2023 Kimmel Cultural Campus Holiday Brochure

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Season Highlights 2023–24 Winter Guide Bluey's Big Play

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra.

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A Very Philly Christmas

Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez

Philly does everything better and that includes the holidays!

Don't miss these spectacular holiday concerts featuring Broadway singers and dancers, great Philadelphia choirs, and the No Name Pops led by the charismatic Enrico Lopez-Yañez.

Tickets start at $29!

Bluey’s Big Play

NOV 18–19 MILLER THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Free at the Kimmel

Mahler’s Symphony No. 1

Family Fun with Alex and the Kaleidoscope & Voices

DEC 1–3 VERIZON HALL

NOV 19 COMMONWEALTH PLAZA FREE

Kimmel Campus Presents

A Very Philly Christmas

The Philadelphia Orchestra

DEC 1–23 VERIZON HALL

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Curtis on Tour Osmo Vänskä, clarinet Erin Keefe, violin

NOV 24–26 VERIZON HALL

DEC 1 PERELMAN THEATER

Wicked

November Broadway Series

Wicked

Stephen Schwartz An All-Star Musical Tribute

Kimmel Campus Presents

NOV 15 MILLER THEATER

NOV 4 MILLER THEATER

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

The Wait Wait Stand Up Tour NOV 10 MILLER THEATER

Kimmel Campus Presents in association with Live Nation and Chambers Touring

Jimmy Carr: Terribly Funny

NOV 11 MILLER THEATER

Kimmel Campus Presents in association with Outback Presents

Ira Glass & Etgar Keret Kimmel Campus Presents

Lauren Graham: Have I Told You This Already?

David Spade: Catch Me Inside DEC 2 MILLER THEATER

Free at the Kimmel

Holiday Celebration

NOV 16 PERELMAN THEATER

NOV 25 COMMONWEALTH PLAZA FREE

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Broadway Series

Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony NOV 17–18 VERIZON HALL

VoxAmaDeus

Brahms’ Requiem

Kimmel Campus Presents

Staatskapelle Berlin

PHILADANCO! Intangible Influences Kimmel Campus Presents

PHILADANCO! Intangible Influences

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Company

Yannick and Hélène Grimaud Reunite

NOV 28–DEC 10 FORREST THEATRE

DEC 7 AND 10 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Boris Giltburg, piano NOV 29 PERELMAN THEATER

NOV 17 PERELMAN THEATER

Kimmel Campus Presents

A Soulful Christmas DEC 12 VERIZON HALL

DEC 8–10 PERELMAN THEATER

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society Kimmel Campus Presents in association with BenDeLaCreme Presents

The Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Show DEC 8 MILLER THEATER

Philadelphia Ballet

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® DEC 8–30 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

DEC 3 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Ballet presents George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®

Kimmel Campus Presents in association with Outback Presents

DEC 1 MILLER THEATER

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical

NOV 7 PERELMAN THEATER

Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?

Album Tour

NOV 13 VERIZON HALL

Kimmel Campus Presents

Brit Floyd: 50 Years of Dark Side

Kimmel Campus Presents in association with Live Nation

Mazzoni Center Honors

NOV 1–NOV 26 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Photo by Julieanne Harris

Celia Hottenstein and Olivia Valli, photo by Joan Marcus

December

Kimmel Campus Presents

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective DEC 13 PERELMAN THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Glorious Sound of Christmas DEC 14–16 VERIZON HALL

The Rock School Presents

Classic Nutcracker DEC 15–17 MILLER THEATER

Deutsche Grammophon The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia 125th Anniversary Vivaldi’s Gloria & Celebration DEC 9 VERIZON HALL Williams

DEC 15–17 PERELMAN THEATER

Enrico Lopez-Yañez

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Children’s Holiday Spectacular DEC 16 VERIZON HALL

