Listen up! I’ve gathered up info on 15 great Christmas concerts for you, lots of them featuring great local talent.
Before we get started, links to more Christmas fun:
25 Christmas events and parties, 2025
10 big holiday light shows, 2025
30 civic tree-lighting parties, 2025
45 Christmas parades, 2025
And then, this:
• Delmarva’s top music venues are bringing in more holiday shows than I could possibly list, so I’ve made it super easy for you right here to check out the lineups at a stage near you. Think “Bluegrass Nutcracker,” “Sinatra’s Christmas,” “A Holiday Drag Show,” and lots more.
• Many of our theater troupes–both professional and amateur–do holiday themed shows, and I’ve also made it super easy for you right here to go see what the troupe(s) near you are up to in this Christmas season.
OK, now on to those 15 shows I promised. They are organized (mostly) by date.
• Great local choirs lead the way at the Carols by Candlelight party in Easton, Md. on Sat., Nov. 29. Details.
• The Capital Ringers handbell choir has seven shows of holiday music in seven different towns between Nov. 29 and Dec. 14. Details.
• The Mid-Atlantic Symphony has “Holiday Joy” concerts in Wye Mills, Md. on Thu., Dec. 4; Lewes, Del. on Sat., Dec. 6; and Ocean City, Md. on Sun., Dec. 7. Details.
• The Easton (Md.) Choral Arts Society‘s holiday concert for 2025 is titled “A Winter Rose.” Shows Fri/Sat Dec. 5/6. Details.
• The Eastern Shore Madrigal Singers perform at the North Street Playhouse in Onancock, Va. on Sat/Sun Dec. 6/7. The shows usually sell out. Details.
• The First State Symphonic Band has four Christmas concert shows–Sat., Dec. 6 in Smyrna, Del.; Sat., Dec. 13 in Newark, Del.; Fri., Dec. 19 in Elkton, Md.; and Sat., Dec. 20 in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Details.
• The Shore Singers Community Choir puts on “A Season of Light” concert on Sun., Dec. 7 at the Palace Theatre in Cape Charles, Va. Details.
• The Salisbury (Md.) Pops is putting on its Holiday Concert at Salisbury Universiary on Tue., Dec. 9. Details.
• The Not So Silent Night at Salisbury (Md.) University on Wed., Dec. 10 is going to feature a soulful collaboration on holiday tunes (and some originals) among Mama’s Black Sheep, Regina Sayles, and Colleen Clark. Details. (Note: This show is also at the Milton (Del.) Theatre on Thu., Dec. 18. Those details.)
• The Chester River Chorale will will perform “A Celtic Christmas” concert on Fri/Sat Dec. 12/13 in Chestertown, Md. Both shows sold out last year. Details.
• The Salisbury (Md.) Symphony Orchestra presents “A Sparkling Holiday” with guest soprano Ashley Emerson at Salisbury University on Sat., Dec. 13. Details.
• The Historic Cokesbury Cultural Center in Onancock, Va. has a holiday music show happening in the midst of the Christmas in Onancock festivities on Sat., Dec. 13. Lineup: Orchestra of the Eastern Shore; Circle of Friends; and Natasha Smoot. Details.
• The Chorus of Dorchester (County, Md.) has a Christmas concert titled “The Heavens are Telling” on Sat., Dec. 13 in Cambridge. The chorus is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Details.
• The Southern Delaware Chorale is performing Handel’s Messiah on Sat/Sun Dec 13/14 in Lewes, Del. Details
• The Virginia Symphony Orchestra promises that its “Holiday Brass” ensemble show on Sat., Dec. 20 in Cape Charles, Va. will be bright, bold, and full of flair. Details.
• Enjoy a “Bel Canto Christmas” with opera stars Lawrence Brownlee and Erin Morley in Easton, Md. on Sat., Dec. 20. Details.
• The Rehoboth Concert Band will put on a show of “Holiday Peace” on Sun., Dec. 21 at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Del. Details.
• The Mispillion Performance Series presents “Christmas Sentiments” by the 22-piece ensemble Cathedral Brass on Sun., Dec. 21 in Milford, Del. Details.
• The Delmarva Big Band is performing “A Nutcracker Suite” in Milton, Del. on Tue., Dec. 23. That title is a reference to a 1960 album by Duke Ellington on which the jazz giant (working with Billy Strayhorn) came up with his own take on Tchaikovsky. Details.
–posted by Jim Duffy for Whimbrel Creations LLC/Secrets of the Eastern Shore in Nov. 2025. Merry Christmas to one and all!
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