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The Nutcracker Ballet comes to River Raisin Centre for the Arts, 114 South Monroe Street in Monroe, on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7 p.m.. There are four performances to pick from, so it's easy to make it a holiday outing.
River Raisin Centre for the Arts

Thornetta Davis brings a holiday concert to Ford House on Friday, December 4, at 7 p.m., in the Lake Shore Room in Grosse Pointe Shores. Detroit’s Queen of the Blues and 2023 Blues Music Award winner puts a soulful, bluesy spin on seasonal favorites. Tickets are sold individually with general-admission seating.
Ford House

For anyone who loves a made-for-TV Christmas movie, the title alone is a gift: Ridgedale Players stage The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon at 205 West Long Lake Road in Troy on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. There are nine performances to pick from.
Ridgedale Players

A White Christmas in Grosse Pointe Park: Grosse Pointe Theatre stages Irving Berlin's White Christmas at 15001 East Jefferson Avenue on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. With eleven performances on the calendar, it'll fit into your holidays.
Grosse Pointe Theatre

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance presents Scrooge! on Friday, December 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. Leslie Bricusse’s stage musical adapts Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and features six songs not in the film. Tickets available.
Hilberry Gateway

A Christmas movie at the movies, the old-school way. The Redford Theatre (17360 Lahser Road, Detroit) screens National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the 1989 film, on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $7, so bring your friends.
Redford Theatre

The Redford Theatre screens National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Friday, December 4, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. There's one showing, so if a Christmas movie outing with family or friends is on your list, grab this one.
Redford Theatre

Over the Rhine brings its Acoustic Christmas concert to The Ark in Ann Arbor on Friday, December 4, at 8 p.m., with close harmonies and a mix of holiday songs and favorites from their catalog. Tickets are $35; in-person box office purchases at The Ark avoid added fees.
The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, United States

The Flint Symphony Orchestra and Flint School of Performing Arts bring The Nutcracker ballet to Whiting Auditorium in Flint on December 5 and 6. Follow Clara on her magical Christmas Eve journey, performed by students and guest artists with live symphony music.
Whiting Auditorium, 123 Whiting Street, Flint, MI, 12345, United States

Elvis tribute artist Jake Slater brings an Elvis Christmas to The Lark Theater in Cheboygan on Saturday, December 5. He’s an award-winning performer who covers every era of Elvis. Tickets: $28.
The Lark Theater, 252 N. Huron Street, Cheboygan, MI, 49721

All aboard: The Polar Express, the 2004 film, rolls onto the Redford Theatre's big screen (17360 Lahser Road, Detroit) on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 2 p.m.. Tickets are $7.
Redford Theatre

Holiday music, symphony-sized: the Grand Rapids Symphony plays Holiday Pops Presented by Meijer at DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe NW in Grand Rapids, on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are three concerts over two days to choose from.
DeVos Performance Hall

All aboard: the Redford Theatre screens The Polar Express on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 2 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. It's a single showing on the big screen.
Redford Theatre

Jinkx and DeLa, two well-known drag performers, bring their touring holiday comedy and music show to The Masonic in Detroit on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 7 p.m. Tickets are on the ticket page.
The Masonic

Christmas, Rat Pack style, in Midland: Christmas With the Rat Pack takes the stage at Midland Center for the Arts, 1801 West Saint Andrews Road, on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It's a single date, so if you're in a holiday mood, grab it.
Midland Center for the Arts

Handel's Messiah returns to Ann Arbor on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., led by conductor Scott Hanoian with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMS Choral Union, presented by UMS (University Musical Society). It comes back every year to celebrate the season's true meaning, with two performances.
UMS (University Musical Society)

A nightmare and Christmas in one title. The Redford Theatre (17360 Lahser Road, Detroit) screens The Nightmare Before Christmas, the 1993 film, on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 8 p.m.. Tickets are $7.
Redford Theatre

The Redford Theatre in Detroit screens The Nightmare Before Christmas on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 8 p.m.. It's a one-time showing, so if you want it on the big screen, this is your shot. The theater is at 17360 Lahser Road.
Redford Theatre
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