One good way to un-Grinch any holiday naysayers in your life this season is getting them out to a holiday show.
The season offers a multitude of festive events wrapped in holiday song, dance and acrobatics.
• Irish Christmas in America: If Ireland isn’t on the docket this season, perhaps a night of Irish music, song, dance and photos of the country will suffice. The six-piece group features Oisín Mac Diarmada, a fiddler who has performed around the world, including with Southern Georgia Symphony Orchestra in the U.S. and Würtembergische Philharmonie Orchestra in Germany; Caitríona Sherlock, a singer who won All-Ireland titles in 2013 and 2017; and Irish harpist Gráinne Hambly, who tours throughout Europe and the U.S., 7 p.m. Friday, Stargazers Theatre, 10 S. Parkside Drive, $25-$30; 719-476-2200, stargazerstheatre.com.
• The Voice and the Violin Candlelight Christmas: Blue Violin, the founder and first violinist of the Boston String Quartet, will couple up with alternative soul rock singer Cami Maree against a backdrop of more than 500 candles for a multigenre holiday concert, 5 p.m. Sunday, Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave., $17.75-$45.50; 719-255-8181, entcenterforthearts.org.
• “Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland”: If you see the word cirque, you know the evening will feature some flexibility-defying, gravity-challenging, awe-inducing aerials, gymnastics, contortions and more beautiful and amazing things the human body can do, all with the extra pizazz of holiday lights, decorations and costumes, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $39.95-$69.95; axs.com, pikespeakcenter.com.
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• “Sarah Brightman’s A Christmas Symphony”: Internationally known soprano Sarah Brightman, who’s famed for her three-octave range and ability to cross over from classical music to other genres, will bring her new holiday tour, featuring an orchestra, choir and special guests as they perform her holiday classics and greatest hits, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $49.95-$129.95; axs.com, pikespeakcenter.com.
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• “Jim Brickman: Comfort & Joy”: Solo pop and New Age pianist Jim Brickman has a thing for the holidays. He’s going on tour again with his “Comfort & Joy” concert and bringing special guest vocalists Young Original, Anne Cochran and John Trones. They’ll perform holiday classics arranged with the Brickman flavor, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pikes Peak Center, 190 S. Cascade Ave., $37-$134; axs.com, pikespeakcenter.com.