Midwinter Revels: American Crossroads at Sanders Theatre
Through Dec 28Dec 11 – Dec 28 · 2:00 PM – 9:30 PM · Dec 11 – Dec 28, 2026. 15 performances including weekend matinees at 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM, and select evening performances at 7:30 PM. Preview performance on Friday, Dec 11.
Sanders Theatre (Harvard University)45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 · 3.0 mi approx. from BostonDirections
Ages 4+ (lively audience participation, dancing in aisles, and children's chorus ideal for families)
From $25Tickets $25–$95; youth and senior discounts available; Card to Culture discounted tickets ($5) for EBT/WIC cardholders via Harvard Box Office.
About this adventure
For more than 50 years, the Christmas and Midwinter Revels at Harvard University's magnificent Sanders Theatre has stood as one of Greater Boston's most beloved communal solstice traditions. The 2026 production, 'American Crossroads: A Solstice Celebration,' journeys to the American frontier on the winter solstice of 1876, weaving 19th-century folk carols, dance, and stories from Irish, Polish, Indigenous, Black, and Chinese communities who shaped the country's heartland. Revels is famous for welcoming audience participation: children and adults alike join hands in the aisles during the signature 'Lord of the Dance' and sing along to traditional mummers' carols. Featuring a vibrant intergenerational cast including a children's chorus and live acoustic brass and fiddle ensembles, the show fills the soaring 1870s wooden hall with infectious warmth. Sanders Theatre offers accessible seating and proximity to Harvard Square parking.
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