Live Performances & Events: Chapel Hill & Carrboro, December 2025

ARTS AND CULTURE

Carrboro + Chapel Hill Monthly Guide

(Organized by Venue — Style B)

CAT’S CRADLE — DECEMBER 2025

300 E Main Street, Carrboro
➡️ catscradle.com

Tuesday, December 2

• 🎻 Alice Gerrard Presents: Custom Made Woman — 6:00 PM
  
• 🎸 Carver Commodore — 8:00 PM
  
• 🌌 Little Image — 8:00 PM • $44
  

Wednesday, December 3

• 🎭 Ryan Davis – Comedy — 8:00 PM
  

Thursday, December 4

• 🎵 WILLIS w/ Hotel Fiction — 8:00 PM • $47
  

Friday, December 5

• 🎶 Susto Stringband + Oliver Hazard — 7:00 PM
  

Saturday, December 6

• 🍀 The Gaelic Áils – Holiday Hooley! — 7:00 PM
  

Sunday, December 7

• 🎼 The Sewing Club — 7:00 PM
  

Tuesday, December 9

• 🎄 JD McPherson – SOCKS: A Rock N’ Roll Christmas Show — 5:00 PM
  
• 🎄 JD McPherson — 8:00 PM • $40
  

Friday, December 12

• 🎙️ Robert Lester Folsom — 8:00 PM
  

Saturday, December 13

• 🎸 Southern Culture on the Skids — 7:00 PM
  
• 🎶 Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. — 8:00 PM
  

Friday, December 19

• 🤘 ASG — 6:00 PM
  

LOCAL 506 — DECEMBER 2025

506 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill
➡️ local506.com

Thursday, December 4

• 🚲 Bike Routes — 8:00 PM • $18+
  

Saturday, December 6

• 🎤 Megayacht, Erie Choir, Three Body Problem — 7:30 PM
  

Friday, December 12

• 🎙️ Cliff B Worsham — 7:00 PM
  

Sunday, December 28

• 🎧 RBNX — 6:00 PM
  

THE CAVE — DECEMBER 2025

100 W Franklin St, Chapel Hill
➡️ Full calendar: caverntavern.com/calendar/list/

SUNDAY

Dec 7 — Waxe Lace • Jon Shain • Kate Taylor
Dec 14 — Max Child • Adriana Walsh
Dec 21 — Jim McCulley • Jenny Morrison
Dec 28 — Jordan Hart • Jess Lefebvre

MONDAY — JAZZ NIGHT (Weekly)

Dec 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
🎷 Jazz Night with The Moon Unit

TUESDAY

Dec 2 — Crossfader • Pastor Pipp
Dec 9 — Small Paw
Dec 16 — Jardin
Dec 23 — Open Mic
Dec 30 — Greg Humphreys Electric Trio

WEDNESDAY

Dec 3 — Duncan MacMillan • Secret Admirers
Dec 10 — Ponce • Wren & Brendan
Dec 17 — Dance Party (w/ Moon Unit)
Dec 24 — Closed for Christmas Eve
Dec 31 — 🎉 New Year’s Eve Dance Party

• Greg Humphreys
• Dance Party All Night

THURSDAY

Dec 4 — Kate Bopp • Vito & Friends • Ken Moshes & Friends
Dec 11 — The Grim Bobs • Duncan Donuts
Dec 18 — Krona • Chrys Blooms
Dec 25 — Closed — Christmas Day

FRIDAY

Dec 5 — Server • Jacques Bright • Modern
Dec 12 — Scrape • Brad Fan
Dec 19 — Greg Humphreys Electric Trio
Dec 26 — Dance Party

SATURDAY

Dec 6 — TBA
Dec 13 — Big Cedar Band
Dec 20 — Odd Rodeo • Small Paw
Dec 27 — DJ Night

THE SPEAKEASY — DECEMBER 2025

Carrboro, NC

Weekly Anchors

• 🎤 Karaoke w/ Empress — Mon & Thu
• 🎸 Carrboro Open Mic — Tuesdays
• 🎻 Beer & Banjos — Wednesdays
• 🎹 Mellow Swells — Sundays (1:30 PM)

December 1–7

• Beautiful People Club • Karaoke • Open Mic
• The Doo-Dah Men • The Wilted Plums • Strait Tequila Nights
• Mellow Swells

December 8–14

• UNC Songwriting Showcase
• Kudzu Drew Birthday Show • Karaoke
• Blue Cup Riot
• Queer Cabaret (Drag + Dance Party)

December 15–21

• Savanna Bassett • Karaoke
• School of Rock Adult Band
• Mad Crush • Liquid Garcia

