time to enjoy a show, concert, movie or a play. With so much to see and do, come for the weekend!
American Repertory Theater
December 9th – February 8
Wonder
“We can change the way we see.” Based on R.J. Palacio’s novel and Lionsgate & Mandeville Films’ hit feature film, this uplifting new musical follows the Pullman family as they navigate change, identity, and what it means to belong. Auggie Pullman has been homeschooled his entire life, often retreating to outer space in his imagination. But when his family decides it’s time for him to start going to school, Auggie must take off the space helmet he has used to hide his facial difference. As Auggie navigates a world filled with kindness and cruelty, his parents and sister go on their own journeys of transformation and discovery. Featuring a driving, pop-inspired score, Wonder celebrates empathy, resilience, and the power of choosing kindness. More information and tickets available here.
Revels
December 12 -28
Midwinter Revels 2025 A Scandinavian Story for Christmas
Inspired by Gregory Maguire’s Matchless
Revels’ joyous blend of music, storytelling, song, and dance brings to life the radiant story of Matchless, by Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked.
Set on an island so far north that it snows from September to April, a young boy finds warmth and light in the darkest days. Woven together with festive Scandinavian song and dance performed by virtuoso musicians, actors, and Revels’ intergenerational chorus, this story is Gregory Maguire’s illumination of a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
“In selecting this tale for revisiting – illumination, perhaps – I hope to honor the original by finding a way to return to the story a sense of the transcendent.” – Gregory Maguire
Tickets availablehere.
December 19
Harvard Square
December 19 – 21
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and there is no better place to spend it than historic Harvard Square. With so much to see and do, come for the weekend!
Hotels! Shopping! Dining! Ticketed Events! Outdoor family-friendly free events! Come Friday and stay for the weekend. Shop until you drop! Dine on the run or sit down for a luxurious dinner. When you’ve shopped and eaten your way through the Square, take some time to enjoy a show, concert, movie or a play.
More information coming soon.
Blue Heron
December 19 – 20
Blue Heron’s Christmas celebration returns to Spain for mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets
December 20
Harvard Square
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Join the Harvard Square Business Association as we present the Santa Claus Jazz Band. Bask in the glow of the sights, smells and sounds of the season! Plenty of hot chocolate and cookies will be available to give you that extra energy boost as you holiday shop!
Outside of Bluestone Lane, 27 Brattle Street, Brattle Plaza.
Community Carole Sing at Harvard Epworth United Methodist Church
A SOULFUL CHRISTMAS – MOTOWN AND MORE
Scullers Jazz Club
7pm
Lamkin3 Entertainment presents A Soulful Christmas: Motown and More at Scullers Jazz. Get ready for a show guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit! Come and enjoy some of your favorite Soulful Christmas classics from Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Motown, and more.
Join us for an evening filled with music, laughter, fun, and soul to make your season bright.
All Ages. Tickets.
December 21
A Nat King Cole Christmas
Regattabar
4pm
An unforgettable evening of holiday music & Nat King Cole songs by Gordon Michaels & Friends with special guest, Lori Dow. Tickets.
Holiday Party with Will Smalley, Andrew Mayer & Live Band Karaoke
Comedy Studio
7pm
Join us for The Comedy Studio’s annual Holiday Party Show hosted by beloved Boston comics Will Smalley and Andrew Mayer. Will and Andrew have an all-star lineup of comedians to help you get into the holiday spirit. Dress in your ugliest Christmas sweater and come on down for a holiday spectacular you’ll never forget. And be sure to stick around after for the real party. Christmas music included! HO!, HO!, HO! Tickets.
Winter Solstice Service–Filling the Dark with Light & Singing
First Parish Cambridge
December 21
10:30 am
On the winter solstice on the shortest and darkest day of the year,, it is easy to dwell on all the things that make us fearful and uncomfortable in the dark; so instead let us respond with joy! Come join us for an intergenerational service to welcome in the new solar year with smiles on our faces and music in our hearts.