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Get into the holiday spirit with this season’s best – and brightest – arts and cultural events from ArtsCalendar.com!
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Liven up your holiday season with arts and cultural events from ArtsCalendar.com
December 29 and 30, 5 to 8 pm.
Flamingo Gardens
3750 S. Flamingo Rd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33330
Wander through an interactive wonderland of elaborate holiday scenes, larger-than-life snow globes, intricate ornaments, and tens of thousands of lights at the family-friendly Garden of Lights from December 15 to 30, 2017. Details >>
Presented by Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Slow Burn Theatre Company
December 28, and 29, 8 pm.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Journey to exotic lands this holiday season in a magical – and family-friendly – reimagining of the award-winning children’s classic The Secret Garden from December 28 to December 29, 2017. Details >>
Presented by Creative City Collaborative at Arts Garage
December 28, 8 pm.
Arts Garage
94 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444
Unite through the power of music at Arts Garage’s CIRCUIT, an 18-and-up holiday evening of dancing, DJ mixing, and clean-living fun on Thursday, December 28, 2017. Details >>
December 28, 3 pm.
December 29 and 30, 2 pm and 7 pm.
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
West Palm Beach, FL
Switching The Nutcracker up this holiday season in Miami and West Palm Beach, Miami City Ballet and the Opus One Orchestra debut brand-new sets and costumes by Isabel and Ruben Toledo at this wintertime performance of Balanchine’s iconic choreography and Tchaikovsky’s timeless score. Kravis Center Details >>
Presented by Sarge
December 26 and 27, 8 pm.
Aventura Art and Cultural Center
3385 NE 188th St., Aventura, FL 33180
Livening up South Florida’s holiday season with all-new Hanukah material and music, world-renowned entertainer Sarge and his all-star band will dazzle adults the nights of December 26 and 27, 2017, with side-splitting hilarity. Details >>
December 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, 8 pm.
December 30, 2 pm.
December 31, 1 pm and 7 pm.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL
A classic tale of playwright J.M. Barrie’s quest for inspiration, the heartwarming Finding Neverland – lauded by NPR as “far and away the best musical of the year” – will enchant your inner child from December 26 to 31, 2017, this holiday season. Details >>
December 29, 7 to 9 pm.
Village Design Art Gallery
600 Breakers Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Revel in the magic of cinema this holiday season at Village Design Art Gallery’s open-air screenings of It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, and other family-friendly Christmas flicks the nights of December 29, 2017. Details >>
December 1, 2017, to January 6, 2018, noon to 4 pm.,
Tuesday through Saturday
Sample-McDougald House
450 NE 10th St., Pompano Beach, FL 33060
Celebrating the rich history, spirit, and architecture of the holiday season, Pompano Beach’s Sample-McDougald House opens its famed doors to the public for a Holiday Home Tour on the afternoons of December 1, 2017, to January 6, 2018. Details >>
Presented by Florida Citrus Model Train Society
November 25, 2017, to January 6, 2018
Monday through Thursday, noon to 4 pm.
Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.
Auditorium 111, Southwest Regional Library
16835 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines, FL 33331
Step into the life of an engineer this holiday season at Southwest Regional Library’s Interactive Holiday Model Train Exhibit on the afternoons of November 25, 2017, through January 6, 2018. Details >>
December 29 and 30, 7:30 pm.
December 31, 5 pm.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL
Tap your feet to the rhythms of popular and cotemporary new world music at Rhythm Atlantic, the world premiere of choreographed African dance, festive calypso, and holiday salsa – not to mention religious and secular soul, spirituals, reggae, and R&B – from December 29 to 31, 2017. Details >>
December 30, 2 to 5 pm.
Multi-Purpose Room, South Regional Library
7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
Celebrate purpose on “Nia,” the fifth day of the week-long Kwanzaa festival, by taking part in South Regional Library’s community-building ceremony on the afternoon of Saturday, December 30, 2017. Details >>
Presented by Actor’s Playhouse
January 17 and 24, 2018, 2 pm.
January 18, 20, 17, 19, and 24, 2018, 8 pm.
January 21, 2018, 3 pm.
Balcony Theatre
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL
Travel to a magical winter wonderland of beauty and danger with this holiday season’s family-friendly musical adaptation of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Details >>
December 30, 2017, 8 p.m.
