December has arrived, there’s a tingle in the air, Thanksgiving weekend is over and while you may still be digesting that turkey, it’s time for the holiday music to begin.
Here are seven events to kick off the first week of the season:
St. Peter Claver Gospel Choir
Wednesday, December 4, 10 p.m.
St Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley
Free, All Ages
Sweet Cecilia
Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m.
St Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley
Free, All Ages
How better to celebrate the holiday than with family? Sweet Cecilia is a band consisting of two sisters and a cousin. Their Country/Americana vocals meld beautifully.
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Presents Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite
Friday, December 6, 10 p.m.
New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
$30-$80, All Ages
Read our cover story if you’d like to know everything about Adonis Rose and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. The Nutcracker has always been a holiday staple and Duke Ellington’s arrangement of the piece will not disappoint. Featuring a special performance from NOJO’s Youth Music School.
More info and tickets here.
Flow Tribe’s Christmas Crunktacular
Friday, December 6, 10 p.m.
Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Ave
$18, 18+
Flow Tribe’s 11th Annual Christmas Crunktacular, featuring J and the Causeways, will be funktastic. If you want to flash all the way back to 2010, you can actually catch The Real World: New Orleans cast members performing onstage with Flow Tribe at Tipitina’s during one of the band’s first Crunktaculars.
More info and tickets here.
Dillard University’s 83rd Holiday Choir Concert
Saturday, December 7, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m
Lawless Memorial Chapel, 2601 Gentilly Blvd
Free, All Ages
More info here.
The Nayo Jones Experience
Saturday, December 7, 4 p.m.
St. Augustine Church, 1210 Governor Nicholls St
Read more about Nayo Jones and her gorgeous jazz vocals.
Shades of Praise New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir’s Annual Christmas Concert & Fundraiser
December 6, 7 p.m.
Beacon Light International Baptist Cathedral, 1937 Mirabeau Avenue
Tickets are $20 each. Children under 12 are free
“A New Orleans favorite for 19 years, Shades of Praise introduces gospel to wider audiences across racial and denominational boundaries and forges relationships that dispel stereotypes & create racial harmony. Sponsored by WWOZ”
www.shadesofpraise.org/concert
