The Pipes of Christmas has opened public ticket and webstreaming sales to its 26th annual concert. The beloved holiday event includes the following performances:
- December 12, 7:30PM – Boston
Old South Church (645 Boylston St, Boston, MA) - December 14, 2PM – New York City
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (921 Madison Avenue) - December 15, 2PM and 7PM – Summit, NJ
Central Presbyterian Church (70 Maple Street) - December 22-31 – Global concert highlights
Streamed webcast that can be accessed digitally from around the world
“We are honored to welcome friends new and old to this year’s Pipes of Christmas performances — including at a new venue in Boston,” said the show’s producer, Robert Currie. “Over 26 years, the concert has become an essential part of many of our concert-goers’ Christmas traditions, and we have another wonderful performance planned for everyone who is joining us in person or via our webcast.”
The Pipes of Christmas brings together musicians, soloists, and performers from across America and the UK to share the magic of the holiday season through the timeless sounds of Celtic music. The show features traditional favorites and newly commissioned works performed on pipes and drums, harp and fiddle, organ, brass, and more, as well as readings taken from the Celtic literature of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
Featured performers include guitarist and music director Steve Gibb from Inverness, Scotland, actor James Robinson of “Braveheart,” “Outlander,” and “Saving Christmas Spirit,” fiddler Caitlin Warbelow from Broadway’s “Come From Away,” and US National Champion harpist Rachel Clemente.
In Boston, audiences will thrill to the Commonwealth Pipes and Drums under the leadership of Pipe Major Adam Holdaway and the B-Line Brass Quintet led by CJ Waldrop.
Making her Pipes of Christmas debut will be Madelyn Monaghan, an Irish-American traditional (sean-nós) singer based in New York City. In September of this year, Madelyn was a leading performer at the Celtic World Forum in Dublin alongside the likes of Máiréad Nesbitt and Clannad’s Moya Brennan and also appeared in the Celtic Music Festival in Rockport, MA. Her voice can be heard in viral TikToks, museums, film scores, and commercials, and Her album éist is available on all streaming platforms.
Proceeds Support Scholarships and Cultural Heritage Initiatives
The Pipes of Christmas is hosted by the Learned Kindred of Currie, a non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Scottish and Highland heritage and the arts. As its primary fundraiser, the concert enables the Kindred’s continued efforts to support the global Scottish community through initiatives such as:
- Producing Tartan Day on Ellis Island, perhaps the largest Tartan Day event in the world, which received 80,000 visitors in 2024 alone
- Providing scholarships to deserving students
- Sponsoring competitions and festivals
- Commissioning new musical and cultural works
- A global monuments initiative, which helps erect and preserve new and existing locations such as the Scottish Writers Museum and Bale nam Bàrd (the bard’s home) on the Island of South Uist
- Developing a cultural heritage centre in Scotland (currently in preliminary stages)
“We are delighted to be able to bring this long-running Christmas production to Boston for the first time,” said Brady Brim-DeForest of Balvaird who has helped spearhead the production and serves as Founding Patron of the Boston concert.
Corporate sponsorship and advertising opportunities are available, and a fundraising campaign is currently underway to offset production expenses and ensure that ticket sale proceeds go directly toward the Kindred’s programming.
Tickets Available Now
Tickets are now available via EventBrite. Reserved VIP seating is available for all live performances. Access to the global webcast can also be booked in advance.
About “The Pipes of Christmas”
Since its debut 26 years ago in 1999, The Pipes of Christmas has played to standing-room-only audiences. Now a cherished holiday event, the concert gives audiences a stirring and reverent celebration of the Christmas season and the Celtic spirit. Audience-goers return year after year to experience the program, many reporting that the Pipes of Christmas has become part of their family’s annual Christmas tradition.
The concert has been lavished with critical acclaim. In his review for Classical New Jersey Magazine, Paul Somers wrote, “The whole evening was constructed to introduce gem after gem and still have a finale which raised the roof. In short, it was like a well-constructed fireworks show on the Glorious Fourth.” The Westfield Leader described the concert as “a unique sound of power and glory nowhere else to be found.”
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Contact:
Bob Currie
[email protected]