December 22–28

• Triangle Blues Society
• David Prather Band
• International Night

December 29–31

• CHHS 25th Reunion
• Danlee Gildersleeve Big Ol’ Birthday Bash (NYE)

THE ARTSCENTER — DECEMBER 2025

400 Roberson St, Carrboro
➡️ artscenterlive.org

December 5

• 🤠 Actors Improv – Cowboy Christmas
  

December 11

• 🎶 Pop Up Chorus — Holiday Special
  

December 13

• 🎭 Wild Mind Improv — Holiday Special
  

December 20 (Postponed)

• 🎻 Jennifer Curtis Presents (Gypsy Jazz, Piano, Cello)

December 21

• 🌌 Solstice Assembly — Bob Vasile, Jane Peppler & Friends
  

️ SOUTHERN VILLAGE — DECEMBER 2025

Market Street, Chapel Hill
➡️ southernvillage.com

Honeycutt Christmas Tree Lot (Daily Dec 1–24)

Highlight Events

• 🍺 Tap Takeover – Atomic Clock Brewing (Dec 5)
• 🥧 Holiday Cookie Bake-Off – La Vita Dolce (Dec 14)
• 🎄 Holiday Gathering on the Green (Dec 14)
• 🎤 Karaoke at Lumina Taproom (Dec 6, 13, 20, 27)
• ❓ Trivia Nights (multiple dates)
• 🎶 Live Music & Markets (select dates)

STEEL STRING BREWERY — DECEMBER 2025

106A S. Greensboro St., Carrboro
➡️ steelstringbrewery.com

Holiday Ornaments for RCP — Daily Dec 1–24

Fundraiser for Refugee Community Partnership.

Steel String — Event-by-Date Summary

Dec 1–7

• Holiday Ornaments for RCP
• Tuesday Trivia
• Sip & Script
• Run Club
• Ouvert Open Decks
• Bonfire Night
• Vito Dito Live

Dec 8–14

• Open Mic
• Trivia
• Stitch N’ Bitch
• Give Back Night for RCP
• Jazz Night
• Sapphlix Queer Movie Night

Dec 15–21

• Open Mic
• Trivia
• Stitch N’ Bitch
• Eric Lee Hardt EP Release
• Bonfire Night
• Food Truck Sunday

Dec 22–31

• Open Mic
• Trivia
• Stitch N’ Bitch
• Christmas Day Food Truck
• Bonfire Night (Dec 27)
• NYE Stitch N’ Bitch

PLAYMAKERS REPERTORY COMPANY — DECEMBER 2025

Center for Dramatic Art, UNC–Chapel Hill
➡️ playmakersrep.org

November 19 – December 7

✨ You Can’t Take It With You

By: Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Directed by: Nathaniel P. Claridad

About the Show

“Normal is overrated.”
Meet the Sycamores—a delightfully eccentric, free-spirited family with zero respect for convention. Fireworks in the basement, dance lessons in the living room, pet snakes, and impromptu writing sessions are all part of their daily chaos.

But when daughter Alice Sycamore falls for the straight-laced son of her boss, the collision of two wildly different worlds sparks a hilarious series of misunderstandings, surprises, and heartfelt revelations.

Why You’ll Love It

• A timeless American comedy classic
• Big characters, joyful chaos, and laugh-out-loud humor
• A warm reminder to love boldly, embrace joy, and live life on your own terms

Run Dates

November 19 – December 7, 2025

NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY — DECEMBER 2025

Memorial Hall, UNC–Chapel Hill & Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
➡️ ncsymphony.org

✨ Handel’s Messiah — Holiday Favorite

Sunday, December 7 — 3:00 PM

📍 Memorial Hall, UNC–Chapel Hill
A treasured annual tradition featuring the North Carolina Symphony and the North Carolina Master Chorale.

Holiday Pops — Festive Orchestra Celebration

Friday, December 12 — 12:00 PM & 8:00 PM

📍 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh

Saturday, December 13 — 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

📍 Meymandi Concert Hall + Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh

Upbeat holiday favorites, carol arrangements, and seasonal orchestral classics.

️ A Candlelight Christmas — Warm & Bright

Friday, December 19 — 7:30 PM

📍 Raleigh — Meymandi Concert Hall

Saturday, December 20 — 3:00 PM

📍 Raleigh — Meymandi Concert Hall

Sunday, December 21 — 3:00 PM

📍 Raleigh — Meymandi Concert Hall

A serene program of classical holiday works performed by candlelight.

Additional Holiday Concerts

Tuesday, December 23 — 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

📍 Raleigh — Meymandi Concert Hall
Final 2025 holiday performances of the season.