A nostalgic, feel-good festive singalong with James B Partridge, packed with Christmas classics, throwback mashups and stories.
James B Partridge brings The Big Christmas Assembly to Salisbury City Hall on Saturday 5 December, a festive singalong that looks back at the songs we sang as children. It's built around the classics from school assemblies and nativity plays, with throwback mashups and stories mixed in. The whole thing is a singalong, so it's as much about joining in as it is about listening.
Partridge is a singing teacher who performs across the UK and Europe, and the show started as playful performances for his own pupils. Since then it's grown into something with a fair bit of reach: TikTok fame, closing the field at Glastonbury Festival, and appearances on Virgin Radio, BBC Radio 2, The One Show and Songs of Praise. He's also been on BBC Breakfast, CBBC Newsround and Loose Women, and performed live on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show. His online videos, which centre on nostalgic primary school tunes and music education, have been written about in The Independent and Buzzfeed. As a content creator he's partnered with the BBC Proms, Nordoff Robbins, the Royal Albert Hall and Wicked the Musical.
At its heart the show is about the songs people remember singing as children, from assembly halls to nativity plays. It's a nostalgic, feel-good afternoon that brings those childhood Christmases back to life, with festive classics, throwback mashups and laugh-out-loud stories. It's a singalong, so you'll be singing along with the room rather than just watching from your seat.
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It runs from 15:30 to 17:30 at Salisbury City Hall, Malthouse Lane, SP2 7TU, with doors open from 14:30. Tickets start from £26.95, which includes the booking fee.
