A great idea for a special festive treat for you and your family is to take in a concert, play or dance performance over the holidays and school break. The subject matter need not be related to Christmas — at any time of year, it is definitely beneficial for children to be exposed to the arts at a young age. Besides, it’s a fantastic excuse to get dressed up and hit the town! So take a seat at our Guide to the Best Holiday Concerts and Shows in Toronto…

Featured Holiday Concerts and Shows

Young People’s Theatre (YPT): “Shrek The Musical”
Date: November 15 — December 30, 2025
This holiday season, Young People’s Theatre (YPT) invites families to enjoy “Shrek The Musical”, bursting with catchy tunes and laugh-out-loud moments! This ogre-sized production is full of zany humour, exciting bravery, heartwarming honesty, and plenty of crazy hijinks.

Soulpepper Theatre Company: “Bad Hats’ Narnia”
Date: November 18 — December 28, 2025 (Extended to January 4, 2026!)
Making its Toronto premiere, Soulpepper Theatre Company presents “Bad Hats’ NARNIA”, a co-production with Bad Hats Theatre and Crow’s Theatre. This production is a new musical retelling of C.S. Lewis’ world of Narnia, come to life like never before.

TO Live: “Toy Story in Concert”
Date: November 21-22, 2025
TO Live presents Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story in Concert”, celebrating the 30th anniversary of this landmark animated film! Now, your family can experience this incredible movie like never before, with music performed by the FILMharmonique Orchestra.

Canadian Stage: “Robin Hood: A Very Merry Family Musical”
Date: November 27, 2025 — January 4, 2026
Gather your family together and pull on your green tights because Canadian Stage returns for the holiday season with a new jolly pantomime show. This family-friendly theatrical is an irresistible mix of song, dance and comedy that you won’t want to miss!

TO Live and Glatz Concerts: “Disney in Concert: The Muppet Christmas Carol”
Date: November 28-29, 2025
Celebrate a family-friendly classic film in a new entertaining way this holiday season when TO Live and Glatz Concerts present “Disney in Concert: The Muppet Christmas Carol” on the big screen, accompanied live by a full symphony orchestra!

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir: “Festival of Carols”
Date: December 2-3, 2025
This holiday season, celebrate the many joys of Christmas with your whole family when Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents “Festival of Carols” for three performances. Held at the majestic Yorkminster Park Baptist Church in midtown Toronto, this concert is filled with treasured carols, rich choral arrangements, and spirited vocal style!

Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO): “Home Alone In Concert”
Date: December 4–7, 2025
There’s no need to *scream* because the TSO presents the return of “Home Alone in Concert” for the holiday season! This beloved family comedy about Kevin, a boy mistakenly forgotten at home at Christmas, features the delightful score by legendary composer John Williams.

TO Live: “A Charlie Brown Christmas — Live at the Symphony”
Date: December 6-7, 2025
Celebrate the timeless magic of one of the most nostalgic stories of the holiday season when TO Live presents “A Charlie Brown Christmas — Live at the Symphony”. This spellbinding production makes its Canadian premiere at Meridian Hall for three performances only!

Toronto Symphony Orchestra — TSO: Holiday Pops
Date: December 10-11, 2025
Don your festive apparel and spend your holiday season with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the beloved Toronto holiday tradition, “TSO Holiday Pops”! No year is complete without celebrating Christmastime with music, so be sure to join the TSO for their annual holiday extravaganza and sing-along that features all of your favourite holiday tunes, and more!

TO Live: Wing Chun Dance Drama
Date: December 16, 2025 — January 4, 2026
TO Live, ADEM Company Inc., and Canada China Cultural Development Association proudly present the Wing Chun Dance Drama. Making its North American premiere at Toronto’s Meridian Hall, this show is a breathtaking fusion of electrifying dance and martial arts!

Brampton on Stage: The Nutcracker by Ballet Jörgen
Date: December 17-18, 2025
Spend the holiday season with Brampton on Stage when The Rose Brampton welcomes the renowned Canadian dance company Ballet Jörgen with “The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition”. This heartwarming performance is a unique interpretation of the beloved ballet with a patriotic twist!

Holiday Music Concerts

Music & Truffles KIDS 2025/2026 Season
Date: Continuing
Give your children their first taste of classical music with Music & Truffles KIDS, one-hour classical music concerts designed for young people ages 6-11 and their parents, grandparents, and friends.

