Holiday Theater

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There are lots of great holiday shows and if you have young children you may want to see your options before buying theater tickets. Here are a list of great live entertainment over the holiday season.

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Sonoma: Cirque de Bohème presents Consolamentum
Nov 28
Cornerstone Sonoma
Sonoma: Cirque de Bohème presents Consolamentum
Cornerstone Sonoma

Cirque de Bohème was reimagined in 2008 by French-born artist Michel Michelis, following the success of his collaboration with the Red Moon Cabaret company in San Francisco. Around the same time, Pixar Studios and John Lasseter invited Michel to lend his voice to a new character in Cars 2 a French car, naturally.

Cornerstone Sonoma
San Francisco: Peter Pan Panto in the Presidio
Nov 29
Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center
San Francisco: Peter Pan Panto in the Presidio
Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center

Peter Pan returns this 2025 holiday season! Awaken your childlike wonder this holiday season with a wildly fun take on the family classic.

Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center
The Velveteen Rabbit
Nov 29
YBCA Theater
The Velveteen Rabbit
YBCA Theater

Based on the beloved classic children’s book by Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit brims with wit, festive costumes, madcap characters, and the perfect amount of holiday cheer!

YBCA Theater
San Rafael: Christmas with C.S. Lewis
Dec 5
Showcase Theater
San Rafael: Christmas with C.S. Lewis
Showcase Theater

Discover how a encounter with Tolkien forever changed C.S. Lewis’ Christmas celebrations.

Showcase Theater
Walnut Creek: Once Upon A Mattress!
Dec 5
Lesher Center for the Arts
Walnut Creek: Once Upon A Mattress!
Lesher Center for the Arts

Performing Arts Studio's Teen Production Workshop, the premier theatre program at The Ballet School Performing Arts, presents the beloved musical Once Upon A Mattress!

Lesher Center for the Arts
San Francisco: Holiday Spectacular
Dec 6
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
San Francisco: Holiday Spectacular
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

The Performing Arts Academy of Marin (PAAM) is proud to present its highly anticipated Holiday Spectacular, a festive celebration of dance, music, and theater that brings families and community together for the season of joy.

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Walnut Creek: A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol
Dec 10
Lesher Center for the Arts
Walnut Creek: A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol
Lesher Center for the Arts

Center REP has assembled an award-winning team of artists for this all-new production of the treasured holiday classic. In this heartfelt and exceedingly lively new adaptation, a young Tim Cratchit makes a wish on a candle, invoking a series of ghostly visitors to the bedside of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.

Lesher Center for the Arts
Mountain View: Smuin's The Christmas Ballet
Dec 11
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Mountain View: Smuin's The Christmas Ballet
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
San Francisco: Grand Kyiv Ballet - The Snow Queen
Dec 11
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
San Francisco: Grand Kyiv Ballet - The Snow Queen
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

Join the Grand Kyiv Ballet for the WORLD Premiere of the new Ballet, The Snow Queen.  The Snow Queen is a powerful and cold-hearted ruler who travels the world with the snow, bringing winter wherever she goes.  

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
Mill Valley: The Gift of Nothing
Dec 13
Marin Theatre
Mill Valley: The Gift of Nothing
Marin Theatre

This holiday season, Marin Theatre is thrilled to announce something new - our first-ever family holiday musical!

Marin Theatre
Hayward: Sounds of the Season!
Dec 14
Chabot College Center for the Performing Arts
Hayward: Sounds of the Season!
Chabot College Center for the Performing Arts

Ring in the holidays with Bay Phil’s most joyful, spectacular celebration of the year!

Chabot College Center for the Performing Arts
Berkeley: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Dec 16
Berkeley Rep
Berkeley: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Berkeley Rep

Berkeley Rep will present a limited engagement of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story by Jefferson Mays, Susan Lyons, and Michael Arden, directed by Barry Edelstein.

Berkeley Rep
Reindeer Games
Dec 17
Children's Creativity Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens
Reindeer Games
Children's Creativity Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens

Back for its third year in a row, Reindeer Games is Bay Area’s favorite holiday tradition.  Combining interactive games, jaw-dropping circus, and a heart-warming story, Reindeer Games is a must-see show for the whole family!

Children's Creativity Museum, Yerba Buena Gardens
Walnut Creek: The Biggest Gift
Dec 18
Margaret Lesher Theatre
Walnut Creek: The Biggest Gift
Margaret Lesher Theatre

At a time when tradition matters, The Biggest Gift is THE family event of the season! Christmas is in trouble someone has stolen Santa's letters, and without them, Christmas cannot continue!

Margaret Lesher Theatre
San Francisco: Rudolph and Scrooge: A YC Holiday Double Feature
Dec 18
The Strand Theater
San Francisco: Rudolph and Scrooge: A YC Holiday Double Feature
The Strand Theater

Join us December 18–20 at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater for a special family-friendly holiday show presented by the Young Conservatory!

The Strand Theater
San Francisco: Smuin's The Christmas Ballet
Dec 18
Blue Shield of California Theater - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco: Smuin's The Christmas Ballet
Blue Shield of California Theater - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.

Blue Shield of California Theater - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Santa Rosa: White Christmas, The Musical
Dec 20
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Santa Rosa: White Christmas, The Musical
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

Join Roustabout’s Apprentice Program for everyone’s favorite holiday musical onstage – Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”.

Luther Burbank Center for the Arts