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  • Tellebration! A Storytelling Concert

    Traditions Fair Trade Cafe 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA, United States

    South Sound Story Guild promotes the ancient art of oral storytelling, telling folktales and personal stories to experience the adventure, pause in wonder, and tickle your funny bone. Come join the community of story tellers and story listeners.

    $10
  • Red Riding Hood, a Holiday Panto

    Centerstage Theatre 3200 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA, United States

    Red Riding Hood: A Holiday Panto By Vince Brady Directed by Helen Marion-Rowe The perfect annual tradition returns this season with Red Riding Hood: a Holiday Panto! Turning everything topsy-turvy with new songs and old jokes, our very own spin on the story of a gal and her scarlet cloak will be a highlight of ...

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    $21 – $47
  • Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged)

    Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA, United States

    The fruitcakes of the Reduced Shakespeare Company are coming to take you on an irreverent yet heartwarming trip through the holidays. It’s festive funny physical family fun as these Three Wise Guys send-up and celebrate your favorite winter holiday traditions.

    $40 – $72
  • Women of Note Presents “Timeless”

    St David of Wales Church 324 W Cedar St, Shelton

    This holiday season Women of Note takes up that Christmas spirit, performing familiar songs from the Middle Ages in old and modern forms, as well as singing beloved songs and carols we all like best. Under the guidance of director Elizabeth Berndt and accompanist Dilyara Oliver, this concert is meant to send listeners home with ...

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    Free
  • Great Bend Chamber Choir | Light & Gold – Holiday Works By Whitacre, Lauridsen, Gjeilo

    St. David Of Wales Episcopal Church 324 W Cedar St, Shelton

    A luminous celebration of the season, Light and Gold brings together centuries of choral tradition in a contemplative tribute to the mystery and wonder of the Nativity. At the heart of the program are four stunning settings of the ancient text O Magnum Mysterium—from the serene Renaissance purity of Tomás Luis de Victoria, to the ...

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    $16
  • Keys to Connection Winter Showcase

    Lacey Timberland Library 500 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United States

    Experience the warmth of community and the power of music to unite and uplift at the Keys to Connection Winter Showcase, a heartwarming performance by talented Olympia High School musicians dedicated to building bridges between generations. This youth-led project brings live music to senior living communities across Thurston County, fostering connection, joy, and shared creativity. ...

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    Free
  • Terry & Friends Christmas

    St. Mark Lutheran Church, Lacey- 2109 College St. SE 2109 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United States

    If you want to hear great Christmas music, have your heart warmed, laugh your head off, and sing-a-long…this show is for you! The audience becomes the “live studio audience” inside of KTAF Studios. Join Terry Shaw and his friends this year for a Christmas Radio Show you won’t forget! Sat, Dec. 13 @7pm and Sun, ...

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    Free
  • International Guitar Night

    Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA, United States

    International Guitar Night brings us four artists: An award-winning Vietnamese classical guitarist, a modern fingerstyle guitar prodigy from Russia, a Brazilian guitarist who fuses the fire of the Flamenco guitar and the percussive rhythms of Latin America and one of the leading ukulele players in the world! Experience a night of string mastery as four ...

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    $33 – $75
  • Black Box Jazz: Francesco Crosara

    The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, Olympia

    Francesco Crosara is a Seattle-based, Italian-born jazz pianist & composer who is making a significant impact on the jazz scene with a passion for creating and sharing innovative and soulful music.

    $34 – $51