29th Annual Bel Air Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
December 2, 2018, 2:30 PM – 4:45 PM @ Downtown Bel Air
Concert on Main Street in front of the Courthouse begins at 2:30 pm. Parade begins at 3:30 pm – down Main Street at Churchville Road to Lee Street and ending at Hickory Avenue. Community bonfire and singalong in Shamrock Park with free cookies and hot chocolate at 4:00 pm and the Tree Lighting at Town Hall at 4:45 pm. Scheduled to appear: Stiltwalkers and acrobats, local high school marching bands, costumed characters and mascots, beauty queens, dancers, floats, musical groups and even some special equestrian guests, ending with The Living Christmas Tree and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus! Event is weather permitting. In the case of bad weather, the event will be cancelled and not rescheduled.
Holiday Paint and Sip Night at the Museum
Thursday, December 6, 2018; 7 – 9 pm
Painting and wine with local artists, Sue Niewenhaus and Meg Algreen. Create a holiday themed showpiece on slate to keep or give away as a gift.
Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra – Music for a Festive Season
Saturday, December 8, 2018; 7:30 pm
Pre-concert lecture to begin at 6:45 pm.
Sheldon Bair – Conductor
Sara Magill – Harp
Larry Noto – Narrator
Music for a Festive Season is the title of the SSO’s ever-popular Holiday Concert, which will be performed on Saturday, December 8th. The concert will contain many popular Christmas-time tunes, plus Bel Air native, harpist Sara Magill, will join us for Handel’s wonderful Harp Concerto in B-flat Major! The concert will include such well-known pieces as Berlin’s “White Christmas” and Torme’s “Christmas Song” (“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire”). Larry Noto will narrate “The Night Before Christmas” and the audience will have two chances to sing along with the SSO!
Bel Air Community Band Winter Concert
Join us for our annual winter concert as we ring in the holiday season!
Bel Air High School. Free admission.
Journey Through the Holidays
December 9 | 3 to 4:30 pm
FREE Admission
Holiday Concert by the Bel Air Community Chorus
St Matthews – 1200 Churchville Rd.
Rockfield Manor Annual Christmas Tree Lighting, benefiting Toys for Tots
Enjoy holiday music while doing a little holiday shopping with our vendors – a visit with Santa, and more .
Light refreshments provided by Pairings Bistro
*Free Admission with an unwraped gift benefiting Toys for Tots-Harford County. *
Ballet Chesapeake – The Nutcracker
Friday, December 14, 2018; $8 pp
Outreach Performances for Preschool to 1st Grade. Tickets $8 per person.
Performances at 9:15am, 11am, and 12:45pm.
For more info email info@balletchesapeake.org at the Bel Air Armory – 37 N Main Street
Winter Concert
December 15 @ 7:30 pm Tickets: $25 adults, $20 seniors $10 student, under 12 free
Celebrate the holidays with Classics including selections from Handel’s Messiah.
St Matthews – 1200 Churchville Rd.
Merry Tuba Christmas
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 – TIME: 5:00 pm
Bel Air High School Auditorium, 100 Heighe St., Bel Air, MD 21014
Bring your tubas, euphoniums and baritone horns and join in the event.
Registration 2 pm | Performance 5 pm
Registration fee $10. Performance admission FREE.
For info call 410-391-7832.
NOTE: Wear festive attire, bring a music stand, and a cloth for water valve discharge. Participant registration fee is $10.00
CONDUCTOR: Alex Scott
COORDINATORS: James Laisure 443-742-8487, CO-COORDINATOR -Frank Wilsey 443-851-4121
Girls Night Out
December 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Downtown Bel Air
It is truly a great time to grab your girlfriends and come to downtown Bel Air for this fun shopping and dining experience!
Presented by the Bel Air Downtown Alliance