Notre Dame Glee Club and Symphony Orchestra

Christmas from Notre Dame DEC 19 VERIZON HALL

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Messiah

DEC 20–21 VERIZON HALL

Curtis Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and More

Broadway Series

Constance Stamatiou, Yannick Lebrun, and James Gilmer. Photo by Dario Calmese

Samara Joy

January

Curtis Institute of Music

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

JAN 27 VERIZON HALL

Ain’t Too Proud

JAN 3–21 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Keyboard Conversations® with Pianist Jeffrey Siegel

The Philadelphia Orchestra

All Mozart

JAN 29 PERELMAN THEATER

JAN 5–7 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society The Philadelphia Orchestra

Elf ™ in Concert

BalletX and Michelle Cann, piano JAN 6–7 PERELMAN THEATER

February

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

The Philadelphia Orchestra

DEC 22–23 VERIZON HALL

Kimmel Campus Presents

Samara Joy: A Joyful Ain’t Too Proud Holiday featuring The McLendon Family

Maria Włoszczowska, violin; Jeremy Denk, piano JAN 9 PERELMAN THEATER

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Holiday Cabaret

DEC 25 COMMONWEALTH PLAZA F RE E

Broadway Series

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5

JAN 11 AND 13 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Cirque Dreams Holidaze

Julia Bullock, soprano Bretton Brown, piano

DEC 26–31 MILLER THEATER

JAN 11 PERELMAN THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra

New Year’s Eve Celebration

Lunar New Year JAN 12 VERIZON HALL

DEC 31 VERIZON HALL

VoxAmaDeus

Gershwin & More JAN 12 PERELMAN

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Dover Quartet

JAN 14 PERELMAN THEATER

National Touring Company of Ain’t Too Proud.

Credit: © 2021 Emilio Madrid

Goldmund Quartet JAN 16 PERELMAN THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue JAN 18–20 VERIZON HALL

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

Bach’s Orchestral Suites Ain’t Too Proud

JAN 19–21 PERELMAN THEATER

OBSESSED Presents

The Bald and the Beautiful JAN 19 MILLER THEATER

Kimmel Campus Presents in association with Live Nation

Vir Das: Mind Fool Tour JAN 20 MILLER THEATER

Kimmel Campus Presents

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis JAN 21 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Susanna Phillips, soprano; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Myra Huang, piano JAN 24 PERELMAN THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Brahms’s German Requiem JAN 26–28 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano JAN 26 PERELMAN THEATER

Vivaldi and Mozart FEB 2 AND 4 VERIZON HALL

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

FEB 23 PERELMAN THEATER

Richard Goode, piano

Rameau, Leclair, & Locatelli

FEB 2 PERELMAN THEATER

FEB 16–18 PERELMAN THEATER

Broadway Series

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Broadway Series

FEB 20 VERIZON HALL

FEB 27–MAR 10 FORREST THEATRE

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Mrs. Doubtfire

FEB 6–18 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

John Williams with Yo-Yo Ma

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Girl From the North Country

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony FEB 8–10 VERIZON HALL

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Musicians from Marlboro

The Philadelphia Orchestra

All Beethoven

FEB 29–MAR 2 VERIZON HALL

FEB 21 PERELMAN THEATER

Philadelphia Ballet

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra FEB 10 VERIZON HALL

Kimmel Campus Presents

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Giselle

FEB 29–MAR 10 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

FEB 23–25 ACADEMY OF MUSIC

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Daedalus Quartet w/ Stewart Goodyear, piano FEB 11 PERELMAN THEATER

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra

Photo by Todd Rosenberg

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

FEB 1 VERIZON HALL

The Philadelphia Orchestra

DEC 22 MILLER THEATER

Free at the Kimmel

Orchestra After 5: Strings and Tango

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society

Aaron Diehl, piano FEB 14 PERELMAN THEATER

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Joshua Bell Returns FEB 15–17 VERIZON HALL

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David Kim holds the Dr. Benjamin Rush Chair.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin holds the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair.

Hélène Grimaud’s appearances are sponsored by the Robert Heim and Eileen Kennedy Visiting Artist Fund.

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The Philadelphia Orchestra Family Concerts are funded in part by the Zisman Family Foundation.

The Family Discovery Series is sponsored by Dietz & Watson.

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