# Holiday POPs with the Michigan Philharmonic — Brighton Center for the Performing Arts

> Event for families in the Detroit–Warren–Dearborn area (MI). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Sun, Dec 13 · 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Where: Brighton Center for the Performing Arts, 7878 Brighton Rd., Brighton, MI 48116
- Ages: All ages (student tickets available)
- Price: Tier 1 $44; Tier 2 adult $34, senior $29, student $22
- Organizer: Michigan Philharmonic / Brighton Center for the Performing Arts
- Official page: https://www.bcpashows.com/events
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

The Michigan Philharmonic, a professional orchestra led by Music Director Nan Washburn, brings its Holiday POPs concert to the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts on a Sunday afternoon in mid-December. The program travels through the season's traditions, with music for Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice and Christmas, and it ends the way the Phil's holiday pops always do: a rousing audience sing-along and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. At 4 pm on a weekend and about two hours long, it is a manageable first orchestra concert for school-age children who can sit through a performance. The lobby opens at 3 pm for a Toys for Tots drive, so families can bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate, which is a nice way to involve kids in giving. Tier 1 seats are $44; Tier 2 seats are $34 for adults, $29 for seniors and $22 for students. Tickets are sold through the Brighton Center for the Performing Arts.

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