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Events in December, 2025

December 2025

Mind the Gap XXXVIII

Dance Source Houston

Mind the Gap XXXVIII

An evening of dance by local choreographers Emilie Anne, Rebecca LaFon (Vessel Movement Company), Nahee Lee, Kavya Mathukumalli (Silambam), Anna-Caison Roguski, and Isabella Mireles Vik (Aufheben Ensemble).

Dance Source Houston is excited to present the 38th edition of Mind The Gap on December 2, 2025. This program will feature works from a range of dance forms by local choreographers, including Emilie Anne, Rebecca LaFon (Vessel Movement Company), Nahee Lee, Kavya Mathukumalli (Silambam), Anna-Caison Roguski, and Isabella Mireles Vik (Aufheben Ensemble). Read more

Felizmente Tonas

“Felizmente Tonas” es un monólogo introspectivo, divertido y profundamente humano creado e interpretado por Lizzette Díaz, periodista, autora y creadora del movimiento Felizmente Tonas. En esta puesta en escena, Lizzette invita al público a mirarse al espejo sin miedo, a reconciliarse con la edad y a reírse de las arrugas, los olvidos y los cambios que llegan después de los 40, entendiendo que la plenitud no tiene fecha de vencimiento.Read more

Menopausia, la culpa es de las hormonas

Por primera vez en Estados Unidos, la aclamada obra mexicana Menopausia, la culpa es de las hormonas, una comedia contemporánea escrita por Bárbara Torres y Óscar Rubí, que ha sido un éxito rotundo en México, con funciones agotadas y miles de espectadores identificados y muertos de risa.  Read more

Shades of Connection

Shades of Connection will feature new choreographic works set on the HC2s by Guest Choreographers, Lenorris ArnoldChris BloomMorgan ManningAlec Marianek and Shelby Nunn. See these exciting works that will be performed by the fifteen Houston Contemporary 2 company members. You will also have the opportunity to see a new work by Marlana Doyle performed by our PATH+ dancers. Don't miss it!Read more

December Evergreens and Icicles

Houston Pride Band

December Evergreens and Icicles

A Harmony of Diverse Voices for the Holidays

The Houston Pride Band invites you to join us on Saturday, December 6 at MATCH for December Evergreen & Icicles! Reflecting the beautiful diversity of our city, this cozy concert will feature holiday band music sure to please all. So gather 'round the hearth as we celebrate the sounds and traditions that unite us!Read more

Artists for People:

Artists for People

Artists for People:

A Humanity Benefit Concert for Gaza Supplies and Immigrant Aid in Houston

Artists For People is a two-night community benefit concert that brings together local Houston artists in solidarity with global and local struggles for justice. Through live performance, resource-sharing, and fundraising, we aim to support children and families in Gaza impacted by genocide, as well as our Houston neighbors affected by recent ICE raids and detentions. Our mission is to use art as a tool for collective action, resistance, and resource redistribution.

Come see dancers, musicians, vocalists, and other live performance artists in support for our local and global neighbors. This is a self-run, people-powered event featuring community-rooted art in support of Gaza supplies and immigrant aid in Houston— not affiliated with any institution — and all proceeds beyond covering the costs of this project will go directly to Gaza Sunbirds and the Houston Immigrant Legal Services Collaborative.Read more

The War on Cars: Life After Cars

BikeHouston

The War on Cars: Life After Cars

With authors and hosts of THE WAR ON CARS podcast Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon

Join the hosts of The War on Cars podcast and BikeHouston for a live, in-person conversation on the future of urban life.

This promises to be a lively discussion with authors Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon on their new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, which explores how transportation, housing, and climate advocacy intersect to create more livable, people-centered cities. With humor, insight, and sharp critique, Goodyear and Gordon will unpack how we can build a better world beyond car dependency. Featuring special guest interviews and more.Read more

Believe

Juxtapose Arts Collective

Believe

A holiday tradition to bring in the Christmas Spirit

Juxtapose Arts Collective presents a story that reminds of us of the true meaning of Christmas. Told through the eyes of a young girl named Lynn, is a story full of fun characters, lessons to be learned, and a lot of heart. On her journey, we will see incredible dancing, beautiful singing, and dazzling aerial arts. Make this your tradition as we bring in the holiday spirit and Believe.Read more

Raquel Cepeda Christmas Concert 2025

Jazz singer and songwriter Raquel Cepeda presents her 2025 Christmas Concert on Friday, December 12, at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center in Houston, at 8:00 PM.

Enjoy a captivating selection of Christmas tunes from the traditional and jazz repertoires, featuring original jazz arrangements and heartfelt original Christmas music to warm your heart and ignite the joy of the season. This all-ages concert promises a memorable experience. 

Cepeda will perform as a septet with her talented jazz band: Barry Sames on piano, Thomas Helton on double bass, Adriano Santos on drums, Cassio Duarte on percussion, Ernesto Vega on saxophone, and Salvador Velasco on trumpet.Read more

Snow Angel

International Voices Houston

Snow Angel

Dr. Jake Taylor, Artistic Director

Houston’s premiere multicultural choir presents Snow Angel, Dr. Jake Taylor’s debut as Artistic Director. Each of our concerts this season is united by the notion of seeing the world "through the eyes of a child." Our winter concert, Snow Angel, presents music that explores four integral traits of childhood; vulnerability, resilience, playfulness, and hope for the future. Read more

Who's Holiday!