Bloor-Yorkville Holiday Magic — Tree Lighting Ceremony Concert
Date: November 22 — December 31, 2025; Official tree lighting ceremony: November 22, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Bloor-Yorkville toasts the festive season with the Holiday Magic festival of lights and music with the central Village of Yorkville Park, and an official tree lighting ceremony.

TSO: Merry Murdoch Mysteries in Concert 
Date: December 2, 2025
Spend the *deadly* festive season with the TSO and the cast of the hit CBC series Murdoch Mysteries for an evening of suspense and intrigue with an exciting holiday whodunit.

The Christmas Story at the Church of the Holy Trinity
Date: December 6-21, 2025
A Toronto tradition since 1938, this nativity story is told through a series of narrated scenes, linked by beautiful organ music and carols, and featuring more than 50 volunteers.

Orchestra Toronto: “Seasonal Celebration with the Sultans of String”
Date: December 7, 2025
Orchestra Toronto presents “Timeless Traditions”, their winter holiday concert that is sure to fill you with joy, warmth, and the spirit of the season, featuring esteemed Canadian actor R. H. Thomson.

The 32nd Annual Riverdale Share Holiday Concert
Date: December 7, 2025
The annual Riverdale Share Holiday Concert returns for its 32nd year, with a fun-filled and diverse holiday celebration, with local musical performers, as well as dancers, a local school choir, and even Mr. Grinch and Jolly old Nick!

St. Michael’s Choir School: “REJOICE! Jubilee Celebration – 60 Years at Massey Hall” 
Date: December 12-13, 2025
A Toronto holiday tradition, St. Michael’s Choir School presents a magical blend of secular and sacred choral repertoire to usher in this Christmas season, embracing the spirit of their Jubilee Year with hope, renewal, and joy.

Soulpepper Theatre: “’Twas On a Night Like This”
Date: December 12-28, 2025
Soulpepper Theatre presents the Christmas concert “’Twas On a Night Like This”, featuring Beau Dixon and a group of Soulpepper regulars creating a merry mashup of classic carols and non-traditional songs that embody the “soul” of the holiday season.

Christmas with Molly Johnson 
Date: December 13, 2025
Spend “Christmas with Molly Johnson” when this legendary Canadian singer performs holiday music with her trio and the St. Thomas’s Anglican Church choir, plus a fabulous children’s choir singing back-up.

Toronto Children’s Chorus: “Songs of the Season”
Date: December 14, 2025
Immerse yourself in the delightful melodies of the season as the Toronto Children’s Chorus (TCC), showcasing the exceptional talents of more than 300 young voices while infusing the spirit of the season.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah 
Date: December 16-21, 2025
Jean-SĂ©bastien VallĂ©e leads your Toronto Symphony Orchestra, along with soloists and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, in exultant arias and joyous refrains, including the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus.

Choir!Choir!Choir!: “Un-Silent Night” An EPIC Holiday Sing-Along 
Date: December 20, 2025
Bring the whole family to Massey Hall for a joy-filled sing-along of fun holiday classics, hits and revivals. There’s an evening performance and also an afternoon family matinĂ©e.

Tafelmusik: Sing-Along Messiah 
Date: December 21, 2025
Tafelmusik makes a triumphant return to Massey Hall with their treasured Sing-Along Messiah performance! Join in Messiah’s stirring choruses for the surround-sound treatment, with choir, orchestra, and guest soloists all belting out a resounding “Hallelujah.”

Canadian Brass 
Date: December 22, 2025
The Canadian Brass is coming ‘Home for the Holidays’ to make your holiday season merry and bright! This quintet always delights audiences with their fabulous sound, engaging wit, and top-notch showmanship.

Glatz Concerts & Roy Thomson Hall: BRAVISSIMO! New Year’s at the Opera
Date: December 31, 2025
Spend New Year’s Eve enjoying genre-defining selections from the greatest operas ever written, sure to delight both new and seasoned opera-lovers alike.

Salute to Vienna New Year’s Concert 2026 
Date: January 1, 2026
This New Year’s Concert returns to Toronto for a dazzling 30th anniversary season. Celebrate the New Year with the beloved annual tradition that’s on every music-lover’s holiday wish list.

Holiday Theatre Shows

Famous Players Theatre: “Joy to the World”
Date: November 6, 2025 – January 24, 2026
The long-running non-profit theatre company Famous Players Theatre celebrates the holiday season with “Joy to the World”, featuring lunch or dinner and a black light theatre show.

