Northern Territory offers Carols By Candlelight at the Darwin Amphitheatre on December 7, headlined by a 70-voice choir with Santa.

The Song Company’s Hark! 2025 offers a family- and memory-focused program touring starts in early December with stops around Sydney, Newcastle, and Wollongong.

Across the country, December 2025 presents a broad, touring and local Christmas season that blends traditional and contemporary seasonal works, including family-friendly possibilities.

South Australia features the Adelaide Town Hall Christmas Concert, free on December 16, and Love Actually in Concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on December 19.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra hosts Carols On The Pier at its harbourside venue, running mid-December, with Luminescence Chamber Singers and family activities.

New South Wales launches a busy December with Pinchgut Opera performing Messiah on period instruments through early December in Sydney, complemented by the SYO White Bay Christmas Concert on December 7 and River City Voices’ Slam Messiah on December 6, plus collaborative family concerts featuring Penrith Symphony Orchestra, Penrith Youth Orchestra, and Glebrook Ballet Theatre on December 7.

The nationwide preview highlights touring programs and regional events, signaling a rich, nationwide December concert scene.

Western Australia rounds out the month with HIP Company’s Early Music Christmas, a festive performance with Michael Griffiths, and the WA Symphony Orchestra Christmas Spectacular.

Newcastle region features Christmas Concerts by the Newcastle Chamber Choir at Christ Church Cathedral and St Peter’s Church, East Maitland, on December 20–21.

Western Australia highlights include Black Swan State Theatre Company’s Carol, Kinetica’s Wonderland, and West Australian Ballet’s Cinderella, running through mid-December.

Victoria features Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at the Comedy Theatre through December, Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes at Malthouse Theatre, and BIG Live’s Nutcracker at Princess Theatre from mid-December.

In the same state, December also brings Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn run December 6–14 at Riverside Theatres, alongside It’s a Wonderful Life at Genesian Theatre, a Christmas Carol reading at New Theatre, Santa Claus The Musical at Teatro Italiano Forum, and Carols by Cabaret at Hayes Theatre Co to benefit the Wayside Chapel, with interactive Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty performances by The Australian Ballet.

Luminescence Chamber Singers present two Canberra-area Christmas programs, Christmas Classics and A Sunburnt Christmas, featuring nearly all Australian collaborators.

Victoria showcases a large slate of Christmas programs, including Baroque Christmas and Christmas Fanfare by Melbourne-based choirs, MSO’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas live score, Classic Kids: A Symphonic Christmas, Handel’s Messiah, On Christmas Morn, and The Great Christmas Singalong.

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs present Carols at the House, December 12–14, including the premiere of Joe Twist’s Christmas in Summer and a second Bach Christmas Oratorio performance on December 13.

Tasmania marks Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas at Federation Concert Hall (December 6) and a children’s Christmas Crackers event (December 13), among other regional performances.

Queensland features Christmas highlights from December 2 onward with Brisbane Messiah at QPAC, Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols, Spirit of Christmas with Daniel Belle and Nina Korbe, and A Merry Motown Christmas in late December, plus touring shows and local productions.

The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra opens NoëL NoëL! in Melbourne on December 6 and tours Sydney venues later in the month with a refreshed festive program.

The Idea of North presents Silver Stars, a holiday program touring across multiple cities in December.