Upcoming Events at MIM
DECEMBER
Concert: Hymns of Hawaiʻi: George Kahumoku Jr., Uncle Richard Ho’opi’i, & Kawika Kahiapo
Thursday, December 1 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $38.50 – $48.50
Genre: Global Focus/Hawaiian
Description: Three award-winning Hawaiian music masters: George Kahumoku Jr., Uncle Richard Ho’opi’l, and Kawika Kahiapoall ordained kahu—minister, in Hawaiian language—share their deep love of Hawaiian hymn traditions for the holidays.
Concert: Teneia
Friday, December 2 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20.50 – $28.50
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Description: Teneia is an original wife-and-husband duo whose folk and soul music connects listeners more deeply with themselves and each other.
Concert: Sahba Mottalebi
Saturday, December 3 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $33.50 – $38.50
Genre: Global Focus
Description: Experience an eclectic evening of Iranian traditional sounds and global-fusion collaborations performed by tar and setar virtuoso Sahba Montallebi and her trio.
Event: Experience Scandinavia
Saturday, December 3 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, December 4 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tickets: Activities and performances included with paid museum admission
Description: Make plans to experience Scandinavian music and culture at MIM! Join us for a celebration of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. Enjoy musical performances, traditional dances, a regionally inspired menu in the café, hands-on crafts, and much more.
Concert: Irish Christmas in America
Sunday, December 4 | 7 p.m.
Monday, December 5 | 7 p.m.
Tickets: $35.50 – $40.50
Genre: Holiday and Global Focus
Description: A family-friendly performance of Irish ballads, holiday classics, lively fiddle tunes, and thrilling Irish dancing.
Concert: Tinsley Ellis
Tuesday, December 6 | 7 p.m.
Tickets: $33.50 – $38.50
Genre: Rock and Blues
Description: Blues and rock guitarist Tinsley Ellis has built a legacy on four decades of performing that Rolling Stone magazine says “achieves pyrotechnics that rival Beck and Clapton.”
Concert: Marty Ashby’s 7th Annual Holiday Show— A Family Holiday Jazz Party
Friday, December 9 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $45.50 – $58.50
Genre: Holiday and Jazz
Description: For the seventh year in a row, MCG Jazz executive producer Marty Ashby will present a swingin’ evening of holiday-flavored jazz
Concert: An Acoustic Christmas with Over the Rhine
Saturday, December 10 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $43.50 – $48.50
Genre: Holiday
Description: This supremely talented Midwestern-roots husband-and-wife act has been praised by Paste magazine for the duo’s “lovely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting musical mosaic.”
Concert: Etienne Charles: Creole Christmas
Thursday, December 15 | 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $33.50 – $38.50
Genre: Holiday and Jazz
Description: Etienne Charles is one of the most compelling and exciting young jazz artists who taps into a myriad of musical styles rooted in his Afro-Caribbean background.
Event: Hear Them Ring
Saturday, December 17 | 9a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, December 18 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tickets: Included with paid museum admission
Description: Chimes and jingles will fill the halls at MIM as we celebrate instruments that ring! See performances featuring handbells, gongs, and more. Try your hand at gamelan and learn how these instruments make their unique sounds. The weekend will also highlight a special menu at Café Allegro, gifts for purchase in the Museum Store, face painting, and so much more.
Concert: Estèban
Sunday, December 18 | 7 & 9 p.m.
Tickets: $38.50 – $53.50
Genre: Guitar
Description: The well-known guitarist Esteban delivers a passionate and explosive style of playing that is a must-see live performance; each concert is truly a unique experience.
Concert: Asleep at the Wheel
Wednesday, December 21 | 7 & 9 p.m.
Tickets: $38.50 – $53.50
Genre: American Legacies
Description: Over the last forty-two years, nine-time GRAMMY-winning group Asleep at the Wheel has boldly defied the lures of the mainstream by sticking to its cause of keeping Western swing alive and kicking.
Concert: Blind Boys of Alabama
Friday, December 23 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 24 | 2 p.m.
Tickets: $48.50 – $63.50
Genre: Holiday
Description: Living legends of gospel music, the Blind Boys of Alabama celebrate the holiday season with Christmas standards and new holiday songs penned by the Blind Boys themselves.
Concert: Jim Brickman—A New Year’s Celebration
Saturday, December 31 | 6 & 8 p.m.
Tickets: $43.50 – $58.50
Genre: Holiday