Sandrell Rivers Theater
6101 NW 7th Ave., Suite 79, Miami, FL
From Umoja and Kujichangulia to Ujamaa and Nia, the M Ensemble’s Kwanzaa Festival celebrates the seven principles of Kwanzaa with traditional drumming, dancing, and poetry on the night of Saturday, December 30, 2017. Details >>
December 26, 27, 28, and 29, 8 pm.
December 27, 2 pm.
December 30, 11 am, 3 pm, and 7:30 pm.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
From December 26 to 30, 2017, Cirque Dreams Holidaze lights up the holiday season with its 10th Anniversary National Tour: an all-in-one winter musical, cirque spectacle, and family show featuring twenty elaborate acts, 300 stunning costumes, and magical illusions to spare. Details >>
Presented by Stonewall National Museum and Archives
January 17, 8 to 11 pm.
Xtreme Action Park
5300 Powerline Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Be part of the premier social event of the holiday season by skating, dancing, and meeting new people at the interactive Stonewall Skate Night on January 17, 2018. Details >>
Presented by the Strauss Symphony of America
December 30, 8 pm.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132
Waltz into the New Year on Saturday, December 30, 2017, as the Strauss Symphony of America’s acclaimed European singers and dancers cap this holiday season off with the spirited romance of operetta, the old-school glamor of ballroom dancing, and the delicate beauty of ballet. Details >>
December 29, 8 pm.
December 31, 9:30 pm.
BB&T Center
1 Panther Pkwy, Sunrise, FL 33323
Ring in the New Year with a live performance by legendary musician Billy Joel at his third annual New Year’s Eve Concert on Friday, December 29, and Sunday, December 31, 2017. Details >>
Presented by Brandano Displays and Broward County Parks and Recreation Division
Now through January 1, 2018, 6 to 10 pm.
Tradewinds Park
3600 W Sample Rd, Pompano Beach, FL 33073
Light up your holiday season with the ninth annual Holiday Fantasy of Lights, a drive-through light extravaganza featuring three miles of static and animated light displays, illuminated trees, and elaborate holiday scenes on the nights of December 11, 2017, to January 1, 2018. Details >>
December 29, 2017, 8 pm.
December 31, 2017, 9:30 pm.
January 11, 2018, 7:30 pm.
January 14, 2018, 6 pm.
BB&T Center
1 Panther Pkwy, Sunrise, FL 33323
Kickstart your New Year on December 29 and 31, 2017, and January 11 and 14, 2018, with live performances by Winter Jam’s all-star lineup of the biggest names in Christian music. Details >>
Presented by Seraphic Fire and Firebird Chamber Orchestra
January 17, 2018, 7:30 pm.
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox
2401 SW 3rd Ave., Miami, FL
Treat yourself this holiday season to a live performance of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion – David Lang’s musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s haunting tale – on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. Details >>
January 4, 2018, 5:30 to 8 pm.
Historic Stranahan House Museum
335 SE 6th Ave, Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Kick off a memorable New Year the evening of Thursday, January 4, 2018, with live entertainment, delicious appetizers, specialty cocktails, and guided tours of Fort Lauderdale’s sprawling Historic Stranahan House Museum. Details >>
Presented by Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts
January 6, 2018, 7 to 10 pm.
Nova Southeastern University Performance Theater
3301 College Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Roll back the clock this New Year for an evening celebration of last year’s original Lovewell works of song, dance, comedy, and drama at the 9th Annual Lovewell Songbook Concert on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Details >>
January 6, 2018, 8 pm.
January 7, 2018, 2 pm and 7 pm.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Put the stress of the holiday season behind you on January 6 and 7, 2018, with acclaimed performer Steve Solomon’s richly comic Cannoli, Latkes, and Guilt…: The Therapy Continues. Details >>
January 12, 2018, 8 pm.
Parker Playhouse
707 NE 8th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
From disco and funk to Motown and rock, kick off your New Year by revisiting the musical hits of yesteryear with Decades Rewind – an all-in-one dance party, theatrical performance, and blockbuster concert – the night of Friday, January 12, 2018. Details >>
January 14, 2018, 10 am to 3 pm.
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
Tackle your New Year’s resolutions at a January 14th open house offering family-friendly activities, prizes, refreshments, performing arts mini-classes, chats with teaching artists, and educational tours of Fort Lauderdale’s Rose Miniaci Arts Education Center. Details >>
