Sat Nov 28 – Sun Nov 29
2026 Holiday Pops
Sat Nov 28 · 2pm, Dolan Performing Arts Center (Ipswich); 7:30pm, Manchester Essex Regional High School (Manchester-By-The-Sea) / Sun Nov 29 · 2pm, Manchester Essex Regional High School (Manchester-By-The-Sea)
Yoichi Udagawa conducts the orchestra and the Cape Ann Symphony Chorus, led by Brittany Betts, who succeeded her mother Wendy Betts after sixteen seasons as its director. The programme runs from Leroy Anderson's Christmas Festival and Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker selections to Custer's Chanukah Festival, Holcomb's Festive Sounds of Hannukah and Rutter's What Sweeter Music, and ends with an audience sing-along. Christmas on Broadway is played in Ipswich only.