Reimagine Your Holiday Traditions with Classic Films Live with SF Symphony

This weekend offers you and yours two opportunities to celebrate classic holiday films with the San Francisco Symphony. Take a seat among the grandeur of Davies Symphony Hall and enjoy a the action on screen while introducing your young ones to the magic of live orchestral music. Or, reminisce and enjoy a second childhood for yourself without the kids, we won’t judge.

Today and tomorrow, Kevin McCallister will be up to all his old tricks with Home Alone. SF Symphony will perform on stage while wild antics are shown on a big screen. You may have seen the movie a hundred times before, but you’ve never experienced it like this. Fun and flutes, tricks and trombones, the orchestra brings something completely new to the beloved film.

On Sunday and Monday, A Charlie Brown Christmas is reimagined as live actors, an animated backdrop, and the timeless music performed by the Symphony combines on stage into a performance that takes you back to simpler times. And don’t worry, SF Symphony provides you with the lyrics for the sing-a-long portion; no need to wa-wa like the Peanuts adults do.

For both of these performances, children’s tickets are half off.

On the Stage

Mother of Exiles

Theatre | Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Now – December 21 | Tickets

In 1898, a pregnant Eddie Loi faces deportation amid America’s tightening immigration laws. A century later, her great-grandson Braulio, through his role in the Miami border patrol, inadvertently conjures her spirit—unleashing a witty, opinionated ancestor.

Audio Described: December 20

View the Program

More Events

• Holiday Brass | San Francisco Symphony | December 20 | View Program
• Georgiana & Kitty | TheatreWorks | Now – December 28
  • Open Captioned: December 21
• Nutcracker | San José Dance Theatre | Now – December 21
• Holiday Spectacular! | San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus at Cal Performances | December 20 | View Print Program

Next Line

• Cal Performances has announced the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater this spring. Four programs will be performed, with a mix of renowned classics and brave new creations.
• Calligraffiti artist eL Seed will create a visual and visceral connection between two locations that are rarely (if ever) thought of together. A matching mural will be created inside San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and on the Orpheum Theatre during SF Art Week.