The Garden Theatre

Who's Holiday!

By Matthew Lombardo; Starring Chaney Moore

SINGLE TICKETS on sale AUGUST 21

The Garden Theatre is excited to be celebrating our 5th season! In honor of our anniversary, the first half of this monumental season will consist of audience favorites from previous seasons. From our fourth season, we are thrilled to bring back an unlikely holiday classic, Who's Holiday!, starring the incomparable Chaney Moore as Cindy Lou Who. 

Who's Holiday! is a wildly funny and heartfelt adults-only comedy that tells the story of Cindy Lou Who, now all grown up and residing in a beaten-down trailer in the snowy hills of Mount Crumpit, as she recalls (in between bong rips) that Christmas Eve she first met the Grinch and the twisted turn of events her life has now taken.Read more

Winter Recital 2025

Break Free Worldwide presenter their Hip-Hop School's Winter Recital 2025!

Established in 2011 - Break Free Hip-Hop School has directly educated thousands of Houston and Texas area youth through on-site and mobile programming that inspires creativity and nurtures confidence in any setting.

We offer resources, opportunities in performances and competition, and career paths for individuals who develop a passion and a dream in the Arts.Read more

The Christmas Revels

Revels Houston

The Christmas Revels

A Scottish Celebration of the Winter Solstice

The Christmas Revels is holiday fun for the whole family!  In this year’s Christmas Revels, we are transported back to Eighteenth-Century Scotland, to a small rural hamlet in the country’s northwestern Highlands. There, in a modest cottage, we join the villagers as they begin their annual celebration of Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year.  Read more

Finding Ben: A Father & Son’s Discovery

Chef Courtney Lindsay

Finding Ben: A Father & Son’s Discovery

Directed by Nana Kojo Nkunim, Co-directed and produced by Courtney and Chasitie Lindsay (Owners of Mo’ Brunch + Brews)

Finding Ben: A Father & Son’s Discovery is a deeply personal documentary that recounts Chef Courtney Lindsay’s life-changing journey to find the father he never knew—only to be met with open arms and unconditional love. At 40 years old, Courtney steps into a chapter of healing, identity, and restoration as he discovers his biological father, Ben. This intimate story of reunion is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late for love to find its way home.

Executive Produced by Courtney & Chasitie Lindsay, Finding Ben is Directed by Nana Kojo Nkunim (Octus House) and Co-Directed by Chasitie Lindsay. Together, this creative team captures the beauty of forgiveness, faith, and family legacy—reminding us that it’s never too late to be found or to find love in its purest form.Read more

Snowfall Serenade

Space City Sound

Snowfall Serenade

An A Cappella Holiday Concert

Celebrate the season with Space City Sound’s award-winning a cappella harmonies in an unforgettable holiday concert at MATCH.

Get ready to unwrap the magic of the season with Snowfall Serenade, Space City Sound’s 2025 holiday concert!

Join Houston’s award-winning a cappella ensemble at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston), in the intimate Matchbox 3 Theater, for an evening of sparkling harmony, festive favorites, and heartwarming cheer. From timeless classics to joyful surprises, this concert will leave you humming all the way home. 

One night only — don’t miss the chance to experience the wonder of the holidays, barbershop-style!Read more

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical

The Garden Theatre

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical

Created by Jordan Ross & Lindsey Rosin

The Garden Theatre is excited to be celebrating our 5th season! In honor of our anniversary, the first half of this monumental season will consist of audience favorites from previous seasons. From our second season, we are thrilled to bring back a show BroadwayWorld called "the most fun you'll have in any theatre this holiday season." Join us for the return of one of the most popular shows we've ever produced: Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical. With this return engagement in a larger venue, we are BACK and BIGGER than ever!

Based on the iconic film starring Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Geller, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical pulls you into the manipulative world of Manhattan’s most dangerous liaisons: Sebastian Valmont and Kathryn Merteuil. Fueled by revenge and passion, the diabolically charming step-siblings place a bet on whether or not Sebastian can deflower their incoming headmaster’s daughter, Annette Hargrove. As the two set out to destroy the innocent girl— and anyone else who gets in their way — they find themselves playing a perilous game with only one rule: Never fall in love.Read more

LOS INOCENTES

GV&A Productions LLC

LOS INOCENTES

Un encuentro inolvidable entre cuerdas, voz y alma

¡Vive las tradiciones decembrinas con ritmo, cuerdas y sabor latinoamericano!

Este 28 de diciembre en el Matchbox 4, el maestro del cuatro venezolano Jorge Glem, la energía de Elvis Martínez en el contrabajo y la pasión de Juan Pablo Romero en la percusión, se unen a unos invitados súper especiales: la voz encantadora de Ivis Sequera, la magia en la flauta de Manuel Rojas y el virtuosismo del violín de Eddy Marcano.

Un espectáculo lleno de tradición, música popular y alegría contagiosa, donde la música cruza fronteras y enciende sonrisas.

Una sola noche. Una sola oportunidad. ¡No te lo pierdas!Read more