The Current is welcoming in December with our jam-packed guide to live holiday shows coming up in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Check out shows from The New Standards, Cornbread Harris, The Jayhawks, Maria & the Coins, and more. Your music-filled winter wonderland awaits.

• Tuesday, Dec. 2
• Wednesday, Dec. 3
• Friday, Dec. 5
• Saturday, Dec. 6
• Sunday, Dec. 7
• Tuesday, Dec. 9
• Wednesday, Dec. 10
• Thursday, Dec. 11
• Friday, Dec. 12
• Saturday, Dec. 13
• Sunday, Dec. 14
• Monday, Dec. 15
• Tuesday, Dec. 16
• Wednesday, Dec. 17
• Thursday, Dec. 18
• Friday, Dec. 19
• Saturday, Dec. 20
• Sunday, Dec. 21
• Monday, Dec. 22
• Tuesday, Dec. 23
• Friday, Dec. 26
• Saturday, Dec. 27
• Sunday, Dec. 28
• Monday, Dec. 29
• Tuesday, Dec. 30

Tuesday, Dec. 2

• Christmas Dreaming with Stella Cole & The Laurels String Quartet: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• Christmas Dreaming with Stella Cole & The Laurels String Quartet: 9 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

Wednesday, Dec. 3

• The Holiday (2006) w/ pre-movie music by Favourite Girl: 7 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

• Nicholas David: St. Nick’s Show and album release: 8 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

Friday, Dec. 5

• Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz presents “A Very Vintage Christmas”: 8 p.m. at The Hook & Ladder Theater, Minneapolis

• Kathleen Johnson’s Holiday Hang: 8 p.m. at Aster House, Minneapolis 

• The New Standards Holiday Show: 8 p.m. at State Theatre, Minneapolis

• A Dizzy Holiday Special: 8:30 p.m. at Aster Cafe, Minneapolis 

• Christmas Punk Show: My Kid Banana with Lost Evidence and The Stabotuers: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

Saturday, Dec. 6

• The New Standards Holiday Show: 4 p.m. at State Theatre, Minneapolis

• A Very Bad September Holiday Show: 7 p.m. at Black Forest Inn, Minneapolis

• The Klezmatics - Happy Joyous Hanukkah: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

• The New Standards Holiday Show: 8 p.m. at State Theatre, Minneapolis

• Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Show: 8 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis 

• A Very Way Back Yard Christmas featuring The Way Back Yard and Sammie Jean: 8:30 p.m. at Aster Cafe, Minneapolis 

Sunday, Dec. 7

• Pat Donohue & Prairie All-Stars Christmas Show: 7 p.m. at Aster House, Minneapolis 

• Southside Aces: Christmas in New Orleans: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

Tuesday, Dec. 9

• Travis Anderson Trio’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party: 7:30 p.m. at Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis

• Travis Anderson Trio’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”: 9 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

Wednesday, Dec. 10

• for KING & COUNTRY – A Drummer Boy Christmas: 7 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

• Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Christmas: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

Thursday, Dec. 11

• for KING & COUNTRY – A Drummer Boy Christmas: 7 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

• Karrin Allyson - Wintry Mix: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• Maria & the Coins 5th Annual Holly Jolly Christmas Show w/ Leslie Vincent: 7 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

Friday, Dec. 12

• SNO BALL ‘25: 7 p.m. at PNA Hall, Minneapolis

• The Jayhawks with Robyn Hitchcock: 7:30 p.m. at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul

• The Blenders – Holiday Soul: 8 p.m. at Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis

• Red Thread and Ponyfolk Sing Jingle Bells: 8 p.m. at The Cedar, Minneapolis

• Sarah Morris & the Sometimes Elves: The 19th Annual Holiday Show: 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

• Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little X-Mas: 8 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

Saturday, Dec. 13

• Northstar Original Revue Presents: NOR Holiday Party: 4:30 p.m. at Day Block Brewing, Minneapolis

• Intoxicats Space Age Holiday!: 6:30 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

• SNO BALL ‘25: 7 p.m. at PNA Hall, Minneapolis

• The Jayhawks with Robyn Hitchcock: 7:30 p.m. at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul

• The Blenders – Holiday Soul: 8 p.m. at Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis

• Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little X-Mas: 8 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

Sunday, Dec. 14

• Ben Cook-Feltz's Holiday Shindig with Ann Reed and Zippy Laske: 2 p.m. at The Cedar, Minneapolis

• The Blenders – Holiday Soul: 2 p.m. at Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis

• Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: 3 p.m. at Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