Mirvish Productions: “The Sound of Music”
Date: November 25, 2025 — January 4, 2026
Mirvish Productions presents the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic holiday show “The Sound of Music”, which has been one of audiences’ *favourite things* for 65 years!

Mirvish Productions: “We Will Rock You”
Date: November 28, 2025 — January 18, 2026
Mirvish Productions celebrates the rockin’ holiday season with “We Will Rock You”, a futuristic musical spectacle featuring 25 classic Queen songs.

T.Y.T. Theatre: “Seussical the Musical”
Date: November 29, 2025 — January 11, 2026
T.Y.T. Theatre presents “Seussical the Musical”, where Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and more of your favourite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage!

The Second City Toronto: “Rudolph Runs Wild”
Date: November 29 — December 31, 2025
The Second City Toronto presents “Rudolph Runs Wild”, a festive blend of family-friendly songs and sketches that’s packed with their signature improvisation fun.

Mirvish Productions: “& Juliet”
Date: Starting December 3, 2025
Mirvish Productions’ “& Juliet” returns to Toronto, a hilarious new musical that flips the script on the greatest love story ever told and asking the question “What would happen next if Juliet got over Romeo?”

Torrent Productions: “Jack and the Beans Talk: A Merry Magical Pantomime”
Date: December 20-21, 2025
Part of Harbourfront Centre’s Winterfest Toronto, Torrent Productions presents “Jack and the Beans Talk: A Merry Magical Pantomime”, a hilariously magical twist on this classic fairytale with music, mischief and panto fun for all ages!

The Panto Players: “Beauty + Beast = CAT!”
Date: December 27, 2025 — January 4, 2026
The Panto Players presents “Beauty + Beast = CAT!”, their 13th annual holiday pantomime, featuring singing, dancing, and interactive fun for the whole family.

Holiday Dance Shows

Ismailova Theatre of Dance: “The Boy and the Wolf”
Date: November 15 & 29, 2025
Ismailova Theatre of Dance presents their action-packed holiday family show, “The Boy and The Wolf”, exploring the age-old question of nature versus nurture. The story follows Kokserek, a wolf pup raised alongside humans who finds unexpected friendships in a young boy and a puppy.

Aga Khan Museum: Duende Flamenco Festival
Date: November 16-23, 2025
Explore the multi-disciplinary nature of flamenco as Aga Khan Museum presents the annual Duende Flamenco Festival, which celebrates its fiery world with community workshops and four evening dance shows.

Native Earth Performing Arts: Weesageechak Begins to Dance
Date: November 21-30, 2025
Native Earth Performing Arts presents Weesageechak Begins to Dance, an annual development festival of Indigenous work, which brings creators from across Turtle Island together to showcase their art.

National Ballet of Canada: “The Nutcracker”
Date: December 5-31, 2025
The National Ballet of Canada’s production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” is an unforgettable tribute to the imagination, with non-stop dancing plus magnificent sets and costumes.

Toronto International Ballet Theatre: “The Nutcracker”
Date: December 19-21, 2025
The Toronto International Ballet Theatre presents the classic ballet “The Nutcracker”, twirling into the holiday season with an unforgettable performance of dance, music, and enchantment.

TIFF Sing Along Screenings: The Greatest Showman and The Lion King
Date: December 18 & 20, 2025
TIFF’s Sing Along screenings return with a lineup of beloved movie musicals for all ages with The Greatest Showman on Thursday and The Lion King on Saturday, where actor Salvatore Antonio (who played Scar in this year’s Toronto production of “Disney’s The Lion King”) will lead the Sing-Along.

Toronto Botanical Garden: Winter Blooms Circus at the Garden
Date: December 19-21, 2025
Toronto Botanical Garden presents Winter Blooms Circus at the Garden, an immersive winter, high-flying dance, circus and garden experience, complete with aerial silks, straps, trapeze, dance, and acrobatics.

Wychwood Theatre: BenTastic Family Magic Show — “A Very Merry Magic Show”
Date: December 20-22, 2025
Join BenTastic and Magic Mel at the Wychwood Theatre with “A Very Merry Magic Show” as they take the stage together for a magical Christmas celebration full of festive cheer, wonder, and magical surprises!

TO Live — Champions of Magic: Holiday Spectacular
Date: December 27, 2025 — January 4, 2026
Celebrate the season with TO Live and Starvox Entertainment as they present the Holiday Spectacular edition of Champions of Magic, full of dazzling illusions, breathtaking, grand-scale magic, and festive surprises for the whole family!

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