• Renaissance Holiday Market: 6 p.m. at The Cabooze, Minneapolis

• The Aimee Mann & Ted Leo Christmas Show with Paul F. Tompkins, Nellie McKay, and Josh Gondelman: 7 p.m. at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul

• The Peterson Family - ‘Twas the Jam Before Christmas: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

Monday, Dec. 15

• The Peterson Family - ‘Twas the Jam Before Christmas: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

Tuesday, Dec. 16

• Merry Christmas From José James: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• Tunes for Tots: 7 p.m. at The Cabooze, Minneapolis

Wednesday, Dec. 17

• A Charlie Brown Christmas featuring Blue Ox Trio playing the music of Vince Guaraldi: 7 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

• Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O: 7 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis

• Merry Christmas From José James: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• How the Lords stole Xmas: Lords of the Universe w. Dog Gamn, Emery Snow and the Flakes: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

Thursday, Dec. 18

• Making Noise For Toys: 6 p.m. at The Cabooze, Minneapolis

• A Charlie Brown Christmas featuring Blue Ox Trio playing the music of Vince Guaraldi: 7 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

• HEYARLO Christmas: 7 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis

• Riders in the Sky Present: Christmas the Cowboy Way: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

• Adam Bohanan Presents A Very Funky Hanukkah Show: 7:30 p.m. at The Cedar, Minneapolis

• Cornbread & Friends – Holiday Blues Show: 7:30 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

• HEYARLO Christmas: 9 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis

Friday, Dec. 19

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band Presents: A Creole Christmas: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• 18th Annual Yuletide Sweater Ball: 8 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

• Impromptu Christmas Project: 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

• JD McPherson: Socks: A Rock N Roll Christmas Tour with Melissa Carper: 8 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis 

• Rolling Stoners - A Very Green Christmas: 8 p.m. at Green Room, Minneapolis

• Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Show: 8 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

• Viva Knievel Sleigh Ball - A Holiday Spectacular: 8:30 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis 

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band Presents: A Creole Christmas: 9:30 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

Saturday, Dec. 20

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band Presents: A Creole Christmas: 6 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• The Belfast Cowboys “Musical Mistletoe”: 7:30 p.m. at Hook and Ladder, Minneapolis

• Dan Rodriguez presents All I Want For Christmas Is Whiskey: 8 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

• Festive Beats of Afrika with Carolyne Naomi, Diatoti, and Afrocontigbo: 8 p.m. at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

• Trailer Trash’s Trashy Little Xmas Show: 8 p.m. at Turf Club, St. Paul

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band Presents: A Creole Christmas: 8:30 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

• Le Cirque rouge Holiday Show: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

Sunday, Dec. 21

• XMas Jazz Show: 1 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

• A Swingin’ Christmas with the Andrew Walesch Big Band: 5 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• Anthony Shore's 13th Annual Christmas With The King: 7 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

• A Very Beemer Christmas Pageant with Nelson Devereaux: 7 p.m. at Aster House, Minneapolis 

• A Swingin’ Christmas with the Andrew Walesch Big Band: 7:30 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

• Larry McDonough Quintet and Festivus and Other Twisted Holidays: 8 p.m. at Aster Cafe, Minneapolis 

Monday, Dec. 22

• Spending Christmas with Alicia Witt: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis 

• A Winter’s Evening with Ryanhood: 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

• Ella Grace MNtet Holiday Show: 7:30 p.m. at Berlin, Minneapolis 

• Zander & Clayton’s Folkin’ Christmas Coat Show: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

Tuesday, Dec. 23

• A Swingin’ Christmas with the Andrew Walesch Big Band: 7 p.m. at Dakota, Minneapolis

• 20th Annual Eve Eve Benefit Show: 8 p.m. at Icehouse, Minneapolis

• Merry Clash-Mas: 9 p.m. at White Squirrel Bar, St. Paul (FREE)

Friday, Dec. 26

• Twine’s Holiday Party “More the merrier”: 8 p.m. at The Cabooze, Minneapolis

Saturday, Dec. 27

• Home for the Holidays: Soul Asylum with Tommy Stinson: 8 p.m. at First Avenue, Minneapolis

Sunday, Dec. 28

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: 3 p.m. at Target Center, Minneapolis

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. at Target Center, Minneapolis

Monday, Dec. 29

• Holiday Purgatory: 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis

Tuesday, Dec. 30

• Love Actually (2003) w/ pre-movie music by Colin Bracewell: 7 p.m. at Parkway Theater, Minneapolis